Taylor Swift

1989 [Taylor's Version]

EMI / Republic

Pop/Rock

This re-recording of the songwriter's fifth studio album is a reminder of her arrival as a pop star while reaffirming the original record's strengths.

— Fred Thomas

Nirvana

In Utero [30th Anniversary Edition]

Geffen / UMR

Pop/Rock

This remastered anniversary edition features bonus tracks, 2 complete concerts, plus 6 bonus live songs from the tour.

Prince / Prince & the New Power Generation

Diamonds and Pearls [Super Deluxe Edition]

Legacy / NPC / Sony Music

R&B

This Super Deluxe Edition contains a remastered version of the 1991 album, a disc of single mixes and edits, a full live concert, and three discs of recordings pulled from Prince's Vault.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

The Silver Cord [Recycled Black LP]

KGLW

Pop/Rock

The band forsake guitars for synthesizer on a typically apocalyptic album influenced by vintage disco and electronic music.

— Tim Sendra

The Kills

God Games

Domino

Pop/Rock

Combining apocalyptic love songs and pleas for salvation with dub, disco, and plenty of guitars, the duo delivers some of their most exciting music.

— Heather Phares

Duran Duran

Danse Macabre

BMG / BMG Rights Management

Pop/Rock

Designed as a soundtrack to the ideal Halloween party, this blend of covers is winningly silly and spooky.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Little Richard

Little Richard: I Am Everything [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Varèse Sarabande

Pop/Rock, R&B

The soundtrack to the acclaimed documentary about the Georgia Peach offers a fine but unexceptional sampling of his work.

— Mark Deming

Superchunk

Misfits and Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023

Merge

Pop/Rock

The timeless and true indie rock band take a look back at a couple decades' worth of classic singles and non-LP surprises.

— Tim Sendra

The Mountain Goats

Jenny From Thebes

Merge

Pop/Rock

A character that songwriter John Darnielle first introduced in 2002 gets an album of her own two decades later.

— Mark Deming

Wild Nothing

Hold

Captured Tracks

Pop/Rock

An album of romantic sophisti-pop that sounds like a lost classic from the late '80s.

— Matt Collar

Poppy

Zig

Sumerian Records

Pop/Rock

Fifth LP from the genre-defying game changer balances sonic aggression with lyrical vulnerability.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Samara Joy

A Joyful Holiday

Verve

Holiday, Jazz, Vocal

The Grammy-winning jazz singer's first holiday album features members of her gospel family.

— Matt Collar

Mayer Hawthorne

For All Time

P&L Records / Warner Bros.

R&B

Andrew Cohen's heady and contented sixth album bares vintage-soul likeness to his first with increased skill and finesse.

— Andy Kellman

Billy Bragg

The Roaring Forty 1983-2023

Cooking Vinyl

Folk

An excellent guide to the work of one of the U.K.'s best songwriters, who merged the personal and political with wit and wisdom.

— Mark Deming

DJ Shadow

Action Adventure

Mass Appeal

Electronic

An eclectic, guest-free set heavily drawing from '80s electro and soundtracks as well as trap and synthwave.

— Paul Simpson

Altered Images

Bite [40th Anniversary Edition]

Edsel

Pop/Rock

Expanded edition of the band's third album, where they trade in bright and chirpy new wave for sleek and emotionally resonant pop.

— Tim Sendra

The Darling Buds

Killing for Love: Albums, Singles, Rarities, Unreleased 1987-2017

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock

A comprehensive five-disc boxed set from an undervalued Welsh band that helped bridge C86 to Britpop.

— Andy Kellman

The Cadillac Three

The Years Go Fast

Big Machine Records

Pop/Rock, Country

Returning after a three-year break, the adventurous country-rockers crank up the amps.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Serfs

Half-Eaten by Dogs

Trouble in Mind

Pop/Rock

The third album from this Cincinnati synth punk trio gets darker and rawer, combining industrial dance elements with blown-out demo tape production.

— Fred Thomas

Maria Jose Llergo

Ultrabelleza

Sony Music

Latin, Electronic, International, Pop/Rock

On her debut long-player, the Spanish singer and songwriter breaks down boundaries between indie, dance-pop, and flamenco.

— Thom Jurek

Mint Field

Aprender a Ser

Felte

Pop/Rock

The Mexican dream pop group embrace more electronics and ambient textures on their third album.

— Paul Simpson

Shabazz Palaces

Robed in Rareness

Sub Pop

Rap

An EP from Ishmael Butler and a cohort including son Lil Tracy mixes typically cosmic sonics with earthlier pleasure-seeking rhymes.

— Andy Kellman

Siavash Amini

Eremos

American Dreams Records

Electronic

Haunting electro-acoustic drone pieces inspired by Iranian philosopher Ibn Sina.

— Paul Simpson

Sofia Kourtesis

Madres

Ninja Tune

Electronic

A vibrant set of house tracks that serve as poignant reflections, celebrations, and peaceful protests.

— Paul Simpson

Erik Truffaz

Clap!

Blue Note / Universal

Jazz

The second volume in the trumpeter's film themes project is as speculative and imaginatively rendered as the first.

— Thom Jurek

Various Artists

If There's Hell Below [Red On for the Darkness Swirl]

Numero Group

Pop/Rock, R&B

Digging in their own crates, the Numero label sifts out darker rock-oriented nuggets from their vast archival catalog.

— Andy Kellman

Video Age

Away From the Castle

Winspear

Pop/Rock

Aided by their touring band, the '80s pop-inspired duo's fourth LP is a stylistically freer set anchored by dulcet melodicism.

— Marcy Donelson

Yaara Tal

1923

Sony Classical

Classical

A fascinating assortment of pieces composed or published in 1923, capturing a generous slice of the musical ideas in the air.

— James Manheim

The Curious Bards

Indiscretion

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Dances and songs from 18th century Scotland and Ireland hold much for both folk and classical listeners.

— James Manheim

Cupertinos / Luís Toscano

Filipe de Magalhães: Masses Veni Domine & Vere Dominus Est

Hyperion

Classical

A fine entry from a group specializing in the little-known music of the Portuguese golden age.

— James Manheim

Bernard Haitink / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Bruckner: Symphonie Nr. 4

BR Klassik

Classical

Deliberate, beautifully shaped Bruckner in the classic mold for this conductor.

— James Manheim

Ronald Brautigam

Franz Schubert: Impromptus

BIS

Classical

Very fresh takes on Schubert's Impromptus on a terrific historically accurate piano.

— James Manheim

Lars Vogt / Orchestre de Chambre de Paris

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 24

Ondine

Classical

The final concerto recording by the late pianist is a masterpiece of Mozart playing.

— James Manheim

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