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Best of June

OneRepublic Human Mosley Music/ Interscope Records Pop/Rock Coming Soon 13059659 $13.99 Grammy Award nominees OneRepublic release their highly anticipated new studio album, which features the singles Rescue Me; Somebody to Love; and Wanted; as well as the new single Didn’t I.

The Killers Imploding the Mirage Island Pop/Rock Coming Soon 13058698 $13.99 The sixth studio album from the Killers was the first one to be recorded outside of their native Las Vegas. Includes several superstar collaborators including Lindsey Buckingham, k.d. lang, Weyes Blood, and more.

Dixie Chicks Gaslighter Columbia (USA) Country Coming Soon 12981432 $13.99 After fourteen years, Grammy Award winners Dixie Chicks are back with a brand new album. When talking about the title track, Rolling Stone’s headline said ‘You Definitely Need to Hear This New Dixie Chicks Song.’

Jackboys Jackboys Epic Records Rap/Hip-Hop Parental Advisory 13130861 $8.99 Upon its digital release in January, the album from the Travis Scott-led collective debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. Now it is available for fans to enjoy on CD.

NOW That’s What I Call Music 74 Various Artists NOW Pop/Rock 13059660 $18.99 The popular music series is back with a new collection featuring the biggest chart hits from the worlds of rock, pop, rap, country, and more.

NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock 2 Various Artists NOW Pop/Rock 13061071 $18.99 Set sail with tons of summertime yacht rock classics with the lastest special collection from the popular music series.

Queen & Slim Original Motion Picture Score Devonte Hynes Domino Recording Co. Soundtracks Songwriter, composer, director, and visual artist Devonté Hynes, best known under his moniker Blood Orange, has created the score for the critically acclaimed film. 13058236 $13.99

Hayley Williams Petals for Armor Atlantic • Pop/Rock Known by millions as the lead singer of Paramore, Hayley Williams releases her highly anticipated solo album. It includes the lead single Simmer. Parental Advisory 12830065 $11.99

Steve Earle & the Dukes Ghosts of West Virginia New West Records Country In ten deftly drawn, roughly eloquent, powerfully conveyed sonic portraits, Steve Earle and his longtime band the Dukes explore the historical role of coal in rural communities. 13058685 $14.99

Margo Price That’s How Rumors Get Started Loma Vista Recordings Country Margo Price commits her genre-bending rock n’ roll show to album for the first time, stretching out her emotive twang over sky-high soft-rock, burning psychedelic rock ballads, stomping road songs, and sprinkles of pop. Available July 10 13058695 $14.99

Clannad In a Lifetime BMG Rights Management (UK) • World A career-spanning collection from one of the most successful Irish bands ever. The collection captures Clannad’s incredible and enduring body of work which has created a legacy that’s influenced a generation of fellow Irish musicians. 12874326 $11.99

Bug Out! Caspar Babypants Aurora Elephant Music Children’s The seventh album from Caspar Babypants is full of super fun sing-along good time music for the whole family to enjoy together. The energy on the album goes from upbeat and fun at the beginning to sleepy and mellow at the end. 13305924 $12.99

The Killers Imploding the Mirage Island • Pop/Rock Available December 31 13058698 $13.99 The sixth studio album from the Killers was the first one to be recorded outside of their native Las Vegas. Includes several superstar collaborators including Lindsey Buckingham, k.d. lang, Weyes Blood, and more.

Johnny Cash Easy Rider The Best of the Mercury Recordings Mercury Nashville Country This 24-track collection features highlights from Johnny Cash’s time at Mercury Records and includes I Shall Be Free; Waymore Blues (with Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins); and Tennessee Flat Top Box. Available June 26 12935928 $13.99

Glass Animals Dreamland Republic / Universal Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Denzel Curry Amassing over two billion streams, British four-piece Glass Animals is led by singer/songwriter/producer Dave Bayley with bandmates and childhood friends Joe Seaware, Ed Irwin-Singer, and Drew MacFarlane. Available July 10 Parental Advisory 13333523 $13.99

Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne Everso Records • Country An album of mostly solo, spare but emotionally rich, original torch songs done the only way this idiosyncratic artist knows how: at once tortured and vulnerable, with intimate feelings laid bare, but ultimately offering hope. 12915173 $11.99

Kip Moore Wild World MCA Nashville • Country Kip Moore’s highly anticipated fourth studio album features thirteen insightful tracks. The weathered heartlandrock sound Moore has embraced gets its emotional volume pumped up, recorded live with a full band. 13254737 $11.99

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Just Coolin’ Blue Note • Jazz A never-before-released studio album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on March 8, 1959. The set includes two previously unissued compositions: Quick Trick and Jimerick. Available August 7 12935927 $11.99

Sex Education Original Soundtrack Ezra Furman Bella Union • Soundtracks Ezra Furman’s soundtrack to the Netflix original series features soundtrack exclusives alongside new recordings of some of Furman’s best-loved songs. 13017607 $14.99

Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters Epic • Pop/Rock Available July 15 13333535 $10.99 After nearly a decade, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple has returned with one of the most acclaimed albums of the year so far. Following its digital release in April, it is now making its way onto CD.

