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Carrie Underwood Capitol Nashville Available September 25 13496491 $11.99
My Gift
Carrie Underwood releases her first-ever Christmas album which will include classic Christmas standards and a few originals with the tracklisting to be revealed at a later date.
Vince Gill
George Strait
Terri Clark
MCA Nashville Guest Artist: Jenny Gill Vince Gill recorded two bestselling Christmas albums in the 1990s. This 11-track compilation pulls songs from both, including Let There Be Peace on Earth with daughter Jenny, and his version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Available September 25 13542938 $13.99
MCA Nashville Strait’s 30-track compilation features songs from his three Christmas albums on a two-CD set. Includes hit single Christmas Cookies as well classics like White Christmas; Deck the Halls; and Away in a Manager. Available September 25 2 Discs 13540348 $13.99
Mercury Nashville Guest Artists: Ricky Skaggs, Dierks Bentley, Vince Gill Mercury Nashville welcomes back Terri Clark for a special Christmas release featuring ten holiday standards. Available September 25 13509090 $11.99
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BEST OF SEPTEMBER The In-Demand Titles Patrons Will Be Looking For
Bon Jovi
Taylor Swift
Island Pop/Rock Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Bon Jovi are back with their fifteenth album. Along with the single Limitless, it includes the track Unbroken, which was featured in the documentary To Be of Service. Available October 2 12874315 $13.99
Republic Records Pop/Rock On her eighth studio album, Taylor Swift poured all her whims, dreams, fears, and musings into the seventeen tracks. The CD release of the album features an extra track not found on the digital release. Parental Advisory 13499496 $13.99 Edited Version 13499497 $13.99
2020
Folklore
blackbear
Logic
Alamo Records / Interscope Records Pop/Rock blackbear’s new album features the social media-influenced track Queen of Broken Hearts as well as hit singles Hot Girl Bummer and Me & UR Ghost. Parental Advisory 13482746 $13.99
Def Jam Rap/Hip-Hop Logic returns with a new album, reuniting with legendary super-producer No I.D. They come full circle for a sequel to his debut album, Under Pressure. Following a digital release, it is now available on CD. Available September 11 Parental Advisory 13542954 $13.99
Everything Means Nothing
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony S&M2
Rhino/Blackened Recordings Pop/Rock The concert album from Metallica & the San Francisco Symphony features twenty songs from the two-night event, with many Metallica fan favorites and two unique classical songs chosen by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. 2 Discs 13482751 $16.99
No Pressure
Brothers Osborne Skeletons
UMG Nashville Country CMA and ACM Award-winning duo Brothers Osborne release their third studio album. Among the twelve tracks is the current hit single All Night. Available October 9 13439473 $11.99
Alicia Keys
Charli XCX
RCA Records R&B Fresh off her second time as the host of the Grammy Awards, Alicia Keys releases her eighth studio album. It includes the new single Underdog. Available September 18 12769690 $9.99
Atlantic Pop/Rock Written, recorded, and released in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the album invites collaboration in a new way, as fans were welcomed to give feedback on every aspect of the record. Available September 18 13508879 $11.99
Alicia
How I’m Feeling Now
NOW That’s What I Call Music 75
NOW That’s What I Call a Decade 2010s
Legacy Recordings Pop/Rock The latest installment in the popular series features 22 top hits including Stupid Love by Lady Gaga; Daisies by Katy Perry; Rockstar by DaBaby; Like That by Doja Cat; and more. 13494737 $18.99
Legacy Recordings Pop/Rock Recap the decade of the 2010s with a collection that includes Lizzo’s Truth Hurts; Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy; Luis Fonsi’s Despacito; Maroon 5’s Girls Like You; and more. 13494738 $18.99
Various Artists
Various Artists
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HOT NEW RELEASES The In-Demand Titles Patrons Will Be Looking For The War and Treaty
Marilyn Manson
Ledisi
Rounder • Folk Critically acclaimed duo the War and Treaty make a triumphant return with a new album. This has a dynamic sound, joyfully blending Southern soul with elements of gospel, country, rock n’ roll, and blues.
Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock As chaos envelops the world, Marilyn Manson has penned the perfect prescription. Working with Shooter Jennings, he continues to infiltrate fashion, film, and music, leaving his fingerprints on modern culture.
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • R&B Guest Artists: Cory Henry, Sa-Roc Twelve-time Grammy Award nominee Ledisi returns with the follow-up to her 2017 album Let Love Rule. It includes the single For You. 13469276 $14.99
Hearts Town
Available September25 13482741 $14.99
We Are Chaos
Available September 11
The Wild Card
Parental Advisory 13482748 $14.99
Dawes
Koryn Hawthorne
Eagles
Rounder • Pop/Rock Far from apathetic, this album is Dawes at their most unapologetic. Produced by six-time Grammy winner Dave Cobb, it is an unfiltered photograph of a band doing what they do best.
RCA Inspiration • Religious Guest Artists: Jonathan McReynolds, Steffany Gretzinger First wowing international audiences as a finalist on The Voice, Koryn Hawthorne is on a mission to move people with her music. She continues to deliver a genre-defying sound with her second album, which includes the single Speak to Me.
Rhino Records • Pop/Rock When the Eagles hit the road in 2018, they were joined by two new bandmates: Vince Gill and Deacon Frey. This album captures 26 songs, recorded over three nights at the Forum in Los Angeles.
Good Luck with Whatever
Available October 2 13499500 $14.99
Robert Plant Digging Deep Subterranea
Rhino Records • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Patty Griffin Landmark tracks from each of the eight-time Grammy Award winner’s eleven masterful solo albums, including a number of songs featured on Digging Deep with Robert Plant. Available October 2 2 Discs 13508878 $16.99
I Am
Available September 18 13508876 $8.99
Bach Goldberg Variations Lang Lang
Live from the Forum MMXVIII
Available October 16 2 Discs 13477277 $24.99
Big K.R.I.T.
K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
Deutsche Grammophon Classical Bach’s monumental work stands alone in the piano literature as a work of unique artistry and brilliance. Alongside a studio recording is a contrasting performance, a single take from a recital in Leipzig’s iconic St. Thomas Church.
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y The tenth anniversary of the mixtape that started it all. A reissue and remaster of neverbefore-released music. Featuring Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, Smoke DZA, and Big Sant. Includes four new unreleased tracks.
Available September 4
Available September 25
2 Discs 13469231 $17.99
Parental Advisory 13477286 $14.99
Gloria Estefan Brazil305
Sony Music Latin • Latin 13479299 $8.99 Guest Artist: Carlinhos Brown Gloria Estefan returns with her first new album in five years, which features both new songs and new recordings of her classic hits. All throughout, she embraces the sound of Brazil.
Colter Wall
Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
La Honda Records Country From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada, Colter Wall sings songs of the great West. His music has graced the silver screen many times, in films such as Peanut Butter Falcon; Hell or High Water; and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MO. 13477275 $12.99
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HOT NEW RELEASES Walter Trout
Ordinary Madness
Provogue • Blues Across his five-decade career, Walter Trout’s music has always been a lifeline and call to arms. Now, as the world seeks solace from tragedy, he comes armed with a boundary-exploring new album featuring eleven searingly honest songs.
