Prince

1999 [Super Deluxe Edition]

Rhino / Warner Bros.

R&B, Pop/Rock

A remastered version of the original album supported by two discs of rare and unreleased cuts from Prince's vaults, a full concert from 1982, and a disc of single edits, remixes, and B-sides.

The Flaming Lips

Soft Bulletin [Live at Red Rocks]

Warner Bros.

Pop/Rock

The band bring their landmark album to life in a vibrant 2016 show featuring the Colorado Symphony and a 57-person chorus.

— Heather Phares

Beat Happening

We Are Beat Happening

Domino

Pop/Rock

A newly remastered collection of the entire output from this fearless and formative indie trio.

— Fred Thomas

Stereolab

Margerine Eclipse [Expanded Edition]

Duophonic / Duophonic UHF / Warp

Pop/Rock

The 2019 reissue of the band's tenth album collects virtually all of the material from its surprisingly joyous sessions.

— Heather Phares

Stereolab

Sound-Dust [Expanded Edition]

Duophonic UHF / Warp

Pop/Rock

The 2019 reissue is bolstered by demos that expand on the album's laid-back, often lovely grooves.

— Heather Phares

Mercury Rev

All Is Dream [Deluxe Edition]

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock

A wealth of previously unreleased demos and live performances take fans deeper into the album's mystery and magic.

— Heather Phares

Juanes

Más Futuro Que Pasado

Universal

Latin

The Colombian singer/songwriter collaborates with hot producers and artists as he weaves cumbia, vallenato, and guasca with rock, reggaeton, and soul.

— Thom Jurek

Mötley Crüe

Dr. Feelgood [30th Anniversary Edition]

Eleven Seven / Mötley Records

Pop/Rock

The 30th Anniversary edition includes rough demo recordings of some of the album's best-known songs, as well as several outtakes.

Friends Again

Trapped and Unwrapped [Expanded Edition]

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock

Cherry Red's reissue adds a second disc full of remixes, different versions of tracks and rarities.

Jack Peñate

After You

XL

Pop/Rock

Following a ten-year absence, Peñate updates his sound on an ambitious third album that's both catchy and cautionary.

— Marcy Donelson

Mapache

Mapache

Yep Roc

Pop/Rock

Mellow and stripped-down debut from the Los Angeles duo presents a sunny redesign of '70s country and folk-rock.

— Fred Thomas

Robbie Williams

The Christmas Present

Sony Music

Holiday, Pop/Rock

An ambitious holiday album split into two halves: "The Christmas Past" and "The Christmas Future."

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Various Artists

If You're Going to the City: A Tribute to Mose Allison for Sweet Relief

Fat Possum Records

Jazz, Blues

Eighteen artists honor the jazz/blues legend with an album as cool, witty, and satisfying as his best work.

— Mark Deming

Seahawks / Woo

Celestial Railroads

Emotional Response / Ocean Moon

Electronic, New Age

Trippy, relaxing collaboration between two category-evasive duos, evoking a strange countryside journey by railroad.

— Paul Simpson

Jesper Lindell

Everyday Dreams

Alive Records

Pop/Rock

The debut from this Swedish soul man offers plenty of retro-inspired tone and bluesy yearning.

— Timothy Monger

June Tyson

Saturnian Queen of the Sun Ra Arkestra

Modern Harmonic / Sundazed

Jazz

A well-assembled sampler that focuses on the vocalist's major contribution to the music of Saturn's greatest jazz artist.

— Mark Deming

The Prefects

Going Through the Motions

Call of the Void

Pop/Rock

A summary of the flippant Birmingham art-punk band's short existence, preceding the still-active Nightingales.

— Andy Kellman

Susanne Sundfør

Music for People in Trouble: Live from the Barbican

Bella Union

Pop/Rock

An intimate concert rendering of her 2017 album recorded in London in 2018.

— James Christopher Monger

Various Artists

New York Graffiti 1619-1750 Broadway: An Independent American Pop Story 1958-1968

RPM

Pop/Rock, R&B

This four-disc set pays tribute to music biz veteran Edward Kassner and the great era of Brill Building record-making.

— Mark Deming

Various Artists

Everything Is Gonna Be Alright: Celebrating 50 Years of Westbound Soul & Funk

Westbound

R&B

An excellent overview of the Westbound Records archives, full of vintage R&B and unafraid of creative eccentricity.

— Mark Deming

Mary Bevan / Roderick Williams / Jack Liebeck / William Vann

Time and Space: Songs by Holst and Vaughan Williams

Albion / Albion

Classical

A delightful song recital with obscurities from both composers, capturing their mutual influence.

— James Manheim

Alexander Fiterstein / Tesla Quartet

Joy & Desolation

Orchid Classics

Classical

An inventive program of similar-in-mood works from a young American quartet.

— James Manheim

Christoph Croisé / Alexander Panfilov

The Russian Album: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Shchedrin

Avie

Classical

Expressive, effectively contrasted performances of the Rachmaninov and Shostakovich cello sonatas.

— James Manheim

Martyn Brabbins / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

David Sawer: Rumpelstiltskin

NMC

Classical

The title work impressively uses angular writing for winds to programmatic ends, depicting the blackmailing imp who spins straw into gold.

— James Manheim

François-Xavier Roth / Les Siècles

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique [2019]

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

The distinctive sonorities of Les Siècles' early Romantic instruments make Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and Les Francs-Juges burst with color.

— Blair Sanderson

Angela Hewitt

Bach: The Six Partitas [2018 Recording]

Hyperion

Classical

For this 2019 double-disc on Hyperion, pianist Angela Hewitt presents her second recording of Bach's Six Partitas for the label.

— Blair Sanderson

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