“Fetch the Bolt Cutters is exactly what so many expected it to be: brilliant.” - Paste Magazine

Hot Country Knights The K Is Silent Capitol Nashville • Country With a sound that recalls country music’s acidwashed and Aqua Netted golden era, the ‘90s-influenced band Hot Country Knights’ debut album is produced by Dierks Bentley. 12981492 $11.99

Indigo Girls Look Long Rounder • Pop/Rock The first new studio album in five years from Indigo Girls is a testament to their storied 40-year career. Features eleven brand new tracks, all written by the pair. Available May 22 12915000 $14.99

JACKBOYS JACKBOYS Epic Records Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Travis Scott, Lil Baby, Rosalia Upon its digital release in January, the album from the Travis Scott-led collective debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. Now it is available for fans to enjoy on CD. Parental Advisory 13130861 $8.99

Lucinda Williams Good Souls Better Angels Self Produced • Pop/Rock Three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams unabashedly takes on some of the human, social, and political issues of the day with her boldest and most direct album to date. 12981479 $14.99

David Bowie Changesnowbowie Rhino/Parlophone Pop/Rock A nine-track session recorded for radio and broadcast by the BBC on David’s 50th birthday on January 8, 1997. This mostly acoustic session was a stripped-back affair featuring some of Bowie’s favorites. Available June 20 13296716 $16.99

Car Seat Headrest Making a Door Less Open Matador • Pop/Rock Car Seat Headrest’s first set of brand-new songs since 2016’s Teens of Denial. Created for four years, the album is the result of a fruitful ‘collaboration’ between the band and 1 Trait Danger, an electronic side project. 12981488 $15.99

OneRepublic Human Mosley Music/Interscope Records • Pop/Rock Coming Soon 13059659 $13.99 Grammy nominees OneRepublic have announced their highly anticipated new album, their first in nearly four years. It includes previously released singles Rescue Me; Somebody to Love; and Wanted.

Boney James Solid Concord Music Group, Inc. Jazz With eleven original songs and featuring R&B star Kenny Lattimore on the single Be Here, Boney James’s new record is an uplifting collection. It is his seventeenth album as a band leader. Available June 12 12915163 $14.99

NOW That’s What I Call Country Classics ‘90s Various Artists NOW • Country Country music fans will be able to get all of their favorite ‘90s country songs in one place and relive all of the ‘90s nostalgia. There will be eighteen tracks on this compilation that includes George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Lonestar, and more. Available June 5 13305911 $18.99

Alanis Morissette Such Pretty Forks in the Road Epiphany Music • Pop/Rock Alanis Morissette’s ninth album is her first new release since 2012’s Havoc and Bright Lights. It includes the single Reasons I Drink. Available September 18 12912296 $12.99

Austra Hirudin Domino Recording Co. Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Cecile Believe Being in a toxic relationship can sometimes feel like being lost in a maze. The fourth album from Austra, aka Katie Stelmanis, is both a bold acknowledgment of such patterns of behavior and a testament to the power of breaking them. 13058662 $13.99

Sidewalk Prophets Things That Got Us Here Word Entertainment Religious After five years, Sidewalk Prophets are back with a brand new studio album. It includes the previously released singles Real to Me; Chosen; The Comment Section; and the top 15 hit Smile. Available July 3 13155164 $11.99

Dinosaurs and Metaphors Danny Weinkauf Red Pants Music Children’s Best known as the bassist for multi-platinum band They Might Be Giants, Danny Weinkauf is a Grammy-winning songwriter who now adds his fifth album for kids and families to his catalog. 13305926 $12.99

The 1975 Notes on a Conditional Form Interscope • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory 13296713 $13.99 The 1975 release their highly anticipated fourth studio album. The 22-track epic includes hit singles People and Me and You Together Song.

