Music Buyer’s Guide
December 2022
Highly anticipated new album includes the single Unholy
CD available January 27. See page 3 for details.
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Ellie Goulding • Higher Than Heaven
The eagerly anticipated fifth studio album from Ellie Goulding sees her put her own spin on modern pop music. It is jam packed with infectious hits. 15480706 $18.99 Parental Advisory, Deluxe Edition
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 3
Gorillaz • Cracker Island
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Interscope • Pop/Rock
Warner Records • Pop/Rock
The eighth studio album from Gorillaz is an energetic, upbeat, genreexpansive collection of tracks featuring yet another stellar lineup of artist collaborators: Thundercat, Tame Impala, Bad Bunny, and Beck. 15373947 $11.99 Parental Advisory
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AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 24 Lewis Capaldi
Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent Capitol
Pop/Rock Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi follows
the success of his 2019 debut album with a
release.
the single Forget Me. 15475767 $13.99 AVAILABLE MAY 19
This
Atlantic
Pop/Rock After six
15466960 $11.99 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 10
Fitz & the Tantrums
Let Yourself Free
Elektra • Pop/Rock
After a three-year wait, Fitz and the Tantrums are back with their fifth studio album. The band’s new album includes the single Moneymaker 15469071 $12.99
Parental Advisory
Sam Smith
Gloria
Capitol • Pop/Rock
Following the global success of the unstoppable single Unholy featuring pop diva Kim Petras, Sam Smith will be releasing their fourth studio album. The 13-track record will be Sam’s boldest statement.
15475403 $13.99
AVAILABLE JANUARY 27
Includes the smash hit Unholy.
Kid Cudi Entergalactic
Republic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: Ty Dolla Sign, 2 Chainz
Kid Cudi takes fans Entergalactic with his (final?) tenth studio and eighth solo album. The music inspired the new Netflix special while framing the story of two young, ambitious artists falling in love.
15475405 $13.99
Parental Advisory
Sara Bareilles Into the Woods
2022 Broadway Cast Recording
Craft Recordings • Soundtracks
Featuring an enchanting score by legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, the album turns the world of fairy tales upside down and teaches us the responsibility that comes with getting what you want.
15464279 $17.99
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2
Christina Aguilera Aguilera
Sony Music Latin • Latin
Guest Artists: Becky G, Nathy Peluso
Twenty-two years after releasing her first Spanish-language album, Christina Aguilera delivers her second. It includes collaborations with Becky G, Ozuna, and more. This digital release is now available on CD.
15464245 $13.99
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2
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Features brand new music from Rihanna.
Various Artists Black Panther Wakanda Forever - Music from and Inspired By
Hollywood Records • Soundtracks
The soundtrack to one of 2022’s most anticipated films has music fans talking, as it features Rihanna’s first new solo track since 2016, Lift Me Up.
15485010 $11.99
Run the Jewels
RTJ CU4TRO
RBC Records • Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: Pharrell Williams, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Run the Jewels have reimagined their hit album RTJ4 through the prism of Latin America. This features appearances and remixes from Bomba Estereo, Danny Brasco, Iggor Cavalera, and a special appearance from Lin-Manuel Miranda. 15485009 $16.99
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 9
Wisin & Yandel La Última Misión
Sony Music Latin • Latin
Guest Artists: Rauw Alejandro, Ozuna Wisin & Yandel’s hit digital release makes its way onto CD with appearances from Sean Paul, J Balvin, Rosalia, Prince Royce, Ozuna, and much more.
15480704 $11.99 2 Discs
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2
Peppa Pig
Peppa’s Club The Album
MNRK Music • Children’s
The follow-up to the critically acclaimed sophomore album Peppa’s Adventures is lighting the Internet on fire for having a better Pitchfork rating than Donda 15466972 $15.99
Margo Price Strays
Loma Vista Recordings • Country
In just three remarkable solo albums, Margo Price has cemented herself as a force in American music and a generational talent. Her fourth fulllength album presents a clear-eyed mission statement delivered in blistering rock n’ roll.