Live Your Life Live at Feinstein’s/54 Below Nick Cordero
Broadway Records • Soundtracks
Available September 17 13509053 $18.99
Guest Artists: Kathryn Gallagher, Sara Chase
Deluxe Edition 13469288 $19.99
Prior to being diagnosed with coronavirus, Nick Cordero had been planning to release the recording of his celebrated cabaret act following his passing. It will be released with his family’s blessing to honor his legacy.
Corey Taylor
Mandy Barnett
Roger Waters
Roadrunner Records Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Tech N9ne, Kid Bookie Corey Taylor, lead singer for the bands Slipnkot and Stone Sour, releases his first solo album. It includes the singles Black Eyes Blue and CMFT Must Be Stopped.
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Country Mandy Barnett’s seventh studio album was inspired by her popular road show of the same name and pays homage to iconic country and pop standards by legendary artists including Ray Price, Roy Orbison, Tammy Wynette, and more. 13477285 $13.99
Sony Legacy • Pop/Rock Based around Roger Waters’s acclaimed, sold-out worldwide tour of 2017-18, this live album features classic songs from his time with Pink Floyd as well as his most recent solo album, Is This the Life We Really Want?
CMFT
Available October 2 Parental Advisory 13540343 $11.99
A Nashville Songbook
Us + Them
Available October 2 2 Discs 13482710 $13.99
Hurts
Natalie Grant
Angel Olsen
Lento Records • Pop/Rock Known for their striking and stylish videos, Hurts make epic, dramatic pop music that takes inspiration from a finely curated mix of influences including ‘70s Krautrock, ‘80s new wave, and ‘90s R&B.
Curb • Religious Natalie Grant’s tenth album is inspired by the life she has lived over the last five years. It is a timeless and beautiful body of work featuring lush musicality and orchestration.
Jagjaguwar • Pop/Rock Angel Olsen’s new solo album is a poignant reminder that songs are more than mere collections of words, chords, and even melodies. They are webs of moods and moments and ideas, qualities that can change from one month to the next. 13530070 $14.99
Faith
Available September 4 13496446 $12.99
Toni Braxton
Spell My Name
Island Records • R&B Guest Artist: Missy Elliott Grammy-winning star Toni Braxton releases her latest album, which includes hit single Do It as well as the fan-favorite song Dance. There is also a collaboration with Missy Elliot. 13540346 $11.99
No Stranger
Available September 25 13477278 $11.99
Whole New Mess
Lana Del Rey
Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass Interscope • Pop/Rock
Available October 2 13482745 $13.99 Lana Del Rey’s new album sees the singer-songwriter deliver spoken-word poetry, backed by music created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Jack Antonoff.
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HOT NEW RELEASES The In-Demand Titles Patrons Will Be Looking For Steep Canyon Rangers Arm in Arm
Yep Roc Records • Country Since coming onto the bluegrass scene, Steep Canyon Rangers have been on a journey and continue to push the genre’s boundaries. This finds the band in a unique position where their sound is much more Americana than their origins. Available October 16 13540350 $15.99
SOZO Playlists Top Christian Hits Volume 2 Various Artists
Sparrow Records Religious An all-new collection of the best songs of the year from today’s top artists, such as TobyMac, Jeremy Camp, Danny Gokey, Crowder, Jordan Feliz, We the Kingdom, and more.
Aloe Blacc
Bill Frisell
BMG Rights Management R&B Aloe Blacc’s first collection of material written as a father, a journey that’s expanded his already heartfelt artistic palette. The album includes the single I Do.
Blue Note • Jazz Guest Artists: Thomas Morgan, Rudy Royston The debut recording of guitarist Bill Frisell’s trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston is a wide-ranging thirteen-song set that mixes Frisell originals new and old, jazz standards, traditional songs, and covers. 13418755 $11.99
All Love Everything
Available October 2 13477281 $13.99
Tricky
Fall to Pieces
!K7 Records • Pop/Rock Tricky might be over three decades into his career but he’s currently on a creative roll. In the last year, he’s put out an acclaimed autobiography and dropped an acclaimed EP. Now he is releasing his fourteenth studio album.
Available September 4 13429686 $9.99
Available September 4 13445280 $13.99
Mastodon
Outlander Original Television Score Season 5
Medium Rarities
Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock Along with the new song Fallen Torches, this collection of rare tracks from Mastodon features live performances, instrumental tracks, and more. Available September 11 13519899 $11.99
Bear McCreary
Sony Classical Soundtracks Bear McCreary is back, creating the score for the fifth season of the popular cable series. Included here are both a choral and vocal version of the song Outlander – The Skye Boat Song.
Valentine
KIDZ BOP Halloween Party! KIDZ BOP Kids
KIDZ BOP • Children’s The perfect soundtrack for a Halloween celebration featuring the biggest pop hits sung by kids for kids. It is sure to be an instant favorite among families everywhere. Available September 4 13482747 $10.99
Carlos Vives Cumbiana
Sony Music Latin • Latin The new album from Latin music star Carlos Vives features collaborations with Jessie Reyez, Ziggy Marley, Alejandro Sanz, Ruben Blades, and Elkin Robinson. 13463170 $8.99
Available September 11 13482709 $11.99
The Killers
Imploding the Mirage Island • Pop/Rock 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.
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Bobby Rush
Rawer Than Raw
Deep Rush Records • Blues Bobby Rush pays homage to the great bluesmen from Mississippi on his 27th studio album. This is Bobby Rush, stripped down, just his guitar, harmonica, singing, and foot tapping. 13477274 $12.99
HOT NEW RELEASES Artemis Artemis
Blue Note • Jazz The self-titled debut album from the supergroup of Renee Rosnes (piano), Melissa Aldana (tenor sax), Anat Cohen (clarinet), Ingrid Jensen (trumpet), Noriko Ueda (bass), Allison Miller (drums), and Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocals).
Troye Sivan
In a Dream EP
Capitol • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory 13482743 $18.99 Troye Sivan’s six-song concept EP features leadoff hit Take Yourself Home and new single Easy, an infectious plea to set a relationship back on course.
Available September 11 13494400 $11.99
Hillsong Young & Free
Hillsong Confidential
Hillsong • Religious Hillsong Young & Free came together in late 2019 to work on their latest album. It aims to rally a generation together around bold devotion and tireless truth. 13496478 $10.99
Requiem Original Score Various Artists
Svart Records Soundtracks Conjured by awardwinning composers Dominik Scherrer and Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes, this is an eerie landscape of sharp, scraping cello, soothing harps, and tense string sections. Available September 11 13508875 $14.99
Diana Krall
This Dream of You
Impulse • Jazz Self-produced from sessions that took place in 2016 and 2017, Diana Krall’s new album features personally chosen gems from the American Songbook and more. It includes the single But Beautiful, her last collaboration with Tommy LiPuma.
Joe Bonamassa Royal Tea
J&R Adventures • Blues It has been a lifelong dream of Joe Bonamassa to blow the roof off of Abbey Road. This brings that dream full circle, with the studio serving as the backdrop while he reconnects with the guitarslinging kid who fell in love with British blues. Available October 23 13509101 $16.99
lovelytheband
Conversations with Myself About You
Another Century Pop/Rock The band behind the hit platinum-selling single broken are back with their highly anticipated sophomore album, which features the new single Loneliness for Love. 13463167 $12.99
Baauer
Mo Pitney
Luckyme • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Bipolar Sunshine More than just an album, a massive work of world building on a blockbuster cinematic scale, an immersive universe born from the mind of one of the most revolutionary talents on the pop landscape today. 13482791 $14.99
Curb • Country Guest Artist: Jamey Johnson Mo Pitney’s second album features seven songs co-written by Pitney, was produced by Jim ‘Moose’ Brown, and contains additional co-writing contributions from a powerhouse list of some of the best in the business. 13411110 $11.99
Planet’s Mad
Ain’t Looking Back
KEM
Love Always Wins Motown Records • R&B 13540344 $11.99
KEM continues to create timeless R&B music with his sixth studio album. It features the single Lie to Me as well as collaborations with Toni Braxton and Erica Campbell.
