RZA

A Ballet Through the Mud

36 Chambers

Classical

The Wu-Tang producer composes his first classical music album, an entirely instrumental expression of his personal life journey.

— Fred Thomas

Talking Heads

Talking Heads: 77 [Lime Green 2 LP] [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]

Rhino / Warner Records

Pop/Rock

A remastered and expanded album features a collection of rarities, outtakes, and previously unreleased alternate versions.

Miles Davis

Miles in France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8

Columbia / Legacy

Jazz

The origins and fruition of the trumpeter's "second quintet," performing with fire and virtuosity in France in the early '60s.

— Thom Jurek

Spoon

They Want My Soul [Deluxe More Soul Edition]

Matador

Pop/Rock

This 10th anniversary "Deluxe More Soul" edition features 11 demos and alternate versions.

Tsunami

Loud Is As

Numero Group

Pop/Rock

The '90s D.I.Y. paragons are given the full Numero Group treatment on this sharply presented five-LP box containing their three albums and non-album material.

— Andy Kellman

The Ladybug Transistor

The Albemarle Sound [25th Anniversary Expanded Edition]

HHBTM

Pop/Rock

This "25th Anniversary Expanded Edition” features bonus tracks, including rare B-sides, outtakes, and demos.

The Charlatans

Up to Our Hips [Deluxe Edition]

Beggars Banquet

Pop/Rock

A 30th anniversary set featuring the original album plus ten bonus tracks consisting of live session recordings, rare mixes, and more.

Primal Scream

Come Ahead

BMG / Universal Music

Pop/Rock

The band's 12th album mixes the deeply personal with the bitterly political and explores disco, funk, Bad Seeds-y rock, and dubby ballads.

— Tim Sendra

Cass McCombs

Seed Cake on Leap Year

Domino

Pop/Rock

A small treasure trove of ten previously unreleased psych-folk songs, recorded in 1999 and 2000 and on par with early releases like A (2003).

— Marcy Donelson

Jamey Johnson

Midnight Gasoline

Warner Music

Country

After a 14-year break from recording, the country songwriter returns with a collection at once poignant, wry, and sometimes stomping.

— Thom Jurek

The Bad Plus

Complex Emotions

Mack Avenue

Jazz, Pop/Rock

Cementing their lineup as a pianoless quartet, the Bad Plus deliver a provocative and compelling approach to electric jazz.

— Thom Jurek

The Body

The Crying Out of Things

Thrill Jockey

Pop/Rock

The boundary-pushing duo return to the maximalism of their 2010s work, incorporating horns, strings, and breakbeats into noisy doomscapes.

— Paul Simpson

Osibisa

The Warner Bros Albums

Cherry Red

International, Jazz, Pop/Rock, R&B

This set combines 1973's Happy Children and 1974's Osibirock. Though not as commercially successful in the market, they've aged exceptionally well.

— Thom Jurek

Our Girl

The Good Kind

Believe Direct Limited / Bella Union

Pop/Rock

Buzzy and echoey textures take a backseat to contemplative vocals and themes of perseverance on the U.K. trio's John Parish-co-produced sophomore LP.

— Marcy Donelson

Various Artists

Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan

Sub Pop

Pop/Rock

This tribute album to a somewhat obscure but wildly influential songwriter includes contributions from Clairo, TOPS, Empress Of, and more.

— Fred Thomas

Eat-Girls

Area Silenzio

Bureau B

Pop/Rock

Debut album from a French trio with a murky, detached sound drawing from post-punk, minimal wave, and dub.

— Paul Simpson

Bananagun

Why Is the Colour of the Sky?

Full Time Hobby

Pop/Rock

A dingier, more experimental sophomore set that finds the Aussie psych-rockers eliciting smoky basement parties, rack focusing, and go-go boots.

— Marcy Donelson

Célia Oneto Bensaid / Héloïse Luzzati / Shuichi Okada / Tanguy de Williencourt

Rita Strohl: Vol. 2, Musique de chambre

La Boîte à Pépites

Classical

Rich-textured chamber music in a late Romantic vein from a neglected female composer.

— James Manheim

Nicholas Daniel / Julius Drake

Robert & Clara Schumann: Works for Oboe & Piano

Chandos

Classical

Mostly transcribed works originally for organ receive affecting performances.

— James Manheim

Jean-Paul Gasparian

Origins

Naïve

Classical

Colorful and often highly virtuosic Armenian works will be unfamiliar to and welcomed by many listeners.

— James Manheim

Sarah Connolly / Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha / Antonio Pappano / London Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Elijah

LSO Live

Classical

An extraordinary performance of Mendelssohn's greatest oratorio, in the grand manner, with an operatic tinge.

— James Manheim

Ernst Schlader / Bernhard Forck / Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33; Clarinet Concerto

PentaTone Classics

Classical

An unusually detailed and authentic reconstruction of the instrument for which Mozart wrote his clarinet concerto.

— James Manheim

Raphaël Pichon / Pygmalion

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Bold, quasi-dramatic Mozart Requiem with interpolated pieces from early in Mozart's career.

— James Manheim

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