15466931 $14.99
AVAILABLE JANUARY 13
Ozuna Ozutochi
Aura Music Corp • Latin
Guest Artists: Pedro Capo, Omega
One of the hottest stars in Latin music is back with a brand new album featuring collaborations with Danny Ocean, J Balvin, Arcangel, and more.
15459330 $10.99
Gucci Mane
So Icy Boyz 22
Atlantic MOD • Rap/Hip-Hop
Gucci Mane is back with his latest New 1017 compilation. This includes 22 new tracks from Gucci and members of the New 1017 roster, including Big Scarr, BiC Fizzle, Enchanting, Hotboy Wes, and songs from brand-new signee Sett.
15486637 $19.99
Parental Advisory
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Nicki Minaj
Queen Radio Volume 1
Republic Records • Rap/Hip-Hop
Features Nicki Minaj’s biggest hits to date, all on one album, including her latest Billboard Hot 100 number one, Super Freaky Girl.
15486654 $18.99 2 Discs
Parental Advisory
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2
Featuring the single Maybe You’re the Problem.
David Crosby
Live at the Capitol Theatre
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Pop/Rock
For the first time ever, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and music legend David Crosby is releasing a solo live album. 15466947 $23.99 2 Discs
Ava Max Diamonds & Dancefloors
Atlantic • Pop/Rock
Global pop sensation Ava Max’s sophomore album is a fiercely personal release that features upbeat and confident new music.
15177127 $14.99
AVAILABLE JANUARY 27
Black Eyed Peas Elevation
Epic • Pop/Rock
Black Eyed Peas take their sound to new heights with their ninth studio album. Along with the singles Simply the Best and Don’t You Worry, there are appearances from Anitta, Shakira, Nicky Jam, Daddy Yankee, and more.
15487511 $13.99
John Williams
The Fabelmans
Original Motion Picture Score
Sony Classical • Soundtracks
Fifty years after their first film, John Williams and Steven Spielberg team up for their 31st project together. Here, Williams creates music that combines the tradition of classic films while drawing from from great classical composers.
15487513 $13.99
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 9
BROCKHAMPTON
The Family
Question Everything • Rap/Hip-Hop
A bookend marking BROCKHAMPTON’s forthcoming indefinite hiatus, this sonically pays homage to the classic rap albums that first united them and examines relationships built over a decade.
15487512 $13.99
Parental Advisory
Ashley McBryde
Ashley McBryde Presents Lindeville
Warner Nashville • Country
Guest Artists: Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark
Ashley McBryde set out with a group of her favorite co-writers to work up a project they had no intention of ever recording or releasing. What emerged is raw, honest, specific portraits of smalltown America.
15464275 $16.99
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SG Lewis
Audiolust & Higherlove
Astralwerks • Pop/Rock
SG Lewis crafts the kind of nocturnal bangers that dancefloors subsist on. He also accesses a higher level of timeless pop ecstasy anchored by just the right amount of breezy hook-laden rock, organic instrumentation, and vocal eloquence.
15446693 $11.99
AVAILABLE JANUARY 27
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Nosaj Thing Continua
Luckyme • Pop/Rock
Nosaj Thing’s expertise is in crafting soundscapes that imply his journey, tracing back to the noise and punk shows at DIY venue the Smell, to his opening performances for the XX and then the Weeknd. 15365109 $15.99
AVAILABLE JANUARY 27
Ryuichi Sakamoto A Tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto To the
Moon and Back
Milan • Pop/Rock
In celebration of composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 70th birthday, a collection of songs from Sakamoto’s vast catalog are newly reworked and remodeled by contemporary artists and collaborators.
15483395 $13.99
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2
Cerrone
Cerrone by Cerrone
Because Music • Pop/Rock Cerrone, the Godfather of Disco, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his career by revisiting his classic tracks with special guests including Dimitri from Paris, the Reflex, Mercer, Joey Negro, and Brendan Reilly. 15423826 $13.99
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 9
Theo Parrish DJ-Kicks Theo Parrish
IK7 Records • Pop/Rock
Guest Artist: Nova Zai
The approach Theo Parrish took to compiling DJ-Kicks was very ambitious, inviting his Detroit peers to produce a collection of brand new material, and in turn creating the first-ever all-exclusive entry to the esteemed series.
