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Metacritic Best of 2020 So Far p14

Live Albums p15

All Things Disney p25

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JULY 2020 BUYER’S GUIDE

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The 50th anniversary is known as the golden anniversary, and there are certainly some gold (and platinum) records that are celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2020.

SmartBrowse “Albums That Turn 50 in 2020” to see which albums turn the big 5-0!

Grateful Dead

Paul McCartney

Workingman’s Dead

McCartney

Grateful Dead Production Available July 10

50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, 3 Discs

13346383 $29.99 This three-CD set includes the original album with newly remastered sound, plus an unreleased concert recorded on February 21, 1971, at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. The show was mixed from the sixteen-track analog master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Bob Weir’s Marin County TRI Studios.

Capitol 11984295 $13.99 Debut album from Paul McCartney. Apart from wife Linda’s vocal contributions, McCartney performed the entire album by himself, playing every instrument.

Including the monumental track Maybe I’m Amazed, the album held the number one position for three weeks on the US Billboard 200 chart and peaked at number two in Britain.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

The Rolling Stones

Atlantic 10149850 $18.99 Contains 13 tracks, including Carry On and Woodstock. This album rose to number one on the charts.

ABKCO 10144778 $13.99 Get Yer YaYa’s Out features live performances taken from the Rolling Stones’ 1969 American tour. The album is considered by many to be one of rock’s best live albums.

Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!

Deja Vu

IN THIS ISSUE

July 2020

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Best of July

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Hot New Releases

15 Live Albums 16 Country 17 Jazz; Folk

8-11 Top Music Picks 12-13 Rock 14 Metacritic Best Albums

of 2020 (so far)

18 Classical 19 R&B 20 Christian

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BEST OF JULY The In-Demand Titles Patrons Will Be Looking For

Ellie Goulding

Jason Mraz

Interscope Pop/Rock Available July 17

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Pop/Rock Available July 24 13314014 $12.99 Guest Artists: Tiffany Haddish, Sister Carol Jason Mraz’s new album begins and ends with the same phrase. The four words are not just a lyric or the titles of his seventh studio album, but also an all-encompassing world philosophy for the musician.

Brightest Blue

Parental Advisory 13359296 $18.99 Guest Artists: Blackbear, Lauv Ellie Goulding’s highly anticipated album showcases her artistic depth and commercial success. Her first new album in five years includes the singles Close to Me and Hate Me.

Future

High Off Life Epic/Freebandz Rap/Hip-Hop Available July 31

Look for the Good

The Black Eyed Peas Translation

Parental Advisory 13375379 $11.99 Guest Artists: Drake, Travis Scott Future’s latest album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart upon its digitalonly release. Now the hit album is being made available on CD.

Epic R&B 13354958 $10.99 Hot off of the success of the singles RITMO and Mamacita, the Black Eyed Peas return with a brand new album.

Run the Jewels

Brett Eldredge

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC Rap/Hip-Hop Available September 18

Warner Music Nashville Country Available July 10 13359317 $11.99 While setting out to create his new album, Brett Eldredge dialed life back by starting out with just a flip phone, Polaroid camera, notebook, and guitar by his side.

The new album includes the single Gabrielle.

RTJ4

Parental Advisory 13345484 $12.99 Guest Artists: 2Chainz, Mavis Staples, Josh Homme The album’s first single, Yankie and the Brave (ep.4), dropped during an impromptu Instagram Live session the duo held as shelterin-place orders were starting to take hold.

Sunday Drive

HOT NEW RELEASES The In-Demand Titles Patrons Will Be Looking For Sparks

Bettye LaVette

Verdi Otello

BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock Pioneering electronic duo Sparks follow up the digital release of their acclaimed album with the CD version. Recently, the band has been featured on NPR and Billboard.

VERVE • R&B From Dinah Washington’s Again; Nina Simone’s I Hold No Grudge; and more, classics popularized by a diverse array of female artists are delivered in Bettye LaVette’s rich and raspy tone.

Sony Classical • Opera Along with conductor Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann leads the way in a recording of one of Verdi’s most well-known works.

A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

Available July 3 Parental Advisory 13315522 $14.99

Jesus Culture Volume 1 & 2 Church

Jesus Culture Music Religious Guest Artists: Kim WalkerSmith, Bryan & Katie Torwalt Jesus Culture has captured lyrics and melodies that carry a new sound for a new season. It’s a return to who Jesus Culture was from the start: a family with a collection of songs that reflect what God is doing in their church and in their lives.