NOW That’s What I Call Country Volume 13 Various Artists NOW • Country The thirteenth volume in NOW’s country series will include hits from country superstars Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, and many more. Available June 5 13305912 $18.99

The Pretenders Hate for Sale BMG Rights Management Pop/Rock Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees the Pretenders return with their latest studio album, which follows their critically acclaimed 2016 album, Alone. Available July 17 13129053 $14.99

Bush The Kingdom BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Pop/Rock British rockers Bush, known for such hits as Glycerine and Come Down, return with a brand new album that includes the single Flowers on a Grave. Available July 17 13129052 $13.99

Duke Dumont Duality Astralwerks • Pop/Rock London-based producer and DJ Duke Dumont has built a solid discography of dance hits over the years, garnering a massive, worldwide fanbase. His latest project includes the single Therapy, as well as The Power and Ocean Drive. 12892774 $13.99

GoGo Penguin GoGo Penguin Blue Note • Jazz GoGo Penguin’s new album signifies their conviction that they’ve struck upon the mother lode, hit the jackpot, stepped up, and generally arrived at a point they’ve always striven for but never quite attained before. Available June 5 12981491 $11.99

JoJo Good to Know Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock 13058690 $11.99 After facing some personal struggles and slowly becoming comfortable in her own skin, singer-songwriter JoJo returns with her first new album in four years.

Rough Guide to Spiritual Blues Reborn and Remastered Various Artists World Music Network Blues Artists: Blind Willie Johnson, Rev. Gary Davis Flowing from the same bedrock of experience, blues and gospel music have long been closely connected. The Rough Guide features legendary artists who straddled the line between the music of worship and the blues. 12991435 $14.99

Norah Jones Pick Me Up Off the Floor Blue Note • Jazz Norah Jones’s new album features lyrics that confront loss and portend hope, and a mood that leans into darkness before ultimately finding the light. Available June 12 13061072 $13.99

Not Our First Goat Rodeo Various Artists Sony Classical • Classical Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile join forces once again for an album that brings together classical and Americana. Available June 19 13090746 $11.99

Elevation Worship Graves Into Gardens Provident Music Group Religious Guest Artists: Tauren Wells, Isaiah Templeton Elevation Worship is passionate about producing songs for the local church that connect others to God. Their latest release is a live recording that features appearances from Tauren Wells, Kari Jobe, Brandon Lake, and more. Available June 12 12946507 $8.99

Shabazz Palaces The Don of Diamond Dreams Sub Pop Records Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Purple Tape Nate, Stas Thee Boss, Darrius Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up, the group’s Sub Pop debut, was recently hailed as one of the best albums of the decade by outlets like Pitchfork. Now the band is back with a brand new album. Parental Advisory 12981434 $9.99

Kenny Chesney Here and Now Warner Music Nashville Country Over the span of eighteen months, Kenny Chesney has been working on a new collection of songs inspired by the world around him and everyone’s unique personal journey. His latest includes the single Here and Now. 13058689 $10.99

Rufus Wainwright Unfollow the Rules BMG Rights Management Pop/Rock Rufus Wainwright’s ninth album finds him at the peak of his powers, entering artistic maturity with passion, honesty, and a newfound fearlessness, while remaining as mischievous as ever. Available July 10 13129054 $13.99

Jimmy Buffett Life on the Flip Side Mailboat Records • Pop/Rock 13311580 $14.99 Jimmy Buffett is one of the most beloved figures in music, with millions of fans and an empire that includes restaurants and hotels. Now he is releasing his first new album in seven years, complete with his signature feel-good vibe.

Bon Jovi Bon Jovi 2020 Island • Pop/Rock Bon Jovi’s new album is the fifteenth from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band. It features the new single Limitless as well as Unbroken, which was featured in the documentary To Be of Service. Available December 31 12874315 $13.99

Shawn Stockman Foreword Independent Label Services, Inc. • R&B Guest Artist: Raphael Saadiq Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman releases his first solo album, which features collaborations with super-producer Tim Kelley (Boyz ll Men, TLC, Sisqo, 112) and R&B star Raphael Saadiq (Tony! Toni! Tone!). Parental Advisory 12723775 $12.99

Kanye West Jesus Is King Def Jam • Religious Kanye West made headlines in the music world with the digital release of his first gospel album. Now the album, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart, is available on CD. 12912293 $13.99

NOW That’s What I Call Country Songs of Inspiration Volume 2 Various Artists NOW • Country For their second collection of inspirational country hits, the popular NOW series presents a CD that includes songs from Carrie Underwood, Josh Turner, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Vince Gill, and more. 12810123 $18.99

Lil Baby My Turn Quality Control Music, LLC Rap/Hip-Hop Grammy-nominated rap superstar Lil Baby releases his latest studio project. It includes the single Forever featuring Lil Wayne. There are also collaborations with Gunna, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, and more. Parental Advisory 12847090 $11.99

Jhene Aiko Chilombo Def Jam • R&B Guest Artists: Big Sean, H.E.R. The album is about relationships, love, and self-discovery. Jhene Aiko spent months in Hawaii recording, meditating, and working on discovering. Her message of self-actualization, self-worth, and self-love is both timely and relevant. Parental Advisory 12875956 $13.99