15446676 $18.99
Kenny Beats Louie
XL Recordings • Rap/Hip-Hop
The first solo album from Kenny Beats is a spontaneous burst of creativity spurred by an avalanche of despair and imagination.
15355717 $15.99
AVAILABLE JANUARY 27
Sylvan Esso No Rules Sandy
Loma Vista Recordings • Pop/Rock
Sylvan Esso’s first three albums stood as a unique musical trilogy. Now the duo begins a new creative period that they describe as being ‘wilder and stranger and more cathartic than the band used to be.’
15281004 $12.99
AVAILABLE JANUARY 6
Royksopp Profound Mysteries III
Dog Triumph Ltd. • Pop/Rock
Electronic pop trailblazers Röyksopp deliver the third and final part to their expansive Profound Mysteries project. It both encapsulates the unique sound they’ve spent decades honing and expands on it.
15423802 $16.99
Nicolas Bougaïeff Begin Within
Mute • Pop/Rock
It is the first vocal-lead record from Nicolas and is inspired by self-transformation. It’s about honesty, instinct, and lessons hard learned through intimate Berlin stories.
15459303 $16.99
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Various Artists
Tár Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Deutsche Grammophon
A concept album with music from and inspired by the motion picture including works by Mahler, Elgar, and more. It also features Hildur Gudnadottir’s first new work since winning an Academy Award for her work on the Joker score
15366432 $13.99
Various Artists
Cobra Kai Season 5 Original Score
La-La Land Records
Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson team up to create an action-packed score for the popular Netflix series.
15464264 $24.99
Various Artists
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Soundtrack from the Netflix Film
Masterworks
Featuring the Grammy and Tony-nominated songs by Tim Minchin and also featuring the original score music by Christopher Nightingale.
15480703 $13.99
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 9
Various Artists
Vampire The Masquerade Bloodhunt Original Soundtrack
Laced Records
The soundtrack to the multiplayer action game boasts a sonically rich score sired by acclaimed Polish-Bulgarian composer Atanas Valkov, and featuring the Sofia Session Orchestra & Choir.
15330602 $19.99
AVAILABLE DECEMBER 16
Various Artists
Spirited Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film
Republic Records
Soundtrack features new original music penned for the film by the Academy Award-winning duo of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land and The Greatest Showman) and performed by stars Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, and more.
15475404 $13.99
Original scores from the Netflix series.
Ramin Djawadi
House of the Dragon Season 1 Original Score from the HBO Series
Watertower Music
Emmy-winning composer Ramin Djawadi, who composed the music for every season of Game of Thrones, returns to the world created by George R.R. Martin with music for the hit prequel series.
15487522 $18.99
Ben Salisbury
Archive 81 Soundtrack from the Netflix Series
Invada Records
Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow’s sinister score to Netflix’s supernatural horror series is now available on CD. The duo is known for their scores on the Ivor Novello Award-winning Ex Machina and Devs, along with HANNA and more.
15446688 $11.99
Lorne Balfe Black Adam Original Score
Watertower Music
Grammy-winning and Emmy and BAFTA-nominated composer Lorne Balfe creates an epic score to the latest film in the DC Comics cinematic universe.
15487521 $18.99
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Lakeshore
Volume
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Records 15389897 $16.99
2 Lakeshore Records 15389898 $16.99
Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein won an Emmy for their previous work on Stranger Things. The score for the fourth season plays off all the events that take place while creating sounds reminiscent of the 1980s.
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Arctic Monkeys • The Car
Domino Recording Co.