Available September 25 13540347 $13.99
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TOP MUSIC PICKS Titles People Are Talking About NEEDTOBREATHE
The Flaming Lips
Chris Tomlin
New Elektra • Religious NEEDTOBREATHE’s last album, H A R D L O V E, released in 2016 and debuted at number one on several Billboard charts. Now they are back with a new album that includes the singles Hang On and Seasons. 13394091 $10.99
Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Kacey Musgraves Modern-day psychedelic rockers the Flaming Lips return with the follow-up to their 2018 album King’s Mouth: Music and Songs. Kacey Musgraves contributes vocals on the album. Includes the single My Religion Is You.
Sparrow • Religious Chris Tomlin collaborates with some of the biggest names in country music for this new album. It includes duets with Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Lady A, Brett Young, Russell Dickerson, and more. 13418725 $11.99
Out of Body
American Head
Available September 11 13419817 $11.99
Chris Tomlin & Friends
Erasure
Cinema Paradiso
Lil Yachty
Mute • Pop/Rock Erasure’s latest album offers listeners warmth and a brilliant brightness in today’s times. It connects to the past and the future while glistening with hope. Includes the single Hey Now (Think I Got a Feeling). 13377426 $14.99
Decca • Classical Katherine Jenkins performs a collection of unforgettable songs from some of the world’s bestloved movie moments, including Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Pinocchio’s When You Wish Upon a Star; and more. 12935930 $13.99
Quality Control Music, LLC Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: A$AP Rocky, Tyler, Tyler, the Creator Atlanta native rapper Lil Yachty returns with the third and final installment of the Lil Boat series.
The Neon
Katherine Jenkins
Buju Banton
Caylee Hammack
Roc Nation • Reggae Dancehall star Buju Banton returns with his first new album in a decade. It features guest appearances from John Legend, Pharrell, and Stephen Marley.
Capitol Nashville • Country Caylee Hammack is a refreshingly different voice in country music. The debut album from the rising star includes the single Family Tree. It also has Redhead, a duet with Reba McEntire. 12935924 $11.99
Upside Down 2020
Parental Advisory 13380130 $13.99
The Avett Brothers The Third Gleam
Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock The Avett Brothers make a return to their roots with eight tracks that capture their personal experiences and perspectives on undeniably timely, universal themes. 13429687 $14.99
If It Wasn’t for You
Laura Marling Song for Our Daughter
Chrysalis Records Ltd. Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Ethan Johns, Dianna Corcoran, Chris Hillman Laura Marling’s seventh album arrives almost without preamble or warning, and instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity, and calm. As a balm for the soul, this new collection could be posited as Marling’s richest to date. 13401369 $13.99
Lil Boat 3
Parental Advisory 13380932 $13.99
Bright Eyes
Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
Dead Oceans, Inc. Pop/Rock Amidst the current overwhelming uncertainty and upheaval of global and personal worlds, Bright Eyes reunited under the moniker as both an escape from and a confrontation of trying times. 13435583 $14.99
Josh Turner
Country State of Mind
MCA Nashville • Country Guest Artists: John Anderson, Kris Kristofferson, Chris Janson Josh Turner returns with his new studio album. The twelve-track record highlights some of Turner’s favorite country classics, and features guest appearances from Kris Kristofferson, Maddie & Tae, the legendary Randy Travis, and more. 13395559 $11.99
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TOP MUSIC PICKS Lindsay Ell
Mali Music
Tim McGraw
Stoney Creek Records Country Following the success of her number one duet with Brantley Gilbert, What Happens in a Small Town, Lindsay Ell releases a new album. It includes the tracks Want Me Back and I Don’t Love You. 13418724 $13.99
RCA Inspiration • Religious Guest Artists: Deanna Dixon, Aniyah Smith Mali Music continues to shake things up in the industry with an exhilarating and exceptional sound. His latest album features the thought-provoking first single, Let Go. 13411095 $12.99
Big Machine Label Group Country Tim McGraw is back with his first solo album since 2015’s Damn Country Music. His new release features the single I Called Mama. 13439472 $11.99
Heart Theory
The Book of Mali
Brad Mehldau
Katy Perry
Nonesuch • Jazz While sheltering with his family during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brad Mehldau composed a collection of songs that convey what he was feeling and experiencing.
Capitol • Pop/Rock Three years since the release of Witness, Katy Perry is back with her fifth studio album. It includes the singles Daisies; Harleys in Hawaii; the Goldcertified Never Really Over; and the title track. 13468367 $13.99
Suite April 2020
Available September 18 13407616 $12.99
Angelheaded Hipster The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex Various Artists
BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock For this collection, artists including Nick Cave, U2, Elton John, Joan Jett, and Peaches have reinterpreted and reimagined some of the greatest tracks by glam rock icon Marc Bolan and T. Rex. Available September 4
Smile
A New Day Now
J&R Adventures • Blues To commemorate the 20th anniversary of his debut album, A New Day Yesterday, Joe Bonamassa is releasing a newly remixed and rerecorded version. Joe re-sang all the vocals and played new guitar tracks on some songs too. 13418760 $17.99
The Prince of Egypt Original Cast Recording Various Artists
Ghostlight Records Soundtracks Artists: Luke Brady, Christine Allado, Mercedesz Csampai The extraordinary new musical from the composer of Wicked and Godspell. Based on the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation film. It features ten new songs written by Stephen Schwartz, as well as five songs from the film. 13407599 $18.99
Gregory Porter
Keith Urban
Blue Note • Jazz Gregory Porter’s sixth studio album marks a return to his beloved original songwriting and heart-on-sleeve lyrics imbued with everyday philosophy and real-live detail, set to a stirring mix of jazz, soul, blues, and gospel. 12748033 $13.99
Capitol Nashville • Country Keith Urban releases the follow-up to his Graffiti U. The album includes his hit single God Whispered Your Name, as well as the number two smash hit We Were.