Thundercat It Is What It Is Brainfeeder • R&B Produced by Flying Lotus and Thundercat, the album features musical contributions from Ty Dolla $ign, Childish Gambino, Lil B, Kamasi Washington, Steve Lacy, Steve Arrington, Badbadnotgood, Louis Cole, and Zack Fox. 12742604 $13.99

Ashley McBryde Never Will Warner Music Nashville Country The CMA and ACM Awardwinning singer-songwriter releases the follow-up to her acclaimed debut album, 2018’s Girl Going Nowhere. Her new album features the songs One Night Standards; Hang in There Girl; and Never Will. 12821666 $11.99

Joe Satriani Shapeshifting Legacy Recordings Pop/Rock Rock guitar icon Joe Satriani puts his skills on display with a new album that includes the single Nineteen Eighty. 12850476 $12.99

Maddie & Tae The Way It Feels Mercury Nashville Country Guest Artist: Dierks Bentley Maddie & Tae first took country by storm in 2013 with their single Girl in a Country Song. Since then they have toured with the likes of Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Now they are back with a new full-length album. 12821665 $11.99

Kierra Sheard Kierra RCA Inspiration • Religious Grammy-nominated singer Kierra Sheard releases a brand new album that includes the single It Keeps Happening, as well as collaborations with Le’Andria Johnson, Sir the Baptist, Todd Dulaney, and Jacob Sheard. 12904498 $8.99

Grey Daze Amends Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock Prior to his untimely passing, Chester Bennington personally announced a Grey Daze reunion. As he never got the chance to launch the reunion himself, various collaborators stepped up to help finish what the late singer started. Available June 26 12830069 $13.99

Willie Nelson First Rose of Spring Legacy Recordings Country Following a Grammy win for Best Country Solo Performance, living legend Willie Nelson releases his 70th studio album. Along with the title track, it includes the songs Blue Star; Love Just Laughed; and We Are the Cowboys. Available July 3 12912294 $13.99

Haim Women in Music Pt. III Columbia Records Pop/Rock Grammy-nominated rock trio Haim releases their third album, which includes the single The Steps. The video for The Steps was co-directed by Danielle Haim and Paul Thomas Anderson. Available June 26 Parental Advisory 12946508 $13.99

The Strokes The New Abnormal RCA Records • Pop/Rock The Strokes make their long-awaited return with their first new album in seven years. Produced by the legendary Rick Rubin, it includes the single At the Door. 12846857 $13.99

John Anderson Years BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Country Guest Artist: Blake Shelton Produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and David Fergie Ferguson, the album includes ten new original songs as well as special guest appearance by Blake Shelton on the track Tuesday I’ll Be Gone. 12773921 $14.99

Lady Gaga Chromatica Interscope • Pop/Rock Lady Gaga follows up her Grammy and Academy Awardwinning soundtrack for A Star Is Born with her sixth studio album. The first single, Stupid Love, is already making its way up the charts. 12935947 $13.99

The Weeknd After Hours Republic Records • R&B Filtering R&B, pop, and hip-hop through an ambitious widescreen lens, the Weeknd quietly took over popular music and culture on his own terms. Features the global hits Heartless and Blinding Lights. Parental Advisory 12874314 $13.99 Edited Version 12912292 $13.99

J. Balvin Colores Universal Music Latin Entertainment • Latin J Balvin continues to change Latin music on his own terms while staying true to his Colombian roots and reggaeton essence. 12904496 $10.99

The Clark Sisters The Return Motown Gospel • Religious Guest Artist: Snoop Dogg The Clark Sisters’ first collective release in over ten years harks back to the formative sound of their early productions, incorporating original instruments and a ‘70s and ‘80s R&B/soul sound. 12842467 $12.99

KIDZ BOP Kids KIDZ BOP Party Playlist KIDZ BOP • Children’s Featuring kid-friendly versions of songs such as Dance Monkey; Shake It Off; and Uptown Funk sung by the KIDZ BOP Kids, it is sure to be an instant favorite among families everywhere. 12810122 $10.99

Luke Bryan Born Here Live Here Die Here Capitol Nashville • Country The new album from country music superstar Luke Bryan features the chart-topping hit Knockin’ Boots, as well as the new single Whatever She Wants Tonight. Available August 7 12850368 $11.99

Stormzy Heavy Is the Head Atlantic UK • Rap/Hip-Hop UK artist Stormzy has become one of the world’s most talked-about music stars with his sophomore album. Following a digital release in 2019, it is now available on CD. Parental Advisory 12708257 $10.99

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