15327108 $10.99
• Pop/Rock
“5 out of 5 stars. The Car is almost overwhelming in terms of its ambition and scope, but provides ample motive to revisit this record over and over again.” - NME
Tove Lo • Dirt Femme
Pretty Swede • Pop/Rock
Guest Artists: First Aid Kit, SG Lewis 15320448 $13.99 Parental Advisory “4 out of 5 stars...gives the confessional, sexual, and danceable sides of her music equal time and offers a fuller portrait of her music than we’ve heard before.” - AllMusic
Dry Cleaning • Stumpwork
4AD • Pop/Rock 15178830 $15.99
“8.3 out of 10. One of Stumpwork’s greatest strengths is its tension between curiosity and apathy, opposing forces that clash throughout the album.” - Paste Magazine
Charles Lloyd • Trios Ocean
Blue Note • Jazz
Guest Artists: Gerald Clayton, Anthony Wilson 15288020 $11.99
“4 out of 5 stars. Ocean is at times a quiet, almost private interchange, but a rich one.” - The Guardian
The 1975 • Being Funny in a Foreign Language
Dirty Hit • Pop/Rock 15226630 $15.99 Parental Advisory
“4 out of 5 stars. Fifth time around, the 1975 get the equation right: pop first, art later.” - The Telegraph (UK)
Lil Baby • It’s Only Me
Quality Control Music, LLC • Rap/Hip-Hop 15390111 $11.99 Parental Advisory
“...the Atlanta rapper’s technical skill and stylistic brilliance make it worth your time.” - Rolling Stone
Black Lips • Apocalypse Love
Fire Records • Pop/Rock 15366420 $14.99
“...a maniacal love letter to their sonic anarchy and the unpredictability of the world we live in.” - Clash Music
Bill Callahan • YTILAER
Drag City • Pop/Rock 15317362 $16.99
“Outright classic.” - Mojo
Mykki Blanco • Stay Close to Music
Transgressive • Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: Saul Williams, Diana Gordon 15342854 $16.99
“...a masterpiece that seeks to amplify the voices that have been pushed aside for far too long.” - Clash Music
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Spice Girls Spiceworld 25
Virgin • Pop/Rock
The second Spice Girls album was a hit upon its 1997 release, thanks in part to hit songs like Spice Up Your Life and Too Much. Now the album celebrates its anniversary with an expanded edition featuring additional tracks.
15380262 $35.99 2 Discs
The dual 1991 releases from Guns N’ Roses are remastered for the first time in high-resolution sound. Both also feature bonus material including live performances.
Guns N’ Roses
Coolio My Soul
Tommy Boy • Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artist: 40 Thevz
The third studio album by Coolio, My Soul celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. C U When U Get There, the first single from the album, was featured on the soundtrack to the 1997 comedy film Nothing to Lose.
15380064 $18.99
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The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Warner Records • Pop/Rock
The 2002 album from the Flaming Lips is their bestselling album, featuring the iconic track Do You Realize. This deluxe edition features the original album, two EPs from the era, B-sides, demos, live tracks, and other rarities.
15466958 $42.99 6 Discs
20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
Use Your Illusion I Remastered
Geffen • Pop/Rock
15413402 $29.99 2 Discs
Parental Advisory
Guns N’ Roses
Use Your Illusion II Remastered
Geffen • Pop/Rock
Guest Artists: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry 15413405 $29.99 2 Discs
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Tina Turner
Break Every Rule 2022 Remaster
Rhino / Parlophone • Pop/Rock
This was Tina’s follow-up to her phenomenal comeback album Private Dancer, featuring the hits Typical Male and What You Get Is What You See. Includes a second disc with remixes and live tracks.
15466959 $21.99 2 Discs
Kiss
Creatures of the Night
UMe • Pop/Rock
The 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Kiss’s 1982 album contains the original album newly remastered, plus 16 studio rarities and live performances from the Creatures ‘82-’83 Tour.
15373918 $19.99 2 Discs
40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
John Mellencamp Scarecrow
Mercury • Pop/Rock
John Mellencamp’s classic, five-time platinum 1985 album yielded three US top 10 hits and hit number two on the US Albums chart. This newly remixed and remastered edition features a full disc of rare and previously unreleased tracks, most of which are not available digitally.
15380244 $19.99 2 Discs
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Hermanos Gutierrez • El Bueno y el Malo
Easy Eye Sound • World
Inspired by old western film scores and vintage Latin American sounds, Hermanos Gutierrez’s new Dan Auerbach-produced album takes listeners on a hypnotic and sensual instrumental journey through a haunted landscape.