All Rise
2 Discs 13407596 $18.99
Joe Bonamassa
Here on Earth
Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Dirt and the Stars
Lambent Light Records Folk Five-time Grammy winner Mary Chapin Carpenter’s fifteenth studio album finds the singer-songwriter pondering life’s intimate, personal moments and exploring its most universally challenging questions at an unprecedented time. 13407613 $13.99
The Speed of Now Part 1
Available September 18 13411070 $11.99
Myron Butler My Tribute
Fair Trade/Columbia Religious Guest Artists: Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Fred Hammond Myron Butler leads an allstar tribute to the legendary Andrae Crouch, performing some of Crouch’s greatest hits with Kirk Franklin, Kim Burrell, Fred Hammond, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Anthony Hamilton, Kenny Lattimore, and more. 13361385 $11.99
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S O U N D S O F T H E S TAG E Broadway may be dark until 2021, but patrons can relive moments from classic and popular shows with these soundtracks. Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording
Mean Girls Original Broadway Cast Recording
Atlantic Parental Advisory, 2 Discs 11415110 $23.99
Atlantic 12117935 $18.99
Various Artists
Beetlejuice Original Broadway Cast Recording
SpongeBob SquarePants, The New Musical Original Cast Recording
Various Artists
Tootsie Original Broadway Cast Recording Various Artists
Verve Parental Advisory 12365418 $13.99
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel Various Artists Craft Recordings 12144339 $16.99
Various Artists
Eddie Perfect
Various Artists
Ghostlight Records 12613280 $18.99
Head Over Heels Original Broadway Cast Recording Various Artists
House Of Iona/RCA Records 12461421 $13.99
Ghostlight Records 12439647 $16.99
Various Artists
Jagged Little Pill Original Broadway Cast Recording
Oklahoma! 2019 Broadway Cast Recording
Various Artists
Atlantic Parental Advisory 12591925 $16.99
Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Cast Recording
Moulin Rouge! The Musical Original Broadway Cast Recording
2019 Tony Award Season Various Artists
Broadway Records 12392384 $18.99
Phantom of the Opera Various Artists
Decca U.S. 2 Discs 10137951 $19.99
Masterworks Broadway 12214282 $13.99
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Various Artists
Verve 12365411 $13.99
American Utopia on Broadway Original Cast Recording
David Byrne
Nonesuch 2 Discs 12472077 $18.99
Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway Cast Recording Various Artists
Atlantic 12260808 $17.99
Hadestown Original Broadway Cast Anais Mitchell
Sing It Again Records 2 Discs 12439646 $30.99
My Fair Lady 2018 Broadway Cast Recording Various Artists
Broadway Records 12096834 $18.99
Summer The Donna Summer Musical Various Artists
Republic Records 12182794 $13.99
Wicked Original Cast Recording Various Artists
Verve 15th Anniversary Edition, 2 Discs 12284310 $24.99
Cats
Various Artists
Really Useful Records 2 Discs 10140325 $19.99
D ri riv ve - In Conce Conc er t s
Michael W. Smith
Awaken The Surrounded Experience
Rocketown Records Religious 12313102 $11.99
Los Lobos Gates of Gold
Mac Powell and the Family Reunion Back Again
Mac Powell Records Country 12403717 $11.99
Steven Curtis Chapman
Savoy Pop/Rock 11425393 $15.99
A Great Adventure
Bush
Brad Paisley
The Kingdom
Gaither Music Group Religious 12338616 $13.99
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Pop/Rock 13129052 $13.99
Love and War
Keith Urban
TobyMac
The Speed of Now Part 1
Capitol Nashville Country 13411070 $11.99 Available September 18
Gwen Stefani
This Is What the Truth Feels Like
Interscope Records Pop/Rock 11571368 $13.99
Arista Nashville Country 11803404 $11.99
The St. Nemele Collab Sessions
Forefront Records Religious 12435899 $7.99
Josh Abbott Band Until My Voice Goes Out
Pretty Damn Tough Records Country 11949126 $16.99
Created as a way to reimagine the live music experience during a time of social distancing.
Jack’s Mannequin Everything in Transit
Pop/Rock Parental Advisory 10182136 $16.99
Garth Brooks
Gunslinger
Blake Shelton
Fully Loaded God’s Country
Warner Music Nashville Country 12569651 $11.99
Pat Green Home
Pearl Records Country 11766911 $11.99
Greenhorse Records, Inc. Country 11374707 $12.99
Alan Jackson
Trace Adkins
Precious Memories Collection
IRS Nashville Country 2 Discs 11856551 $17.99
The Avett Brothers The Third Gleam
Loma Vista Recordings Pop/Rock 13429687 $14.99
Kehlani While We Wait
Atlantic R&B Parental Advisory 12360762 $16.99
Something’s Going On
WheelHouse Country 11813369 $13.99
Eli Young Band
This Is Eli Young Band Greatest Hits
Big Machine Label Group Country 12307483 $13.99
The Chainsmokers World War Joy
Disruptor Pop/Rock IMPORT 12741077 $18.99
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ROCK Marilyn Manson
Dawes
Good Luck with Whatever
WE ARE CHAOS
Loma Vista Recordings
Available September 11 Parental Advisory 13482748 $14.99 As chaos envelops the world, Marilyn Manson has penned the perfect prescription. Working with Shooter Jennings, he continues to infiltrate fashion, film, and music, leaving his fingerprints on modern culture.
Rounder Far from apathetic, this album is Dawes at their most unapologetic. Produced by six-time Grammy winner Dave Cobb, it is an unfiltered photograph of a band doing what they do best. Available October 2 13499500 $14.99
Jonsi
Sylvan Esso
Bob Mould
Krunk Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi releases his exciting and beautiful second solo album. It features collaborations with pop icon Robyn and Liz Fraser from Cocteau Twins.
Loma Vista Recordings The new album from alternative rock duo Sylvan Esso thrives on collaborative frisson: two people pushing one another into new territories. It is the most direct, delicate, intricate, and urgent collection of songs in their career.
Merge Records In 2019, Bob Mould created his most melodic, upbeat album in ages, Sunshine Rock. Cut to spring of 2020, and things have drastically changed, informing his new full-length album, the raging but catchy yin to Sunshine Rock’s yang.
Shiver
Available October 2 13477280 $12.99
Free Love
Blue Hearts
Available September 25 13499498 $12.99
Available September 25 13435586 $12.99
lovelytheband
Stray Cats
Robert Plant
Another Century The band behind the hit platinum-selling single broken is back with their highly anticipated sophomore album, which features the new single Loneliness for Love. 13463167 $12.99
Surfdog, Inc. Recorded during their 40th anniversary tour, this album sees the Stray Cats delivering plenty of rock n’ roll fire while performing classic tracks like Stray Cat Strut and Rock This Town.
Rhino Records Guest Artist: Patty Griffin Landmark tracks from each of the eight-time Grammy Award winner’s eleven masterful solo albums, including a number of songs featured on Digging Deep with Robert Plant.
Conversations with Myself About You
Rocked This Town From LA to London
Available September 11 13496444 $13.99
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony
Eagles
Rhino/Blackened Recordings The concert album from Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony features twenty songs from the two-night event, with many Metallica fan favorites and two unique classical songs chosen by conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
Available October 16
S&M2
2 Discs 13482751 $16.99
Digging Deep Subterranea
Available October 2 2 Discs 13508878 $16.99
Live from the Forum MMXVIII Rhino Records
2 Discs 13477277 $24.99 When the Eagles hit the road in 2018, they were joined by two new bandmates: Vince Gill and Deacon Frey. This album captures 26 songs, recorded over three nights at the Forum in Los Angeles.
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ROCK Blitzen Trapper Holy Smokes Future Jokes
Yep Roc Records Inspired by George Saunders’s 2017 experimental tome Lincoln in the Bardo and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Blitzen Trapper’s new album tackles existential questions about life and death.
Roger Waters Us + Them Sony Legacy
Available October 2 2 Discs 13482710 $13.99
Available September 11 13496447 $15.99
Based around Roger Waters’s acclaimed, sold-out worldwide tour of 2017-18, this live album features classic songs from his time with Pink Floyd as well as his most recent solo album, Is This the Life We Really Want?