15255465 $13.99
Hope
SHANACHIE • World
Soweto Gospel Choir returns with a concept album built around inspirational American civil rights anthems and ‘struggle songs’ from the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Highlights include versions of Curtis Mayfield’s Amen;
Stevie Wonder’s Heaven Help Us All; and more!
15288051 $20.99
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah • World Spirituality Classics 3 The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
Luaka Bop
• World
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, known to his fans in southern Nigeria as the Oyoyo King, the Godfather of Afemai Music, the Etsako Super Star, is the originator of a form of Muslim highlife that fuses local folk styles with pan-Nigerian highlife and Western pop.
15241979 $14.99
Balka Sound • Balka Sound
Strut • World Hailing from Congo-Brazzaville and led by revered vocalist and ngonfi player Nkibi ‘Lusialala’ Albert, Balka Sound created their own unique musical world. This first ever compilation brings together their influential 1980s recordings.
15389915 $14.99
Tinariwen • Kel Tinariwen
Wedge • World
A revelatory discovery in the Tinariwen archives. Not having yet developed the fuller band sound that they became internationally established with, Kel Tinariwen features their trademark hypnotic guitar lines and call-and-response vocals.
15359592 $14.99
fabric • World
Born and raised in Ecuador, Cruz taps into Latin America’s illustrious musical past to create something utterly contemporary. Cruz’s Fabric Presents shows awareness of the power of ancestral cosmology over art and music.
15359593 $11.99
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Nicola Cruz • Fabric Presents Nicola Cruz
Two-time Grammy winners return after four years!
Soweto Gospel Choir
Early ‘90s cassette recording receives a wide release!
Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrandez • Brahms Double Concerto & C. Schumann Piano Trio
Sony Classical • Classical
For this recording, both artists, mentors and friends, unite once more to capture their musical friendship on their first joint album with pianist, long-term collaborator, and friend Lambert Orkis, conductor Manfred Honeck. and the Czech Philharmonic.
15419282 $14.99
Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
TikTok Classics Memes & Viral Hits
Warner Classics • Pop/Rock
The biggest TikTok hits now sound a little different, complete with timpani and trumpets. A selection of 18 of the biggest TikTok hits classically arranged and newly recorded by the internationally renowned Babelsberg Film Orchestra of Germany.
15446675 $20.99
Peter Kooy • Bach Cantatas for Bass
Harmonia Mundi • Classical
In 1991, Philippe Herreweghe and La Chapelle Royale recorded three Bach cantatas on the themes of suffering and death. The soloist was the prodigious bass Peter Kooy, a long-standing partner of the ensemble in its magnificent survey of Bach’s cantatas, motets, and passions.
15419310 $12.99
Nelson Freire • Memories
Decca • Classical
The release pays tribute to the great Brazilian pianist, who passed away on November 1, 2021, and would have been 78 this October. It includes previously unreleased studio recordings and broadcast performances spanning concertos from Beethoven to Bartok.
15466942 $19.99 2 Discs
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Daniil Trifonov • Bach The Art of Life
Deutsche Grammophon • Classical
Daniil Trifonov returns with an album dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach, exploring the scientific, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of Bach’s cosmos, his faith, family, and world.
15423836 $24.99 2 Discs Deluxe Edition
Must-have piano works!
Andre Schuen and Daniel Heide Schubert Schwanengesang
Deutsche Grammophon • Classical
Critically acclaimed baritone Schuen continues his personal journey into Schubert’s late, great song cycles with a new recording of Schwanengesang (Swan Song), on which he is joined once more by his longstanding duo partner Daniel Heide.
15423835 $13.99
Abel Selaocoe • Where Is Home?
Warner Classics • Classical
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe’s release is a dual title, in English and Sesotho, which draws from vibrant European and African influences: pieces inspired by South African and Tanzanian musical tradition share a space with works by J.S. Bach and Giovanni Benedetto Platti.
15419288 $20.99
Leif Ove Andsnes • Dvorák
Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85
Sony Non Catalogue Titles • Classical
On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great romantic composer Antonín Dvorák. According to the Norwegian pianist, these undiscovered gems show an entirely different side to the composer known for his symphonies and string quartets.