Corey Taylor
Mastodon
Will Butler
Roadrunner Records Guest Artists: Tech N9ne, Kid Bookie Corey Taylor, lead singer for the bands Slipnkot and Stone Sour, releases his first solo album. It includes the singles Black Eyes Blue and CMFT Must Be Stopped.
Warner Bros. Along with the new song Fallen Torches, this collection of rare tracks from Mastodon features live performances, instrumental tracks, and more.
Merge Records Arcade Fire member Will Butler releases his third solo album, which includes the new single Surrender.
CMFT
Available October 2
Medium Rarities
Available September 11 13519899 $11.99
Generations
Available September 25 13530068 $12.99
Parental Advisory 13540343 $11.99
Angel Olsen
Touche Amore
Ed Harcourt
Jagjaguwar Angel Olsen’s new solo album is a poignant reminder that songs are more than mere collections of words, chords, and even melodies. They are webs of moods and moments and ideas, qualities that can change from one month to the next. 13530070 $14.99
Epitaph Touché Amoré looks back at its past and uses hardwon optimism to point its fans toward light and love. They have opted to get out of their comfort zone and work with a new producer, Ross Robinson (Slipknot, Korn, At the Drive-In).
Point of Departure The ninth studio album from Mercury-nominated Ed Harcourt. Known for his literate, baroque rock sound, the British musician is a distinctly enigmatic presence known his both his solo work and collaborations.
Whole New Mess
Lament
Available October 9 Parental Advisory 13530069 $11.99
The Rolling Stones
Monochrome to Colour
Available September 18 13509058 $14.99
From Ashes to New Panic
Goats Head Soup Interscope
Available September 4 2020 Deluxe Edition, 2 Discs 13468369 $19.99 A prized jewel in the Rolling Stones’ unmatched catalog is restored to its full glory. This deluxe edition features three previously unreleased tracks: Scarlet; All the Rage; and Criss Cross.
Better Noise Music Using their unique blend of metal, hip-hop, and electronica, From Ashes to New delivers an empowering message centered on a theme of overcoming obstacles. Parental Advisory 13469234 $13.99
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FEATURED ON Spotlighting Unique Music
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Benny Sings
Nilufer Yanya
Little Dragon
Stones Throw • R&B Guest Artists: Faberyayo, Mocky, Cornelius A sum of Benny Sings’s reallife observations and insights on love, held together by his soft rock-inspired songwriting, jazz instrumentation, leading piano, and distinctive vocal. The album was inspired by and written in cities all over the world. 12296781 $9.99
ATO Records • Pop/Rock Nilufer Yanya’s music incorporates the city’s urban edge with beautiful wandering guitar lines, downtrodden soul, and jazzflickered melodies on top of minimalist and atmospheric beats. 12308494 $11.99
Ninja Tune • Pop/Rock Little Dragon, the pioneering Swedish four-piece fronted by enigmatic vocalist Yukimi Nagano, with multiinstrumentalists Håkan Wirenstarnd and Fredrik Wallin on keyboards and bass respectively and Erik Bodin on drums and percussion, returns with their sixth studio album. 12835950 $13.99
City Pop
Miss Universe
Beam
Lenny Kravitz
Mons Records • Jazz Guest Artists: Roman Babik, John-Dennis Renken, Wolf Schenk The name of this nine-piece band is a statement in itself, because they really do light things up. And that’s exactly what renowned composer and saxophonist Stephan Mattner’s concept is all about. 11896231 $17.99
BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock The title track is lean power-trio rock, while the ballad Here to Love features Kravitz backed only by his piano and a string section. Deluxe Edition 12164527 $19.99
Pure
Raise Vibration
New Me, Same Us
John Mayer
The Search for Everything
Columbia (USA) • Pop/Rock Since his last album, John Mayer has been exploring other musical ventures, including a tour with Dead & Company. After releasing a pair of preview EPs, he returns to his solo career with a new album that includes the track Still Feel Like Your Man. 11871809 $11.99
Dirty Projectors
Braxton Cook
Laura Marling
Domino Recording Co. Pop/Rock The next installment of the Domino Documents series features Dirty Projectors at the height of their touring powers. The band went into New York City’s prestigious Power Station studios to record road-tested and refined live arrangements of songs they had been performing on tour. 12685758 $15.99
Fresh Selects • Jazz Guest Artists: Andrew Renfroe, Samora Pinderhughes Noted jazz saxophonist/ composer Braxton Cook steps up to the mic for his full-length solo debut, his first as singer-songwriter. 11898437 $17.99
Chrysalis Records Ltd. Pop/Rock Laura Marling’s seventh album arrives almost without preamble or warning, and instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity, and calm. As a balm for the soul, this new collection could be posited as Marling’s richest to date. 13401369 $13.99
Sing the Melody
Kate Davis Trophy
Solitaire Recording Pop/Rock In the same bright, arresting croon that ignited her youthful stardom, Davis created confessionals. Now 28 and audibly matured, Kate is prepared to properly share the artifacts from her late-night craft, a full-length reaction to ritual required of perfection, an outburst from the pedestal. 12847072 $20.99
Somewhere in Between
Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
What Kinda Music
Moonbeam Music Pop/Rock The second album from Tom Misch, the London-based musician and producer, is an expansive and fruitful collaboration with drummer Yussef Dayes, one that brings out the best in each other. Parental Advisory 12847091 $12.99
Song for Our Daughter
Sylvan Esso Free Love
Loma Vista Recordings The new album from alternative rock duo Sylvan Esso thrives on collaborative frisson; two people pushing one another into new territories. It is the most direct, delicate, intricate, and urgent collection of songs in their career. Available September 25 13499498 $12.99
Nick Hakim
Haim
Tom Adams
ATO Records • R&B The Brooklyn musician stretches the boundaries of his psychedelic soul sound, yielding a record that alternates between hypnotic and languorous 13279634 $11.99
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. Parental Advisory 12946508 $13.99
Kowloon Records Pop/Rock Includes the songs Dear Future; Cold Noise; In Darkness; and more. 12221811 $14.99
Will This Make Me Good
Women in Music Pt. III
Yes, Sleep Well Death
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CHRISTIAN Koryn Hawthorne
Natalie Grant No Stranger
I Am
Curb Natalie Grant’s tenth album is inspired by the life she has lived over the last five years. It is a timeless and beautiful body of work featuring lush musicality and orchestration.
RCA Inspiration
Available September 18 13508876 $8.99 Guest Artists: Jonathan McReynolds, Steffany Gretzinger First wowing international audiences as a finalist on The Voice, Koryn Hawthorne is on a mission to move people with her music. She continues to deliver a genre-defying sound with her second album, which includes the single Speak to Me.
Available September 25 13477278 $11.99
SOZO Playlists Top Christian Hits Volume 2
Brotherly Love Various Artists
Various Artists
Sparrow Records An all-new collection of the best songs of the year from today’s top artists, such as TobyMac, Jeremy Camp, Danny Gokey, Crowder, Jordan Feliz, We the Kingdom, and more. Available September 4 13429686 $9.99
Gaither Music Group Individually, Jimmy Fortune, Ben Isaacs, Bradley Walker, and Mike Rogers are some of country and gospel music’s most respected artists. Recording together, these award-winning talents have created a masterpiece. Available September 4 13482744 $13.99
Hillsong Young & Free
Hillsong Confidential
Hillsong Hillsong Young & Free came together in late 2019 to work on their latest album. It aims to rally a generation together around bold devotion and tireless truth. 13496478 $10.99
R&B Ledisi
Aloe Blacc
KEM
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Guest Artists: Cory Henry, Sa-Roc Twelve-time Grammy Award nominee Ledisi returns with the follow-up to her 2017 album Let Love Rule. It includes the single For You. 13469276 $14.99
BMG Rights Management Aloe Blacc’s first collection of material written as a father, a journey that’s expanded his already heartfelt artistic palette. The album includes the single I Do.
Motown Records KEM continues to create timeless R&B music with his sixth studio album. It features the single Lie to Me as well as collaborations with Toni Braxton and Erica Campbell. 13540344 $11.99
The Wild Card
All Love Everything
Available October 2 13477281 $13.99
Toni Braxton
Love Always Wins
Avant
Can We Fall in Love
Spell My Name Island 13540346 $11.99
Grammy-winning star Toni Braxton releases her latest album, which includes hit single Do It as well as the fan-favorite song Dance. There is also a collaboration with Missy Elliot.
SoNo Recording Group Guest Artist: Robert Glasper For nearly two decades, Avant has blazed the trail with R&B hits including Read Your Mind. His ninth studio album is an open love letter with raw honesty and intensity. Parental Advisory 13361386 $12.99
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COUNTRY & FOLK The War and Treaty
Colter Wall
Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
Hearts Town Rounder
Available September 25 13482741 $14.99 Critically acclaimed duo the War and Treaty make a triumphant return with a new album. The twelve tracks reflect their strongest material to date with military veteran Michael’s production/songwriting prowess front and center.
Brothers Osborne
Mike Barnett
UMG Nashville CMA and ACM Awardwinning duo Brothers Osborne release their third studio album. Among the twelve tracks is the current hit single All Night. Available October 9 13439473 $11.99
Compass Records Four years in the making, the new album from fiddle prodigy Mike Barnett features fourteen duets with artists including Sierra Hull, Sarah Jarosz, Molly Tuttle, Ricky Skaggs, and more.
Skeletons
Mandy Barnett
A Nashville Songbook
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Mandy Barnett’s seventh studio album was inspired by her popular road show of the same name and pays homage to iconic country and pop standards by legendary artists including Ray Price, Roy Orbison, Tammy Wynette, and more. 13477285 $13.99
Reba McEntire Rumor Has It
MCA Nashville Along with iconic hit Fancy, the re-release of Reba McEntire’s triple platinum album comes with previously unreleased tracks. Available September 11 30th Anniversary Edition 13499494 $13.99
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Available September 11 13496420 $16.99
Phil Leadbetter & the All Stars of Bluegrass
Swing for the Fences
Pinecastle Records Grammy nominee Phil Leadbetter assembled his own group of awardwinning All Stars for this supergroup special project. Available September 25 13496494 $14.99
La Honda Records From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada, Colter Wall sings songs of the great West. Hia music has graced the silver screen many times, in films such as Peanut Butter Falcon; Hell or High Water; and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MO. 13477275 $12.99
Lorraine Jordan, Carolina Road Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin
Pinecastle Records Hit songwriter David Stewart penned a tribute to Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin and inspired Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road to create a collection of songs paying tribute to the Father of Bluegrass himself. 13494768 $14.99
Mo Pitney
Ain’t Looking Back
Curb Guest Artist: Jamey Johnson Acclaimed country music singer-songwriter Mo Pitney is looking forward with his second album. His sound is influenced by traditional country music, bluegrass, and blues, as well as artists like Randy Newman and James Taylor. 13411110 $11.99
Steep Canyon Rangers Arm in Arm Yep Roc
Available October 16 13540350 $15.99 Since coming onto the bluegrass scene, Steep Canyon Rangers have been on a journey and continue to push the genre’s boundaries. This finds the band in a unique position where their sound is much more Americana than their origins.
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JAZZ Diana Krall
Bill Frisell Valentine
Blue Note The debut recording of guitarist Bill Frisell’s trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston is a wide-ranging thirteen-song set that mixes Frisell originals new and old, jazz standards, traditional songs, and covers. 13418755 $11.99
Paul Grabowsky, Paul Kelly
This Dream of You Available September 25 13540347 $13.99 Self-produced from the sessions that took place in 2016 and 2017, Diana Krall’s new album features personally chosen gems from the American Songbook and more. It includes the single But Beautiful, her last collaboration with Tommy LiPuma.
Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal
Please Leave Your Light On
Double Dealin
Cooking Vinyl Limited Australia’s greatest and most enduring songwriter, Paul Kelly, collaborates with award-winning Jazz pianist and composer Paul Grabowsky for reinterpretations of Paul Kelly classics, plus a cover of Cole Porter’s Every Time We Say Goodbye. 13469254 $14.99
Shanachie A meeting of two Grammy Award-winning jazz giants, Randy Brecker and Eric Marienthal. Kicking off with the funky title track, the album features ten originals such as Mind the Fire, a heartfelt tribute to Chuck Loeb. 13435587 $18.99
Artemis Artemis
Blue Note Debut album from the supergroup of Renee Rosnes (piano), Melissa Aldana (tenor sax), Anat Cohen (clarinet), Ingrid Jensen (trumpet), Noriko Ueda (bass), Allison Miller (drums), and Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocals). Available September 11 13494400 $11.99
BLUES New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Volume 1
Stony Plain Records In 2008, brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson sat down for a jam with Jimbo Mathus along with blues geats Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Jim Dickinson. Now this once-hidden session is being released.
Bobby Rush
Walter Trout
Deep Rush Records Bobby Rush pays homage to the great bluesmen from Mississippi on his 27th studio album. This is Bobby Rush, stripped down, with just his guitar, harmonica, singing, and foot tapping. 13477274 $12.99
Provogue Across his five-decade career, Walter Trout’s music has always been a lifeline and call to arms. Now, as the world seeks solace from tragedy, he comes armed with a boundary-exploring new album featuring eleven searingly honest songs.
Rawer Than Raw
Ordinary Madness
Available September 4 13496496 $16.99
Deluxe Edition 13469288 $19.99
Joe Bonamassa
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters
Royal Tea
Rise Up
J&R Adventures
Available October 23 13509101 $16.99 It has been a lifelong dream of Joe Bonamassa to blow the roof off of Abbey Road. This brings that dream full circle, with the studio serving as the backdrop while he reconnects with the guitar-slinging kid who fell in love with British blues.
Stony Plain Records Ronnie Earl has always believed in the power of music to heal the mind and spirit, and this release demonstrates that implicitly. Available September 11 13496492 $16.99
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ELECTRONIC Hurts
Yelle
L’ere Du Verseau
Faith
Lento Records
Available September 4 13496446 $12.99 Known for their striking and stylish videos, Hurts make epic, dramatic pop music that takes inspiration from a finely curated mix of influences including ‘70s Krautrock, ‘80s new wave, and ‘90s R&B.
Recreation Center Yelle knows how to surprise listeners, every time. Their latest is like visiting a house where each room is fascinating. Some songs make listeners dance while others make people think. Available September 4 13496415 $19.99
Tricky
Baauer
Kelly Lee Owens
!K7 Records Tricky might be over three decades into his career, but he’s currently on a creative roll. In the last year, he’s put out an acclaimed autobiography and dropped an acclaimed EP. Now he is releasing his fourteenth studio album.