15373998 $15.99
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Matt Maher
The Stories I Tell Myself
Provident Music Group
Guest Artists: Chris Brown, Ryan Ellis, Lizzie Morgan
The nine-time Grammy nominee, Dove Award winner, and official Steinway Artist releases his latest.
15355625 $10.99
Cody Carnes God Is Good
Sparrow
Guest Artists: Benjamin Hastings, Natalie Grant, Kari Jobe
The latest album by the Grammynominated Dove Award winner.
It’s the follow-up to his 2020 release, Run to the Father.
15320429 $11.99
Maranatha! Music
Top 25 Praise Songs Way Maker
Maranatha
Maranatha! Music presents this 25-song collection of CCLI top-ranked worship tracks.
15380254 $11.99
Ben Fuller Who I Am
Essential Records
Debut release from the singer-songwriter, who shares his honesty about his past on eight powerful songs.
15317311 $10.99
Blanca The Heartbreak and the Healing
Word Entertainment
Guest Artists: Tedashii, Jekalyn Carr, Benjamin Hastings
New York native Blanca is a powerhouse pop vocalist of Puerto Rican descent. Following a successful, multi-year run with Group 1 Crew, she stepped out to go solo.
15317346 $11.99
Demon Hunter
Exile Weapons MFG
The first-ever concept album by 20-year metal veterans Demon Hunter. Produced by Jeremiah Scott, featuring guest appearances from Max Cavalera (Soulfly), Tom S. Englund (Everygrey), and Richie Faulkner (Judas Priest).
15380065 $13.99
Brian Courtney Wilson Transitions
Motown Gospel
Multiple Grammy-nominated singersongwriter releases his most ambitious album to date. The 11-track project is a musical conversation backed by worldclass musicians and singers, captured live during a soulful jam session.
15380259 $11.99
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The popular series returns with all the best praise music.
Bill Frisell
Four Blue Note
Guest Artists: Gregory Tardy, Gerald Clayton, Johnathan Blake
Bill Frisell convenes a new lineup of musical friends. Together, the foursome delves into intimate explorations of 13 Frisell originals (both old and new) to create this stunning new work that is a meditation on loss, renewal, and friendship.
15423819 $11.99
Candy Dulfer We Never Stop
Funk Garage
Guest Artists: Nile Rodgers, Marcus Miller, Durand Bernarr
Candy Dulfer is a solo artist, a songwriter, an in-demand instrumentalist, and a co-writer and collaborator who has worked with some of the biggest names in modern music, including Van Morrison, Mavis Staples, Lionel Richie, and more!
15380066 $17.99
Muni Long Public Displays of Affection The Album
Def Jam
For this breakthrough project, Muni wanted to mimic the ebbs and flows of a relationship, dipping and diving between moods and sounds–which is real, because love can be tumultuous, too.
15320428 $13.99
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Eric Jacobson
Discover
Origin
Records
Guest Artists: Geof Bradfield, Bruce Barth, Dennis Carroll
With a collaborative history going back almost a decade, Milwaukee-based trumpeter Eric Jacobson looked to his friends in Chicago to form the core of his quintet for Discover. Jacobson’s quintet delivers an intriguing set of musical discoveries.
15380221 $17.99
Str4ta Str4tasfear
Brownswood Recordings
Guest Artists: Valerie Etienne, Emma-Jean Thackray, Theo Croker
A collection of songs, melodies, and grooves from the men who emerged into the Brit funk world. For this new set, they’ve got a few like-minded souls along to join the party that opens the window into a timeless, wonderful world of Brit funk. 15366415 $15.99
Hil St. Soul Back in Love
Shanachie Entertainment Group
One of the leading voices on the UK soul scene. This may be her best album yet as it contains outstanding recent singles One Way; Heaven Must Be Like This (produced by Dwele); Blessed; and more! 15419309 $20.99
Ari
Lennox Age/Sex/Location
DreamVille
Ari’s latest explores her viewpoint on dating and relationships. The 12-song effort features Summer Walker, Lucky Daye, and more! This release is a stellar entry point for new fans eager to dive into her creative mind.
15466932 $13.99
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Joji • Smithereens
Warner Records • Pop/Rock
Features the worldwide hit single Glimpse of Us, which has gone gold since its release in June 2022.