Luckyme Guest Artist: Bipolar Sunshine More than just an album, this a massive work of world-building on a blockbuster cinematic scale, an immersive universe born from the mind of one of the most revolutionary talents on the pop landscape today. 13482791 $14.99
Smalltown Supersound Guest Artist: John Cale Kelly Lee Owens’s second album finds the convention-blurring artist diving deep into her own psyche, exploring personal pain while embracing the beauty of the natural world. 13494749 $13.99
Fall to Pieces
Available September 4 13445280 $13.99
Planet’s Mad
Inner Song
SOUNDTRACKS Animal Crackers Original Motion Picture Score Bear McCreary
Sony Music Entertainment Bear McCreary, known for his work on the series Outlander and the The Walking Dead, set his sights on the score for the Netflix animated feature starring Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, and Danny DeVito. 13509088 $12.99
Animal Crackers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists
Sony Music Entertainment The soundtrack to the Netflix animated film features new tracks from Sir Ian McKellen, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Howard Jones. There are also songs from Queen, Michael Buble, and Huey Lewis and the News. 13509089 $12.99
Requiem Original Score Various Artists
Svart Records Conjured by award-winning composers Dominik Scherrer and Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes, this is an eerie landscape of sharp, scraping cello, soothing harps, and tense string sections. Available September 11 13508875 $14.99
The Bronx, USA Original HBO Documentary Score Various Artists
Notefornote Entertainment The HBO documentary is directed by Danny Gold and features a title track, Da Bronx, written by the legendary composer Charles Fox and lyricist Paul Williams. Available September 25 13496521 $15.99
Outlander Original Television Score Season 5 Bear McCreary Sony Classical
Available September 11 13482709 $11.99 Bear McCreary is back, creating the score for the fifth season of the popular cable series. Included here are both a choral and vocal version of the song Outlander – The Skye Boat Song.
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CLASSICAL Janacek The Cunning Little Vixen Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra
LSO Live Guest Artists: Lucy Crowe, Gerald Finley Recorded with an outstanding cast, this recording is the second in an LSO Live series showcasing acclaimed collaborations between Sir Simon Rattle and the celebrated stage director Peter Sellars. Available September 4 2 Discs 13496419 $20.99
Bach Goldberg Variations Lang Lang
Deutsche Grammophon
Available September 4 2 Discs 13469231 $17.99 Bach’s monumental work stands alone in the piano literature as a work of unique artistry and brilliance. Alongside a studio recording is a contrasting performance, a single take from a recital in Leipzig’s iconic St. Thomas Church.
Dunhill & Erlanger Piano Quintets
Elgar Sea Pictures. Falstaff
Airlines
Hyperion UK Both Thomas Dunhill’s Piano Quintet and Erlanger’s Piano Quintet receive attractive performances from Piers Lane and the Goldner String Quartet. 13494746 $19.99
Decca Daniel Barenboim continues his acclaimed Elgar series, recording Sea Pictures again after four decades and paired with the symphonic poem Falstaff.
Warner Classics Flautist Emmanuel Pahud transports the music of composer Alexandre Desplat to new horizons. The album features unreleased recordings, including revisited versions of music from Desplat’s films. 13494750 $18.99
Piers Lane & Goldner String Quartet
Dvorák Cello Concerto Kian Soltani
Deutsche Grammophon Kian Soltani returns with a Dvorák album centered on the famous cello concerto. Featuring Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin, the concerto is paired with five arrangements of beloved Dvorák pieces. 13463185 $13.99
Tales of Solace Stephan Moccio
Decca Stephan Moccio, acclaimed composer and producer for Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion, the Weeknd, and Seal, returns to his roots in classical composition and back to the instrument he knows best: the piano. Available September 25 13477289 $13.99
Staatskapelle Berlin & Elina Garanca
Available September 4 13496477 $13.99
Bach Motets
Ensemble Pygmalion
Harmonia Mundi FR. Bach’s motets, most of them composed during the 1730s, are among his finest vocal works. On this recording, Raphaël Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion bring out every nuance of these exceptional choral masterpieces. 13494752 $19.99
Emmanuel Pahud & Orchestre National De France
Bach Goldberg Variations Parker Ramsay
King’s College King’s College presents Bach’s iconic Goldberg Variations as arranged and performed by the harpist Parker Ramsay. Ramsay’s artistry is distinguished by its breadth and crossing of instrumental boundaries and genres. Available September 18 13509082 $19.99
Liszt & Thalberg Opera Transcriptions & Fantasies
Shostakovich Cello Concertos
Hyperion UK No matter the repertoire, pianist Marc-André Hamelin never ceases to astonish. This recital, featuring high-octane transformations of nineteenth century operatic favorites, is electrifying. 13494745 $19.99
Hyperion UK Guest Artist: Jukka-Pekka Saraste On this recording, Alban Gerhardt performs Shostakovich’s works alongside the WDR Sinfonieorchester. On the evidence of these extraordinary accounts, he need fear no comparisons with his great Russian forebear. 13494744 $19.99
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Alban Gerhardt & WDR Sinfonieorchester
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WHAT’S ON THE RADIO Popular tracks taking over the airwaves from these hot artists!
Pop Track 2: Watermelon Sugar
Track 9: Break My Heart
Track 9: Blinding Lights
Fine Line
Future Nostalgia
After Hours
Harry Styles
Columbia Records Pop/Rock 12614206 $10.99
Dua Lipa
Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Pop/Rock 12810203 $11.99
The Weeknd
Republic Records • R&B Parental Advisory 12874314 $13.99
Country Track 3: Done
Chris Janson Real Friends
World Music Network Country 12446701 $12.99
Track 1: One Big Country Song
Track 10: Die from a Broken Heart
Brothers
The Way It Feels
LoCash
WheelHouse • Country 12308474 $13.99
Maddie & Tae Mercury Nashville Country 12821665 $11.99
Christian Track 6: Keep Me in the Moment
Track 7: There Was Jesus
Track 1: Alive & Breathing
The Story’s Not Over
Rescue Story
Alive & Breathing
Jeremy Camp
Sparrow • Religious Deluxe Edition 13439474 $14.99
Zach Williams
Provident Music Group Religious 12447818 $11.99
Matt Maher
Essential Records Religious 12764891 $12.99
Latin Track 7: Futbol y Rumba
Track 3: Mamacita
Track 3: Rojo
Emmanuel
Translation
Epic • R&B 13354958 $10.99
Colores
Anuel AA
Real Hasta la Muerte. Inc. Latin Parental Advisory, 2 Discs 13377425 $11.99
The Black Eyed Peas
J Balvin
Universal Music Latin Entertainment • Latin 12904496 $10.99
Rock
Track 8: Lost in Yesterday
Track 4: Honeybee
The Slow Rush
Living Mirage
Tame Impala
The Head and the Heart
Interscope • Pop/Rock 12599063 $13.99
Reprise • Pop/Rock 12335204 $10.99
Track 4: Bad Decisions
The Strokes
The New Abnormal
RCA Records • Pop/Rock 12846857 $13.99
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CHILDREN’S Spooky Tunes
Get ready for Halloween with new releases and classic favorites. Kidz Bop Halloween Hits! KIDZ BOP Kids
KIDZ BOP Featuring some of the most popular Halloween songs, sung by kids for kids. Songs include Thriller; Ghostbusters; Monster Mash; I Want Candy; and more! 10739446 $10.99
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Soundtrack Vince Guaraldi
Craft Recordings The soundtrack to the iconic Peanuts animated TV special can be enjoyed all season long with this CD. It features all the music from Grammy Award-winning composer Vince Guaraldi. 12193230 $10.99
Animal Crackers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists
Sony Music Entertainment The soundtrack to the Netflix animated film features new tracks from Sir Ian McKellen, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Howard Jones. There are also songs from Queen, Michael Buble, and Huey Lewis and the News. 13509089 $12.99
Kidz Bop Halloween Party! KIDZ BOP Kids KIDZ BOP
Available September 4 13482747 $10.99 The perfect soundtrack for a Halloween celebration featuring the biggest pop hits sung by kids for kids. It is sure to be an instant favorite among families everywhere.
A Scary Very Halloween
The Happy Racers
Green Hill Productions The Happy Racers, who NPR called ‘a gateway drug to better children’s music,’ create a collection of fun and spooky songs for Halloween, including The Pumpkin Patch; Spiders Get Lonely Too; and Clowns Freak Me Out. 12396768 $9.99
Absolute Disney Villains Various Artists
Walt Disney Records An absolutely frightening collection of songs performed by some of the most wicked of Disney characters. Featuring songs like Cruella De Vil; Poor Unfortunate Souls; Oogie Boogie’s Song; and more. 13463182 $5.99
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Shania Twain Various Artists
Rockabye Baby Music 13463172 $16.99 Ten of Shania Twain’s biggest hits, including That Don’t Impress Me Much and Forever and for Always, are transformed into soothing lullabies, perfect for the youngest of fans.
Halloween Fun Various Artists
Kimbo Educational A magical collection of thirteen songs and poems offers up a Halloween treat for the whole family. Youngsters of all ages will enjoy listening to songs and stories featuring ghosts, goblins, witches, monsters, and more. 10142757 $15.99
We Have a Dream Various Artists
Jim Valley Records Tapping deep into the rich reservoir of Native American and South American cultures, Jim Valley and his Rainbow Planet friends offer up a truly world-class musical experience. Available September 11 13496526 $9.99
Rainbow Garden Children of the Same World Various Artists
Jim Valley Records The songs on Rainbow Garden are bright, bouncy, and rock n’ roll in just the right places. Available September 11 13496527 $9.99
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CHILDREN’S TOP PICKS Workshop Jams
The Build-a-Bear Kids Arts Music Best known for helping fans create huggable friends, Build-a-Bear is now offering a collection of fun songs that the entire family can enjoy. 13375380 $8.99
Disney Goes Classical
Giggle & Burp Ballet
Decca An album of brand new, lush recordings of the world’s favorite songs from beloved Disney films, recorded by the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and featuring special guest artists Matteo Bocelli, Renee Fleming, and more.
Song Wizard Records Randy & Dave’s peculiarly outrageous imaginations have been working overtime, resulting in their fourth collaboration. It features their special blend of rock, country, circus, ballad, and much more. 13398440 $14.99
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Randy & Dave
Available October 2 13361395 $16.99
I Am Kind
Lindsay Munroe
Craft Recordings Guest Artist: Raffi Lindsay Munroe is a Massachusetts-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose engaging sing-alongs bring joy to kids and parents via her YouTube channel, Singalong with Lindsay. 13317918 $10.99
You Could Draw the Album Art! Ants on a Log
Ant Hill Ants on a Log’s 2016 debut album is now available on CD. With clever lyrics, driving harmonies, and rhythmic play, the Ants are a delight for children. This album includes Pickles and Olives, the Ants’ most requested song. 13387830 $12.99
Coloreando & Coloreando Dos
Dinosaurs and Metaphors
GLP Music Guest Artists: Juancho Herrera, Roberto Cachimuel This two-album release features the 2014 Latin Grammy winner for Best Children’s Album alongside the 2018 follow-up album. Together, the albums feature 33 tracks of traditional Spanish children’s songs.
Red Pants Music Best known as the bassist for multi-platinum band The 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
Marta Gomez
Danny Weinkauf
Hold the Phone Jack Forman
Monkey House Music Jack Forman returns after his acclaimed 2019 album, Office Hours, with twelve hysterical, kid-driven songs that will resonate equally with kids and their adult handlers. 13305922 $14.99
Beethoven 4 Kids Andy Rangell
Steinway & Sons A short program of vivid and varied piano pieces for listeners of all ages. Included are excerpts from 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119 as well as 33 Variations of a Waltz by Diabelli in C Major. 13341377 $19.99
2 Discs 13342233 $19.99
Muevete! Songs for a Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body Jose-Luis Orozco
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Encouraging young children to move their bodies in joyous ways, Jose-Luis Orozco perfectly complements his Smithsonian Folkways Grammynominated album Come Bien! Eat Right! 12882773 $14.99
Bug Out!
Songs for Singin’
Aurora Elephant Music The seventh album from Caspar Babypants is full of super fun sing-along good time music for the whole family. As with all his albums, the energy on the album goes from upbeat and fun at the beginning to sleepy and mellow at the end. 13305924 $12.99
OKEE DOKEE MUSIC The Okee Dokee Brothers ask their audience to join the chorus and sing along. The prolific duo wrote 27 songs in the vein of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, inspiring families to engage in the current social conversation.
Caspar Babypants
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The Okee Dokee Brothers
2 Discs 13333540 $17.99
All albums highlighted in red are new to the chart toppers page this month
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Taylor Swift Folklore
Republic Records • Pop/Rock Parental Advisory Edited Version 13499496 $13.99 13499497 $13.99
On her eighth studio album, Taylor Swift poured all her whims, dreams, fears, and musings into the seventeen tracks. She collaborated with some of her musical heroes: Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver, William Bowery, and Jack Antonoff. 2 3 4 5 Logic Juice WRLD Pop Smoke Hamilton No Pressure
Parental Adivsory 13542954 $13.99
6 Lil Baby
Legends Never Die
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7 Post Malone
My Turn
Parental Advisory 12847090 $11.99
Hollywood’s Bleeding
Parental Advisory 12454759 $13.99
Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon
Parental Advisory 13477288 $13.99
8 Harry Styles Fine Line
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Various Artists
2016 Grammy Award Winner; 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical Parental Advisory, 2 Discs 11415110 $23.99
9 DaBaby
BLAME IT ON BABY
Digital album available on hoopla.
10 11 12 13 Lil Durk Jhene Aiko The Weeknd Lil Uzi Vert Chilombo
Parental Advisory 12875956 $13.99
After Hours
Parental Advisory 12874314 $13.99
Eternal Atake
Digital album available on hoopla.
Just Cause Y’all Waited 2
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14 15 16 17 The Chicks Taylor Swift Luke Combs Morgan Gaslighter Lover What You See Wallen 12981432
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Formerly the Dixie Chicks
Is What You Get
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If I Know Me
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18 19 20 21 Roddy Ricch Drake Juice WRLD Jack Harlow Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
Parental Advisory 12823122 $16.99
Dark Lane Demo Tapes
Digital album available on hoopla.
Goodbye & Good Riddance
Digital album available on hoopla.
Sweet Action
Digital album available on hoopla.
22 23 24 25 Luke Combs Billie Eilish Queen Lewis Capaldi This One’s for You
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When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
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Greatest Hits We Will Rock You Edition
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Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
Parental Advisory 12316264 $11.99
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