15341985 $8.99 Parental Advisory
Florida Georgia Line • Greatest Hits
BMLG Records • Country
Guest Artists: Bebe Rexha, Luke Bryan
Opening a new era of anything-goes expression, Florida Georgia Line spent ten years as one of country’s most influential acts, and their first-ever greatest hits package shows how.
Includes three previously unreleased tracks.
15423818 $13.99
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Tyler Childers • Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Deluxe Edition
Hickman Holler Records • Country
The fourth album from Tyler Childers is a unique collection separated into three parts, each with a different sonic perspective, but all part of one album vision.
15373906 $27.99 3 Discs
MercyMe • Always Only Jesus
Fair Trade/Columbia • Religious Dove and Billboard Music Award winners MercyMe are back with a highly anticipated new album that includes the singles Then Christ Came and To Not Worship You. 15373907 $14.99
Dolly Parton • Diamonds & Rhinestones
The Greatest Hits Collection
RCA/Legacy • Country
Guest Artists: Kenny Rogers, Tammy Wynette
A career-spanning, cross-label anthology featuring 23 essential recordings from 1971-2020 for the first time on one album. This includes Dolly’s biggest hits, including Jolene; 9 to 5; Coat of Many Colors; and more.
15413413 $15.99
Granger Smith • Moonrise
Wheelhouse Records • Country
After releasing his two-part Country Things album, singer-songwriter Granger Smith returns with a new collection of songs that includes the single Moonrise 15413429 $16.99
Bazzi • Infinite Dream
Atlantic Mod • R&B
The 19-track album includes such recent singles as the deeply personal Will It Ever Feel the Same?; I Like That; Young & Alive; and the dazzling new anthem Miss America.
15373936 $21.99
YG • I Got Issues
Def Jam • Rap/Hip-Hop
Guest Artists: H.E.R., Post Malone
Since emerging in 2009, YG has projected the voice of the streets into the mainstream, leaving his mark as a rapper, actor, entrepreneur, designer, and philanthropist. His new album comes with the single Go Dumb.
15376877 $11.99 Parental Advisory
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Lil Baby • It’s Only Me
Quality Control Music; LLC • Rap/Hip-Hop
After releasing a collaborative album with Lil Durk in 2021, Lil Baby returns with his third solo album. It shows that he is focused and only in competition with himself. Features the single Detox
15390111 $11.99
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Disturbed • Divisive Reprise
• Pop/Rock
The new album from Disturbed sees the metal group examine the social division of recent times. Along with the single Unstoppable, the album features a collaboration with Heart’s Ann Wilson. 15413426 $10.99
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Bruce Springsteen • Only the Strong Survive Covers Volume 1
Columbia Records • Pop/Rock
A collection of soul music gems that celebrate the legendary songbooks of Gamble and Huff, Motown, Stax, and many more. Features vocals from Springsteen and a guest appearnace from Sam Moore.
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Louis Tomlinson • Faith in the Future
BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock
Louis Tomlinson triumphantly returns with his first new music since the release of his million-selling debut solo album Walls in 2020. Features the single Bigger Than Me.
15359562 $18.99
Babyface • Girls Night Out
Capitol Music • R&B
The 12-track Babyface-produced album is a sonic journey through love, heartbreak, and all the emotions in between, featuring vocals from Babyface alongside special guests Ella Mai, Queen Naija, Ari Lennox, Kehlani, and more.
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Jessie Reyez • Yessie
Island • R&B
On Jessie Reyez’s sophomore album, the Grammynominated singer-songwriter captures the human experience in a unique and relatable way.
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Various Artists • NOW That’s What I Call Music 84
NOW • Pop/Rock
The album features 16 major current hits from today’s hottest artists. Each numerical NOW release also features NOW Presents What’s Next tracks, previewing tomorrow’s biggest hits.
15373916 $18.99
Various Artists • NOW That’s What I Call Classic Rock
Legacy Recordings • Pop/Rock
Features 17 hits that represent the best of the rock repertoire with tracks from Queen, Elton John, the Who, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers Band, Cheap Trick, and more.
15373910 $20.99
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