2 Discs 13315518 $11.99

Michael Franti & Spearhead Work Hard and Be Nice

Boo Boo Wax • Pop/Rock As with his previous albums, Michael Franti brings plenty of energy and a dose of inspiration to his latest.

It includes the tracks I Got You; Watching the World Go By With You; and the title track.

13335422 $12.99

Blackbirds

Available August 28 13090758 $13.99

Jonas Kaufmann

2 Discs 13342248 $28.99

Ray LaMontagne

Sara Evans

RCA Records • Pop/Rock Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne releases the follow-up to his 2018 album Part of the Light.

The new album includes the singles Strong Enough and We’ll Make It Through.

13361384 $11.99

Born to Fly Records Country Guest Artists: Phillip Sweet, Old Crow Medicine Show Sara Evans explores the songs that are the soundtrack of her life with an album that features covers of If I Can’t Have You; Hard to Say I’m Sorry; Monday Morning; and more.

Monovision

Copy That

Available September 4 13155166 $11.99

Clint Black

Jimmy Heath

Blacktop Records • Country The 23rd studio album by country music icon Clint Black features eleven new songs, as well as a cover of Everybody’s Talkin’, which was featured in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy and earned singer Harry Nilsson a Grammy in 1970.

13335421 $10.99

Verve • Jazz Guest Artists: Wynton Marsalis, Gregory Porter The legendary saxophonist Jimmy Heath’s stunningly elegant last testament, a take on seminal ballads, includes songs written

by Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, and Kenny Dorham in addition to original material.

Out of Sane

Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated Side B

School Boy Records • Pop/Rock 13350059 $11.99 One year after the release of her critically acclaimed fourth studio album, Carly Rae Jepsen is back with the surprise release of a new, highly requested collection of B-sides.

Love Letter

Available July 17 13355945 $13.99

Brian McKnight Exodus

SoNo Recording Group R&B Brian McKnight has promised that his twentieth album will be his last to feature all original material. It includes the singles When I’m Gone; Neva Get Enuf of U; and Nobody.

13342304 $12.99

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HOT NEW RELEASES Dion

Blues with Friends

KTBA Records • Blues As its name implies, the latest studio album from Dion is filled with many superstar guests, including Joe Bonamassa, Brian Setzer, Paul Simon, and Bruce Springsteen.

13307990 $15.99

Jim Gaffigan

The Pale Tourist

Comedy Dynamics • Comedy

Available July 24 3 Discs 13354983 $15.99 Five-time Grammy Award nominee Jim Gaffigan puts his own unique spin on global travel with his latest comedy album.

Disclosure

Lianne La Havas

Gabby Barrett

Capitol • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Kelis Grammy-nominated UK duo Disclosure will release their new album. A global spectrum of talented artists graces the album, including Amine, slowthai, and Common.

Nonesuch • R&B Lianne La Havas’s third album spans the arc of a relationship. Its musical references are as varied as Milton Nascimento, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorious, Al Green, and Destiny’s Child. It also carries an intimate feel throughout.

Warner Music Nashville Country Guest Artists: Shane & Shane, Charlie Puth The debut album from ACM New Female Artist of the Year nominee Gabby Barrett, featuring her number one chart-topping single I Hope.

13346384 $11.99

Energy

Available August 28 13354960 $11.99

Lianne La Havas

Available July 17 13346382 $12.99

Bob Dylan

Lori McKenna

Columbia Records Pop/Rock Legendary singersongwriter Bob Dylan releases his first album of original material since 2012’s Tempest. The album includes the single False Prophet.

CN Records • Folk Guest Artists: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman Over the last three decades, Lori McKenna has been one of the most respected and prolific singersongwriters in music. Her new album is the follow-up to her Americana Awards Album of the Year The Tree.

Rough and Rowdy Ways

2 Discs 13342246 $13.99

Gone West Canyons

Triple Tigers • Country Gone West is a new Nashville-based group featuring two-time Grammy Award winner Colbie Caillat, singersongwriter Jason Reeves, four-time Hawaii Music Award winner Justin Kawika Young, and ACM Award-nominated artist Nelly Joy. 13317847 $11.99

The Balladeer

Available July 24 13354982 $12.99

Goldmine

Disney Goes Classical The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Decca • Classical An album of brand new, lush recordings of favorite songs from beloved Disney films. Recorded by the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and featuring special guest artists Matteo Bocelli, Renee Fleming, and more.

Available October 2 13361395 $16.99

Chick Corea Plays

Concord Jazz • Jazz

Available August 28 2 Discs 13350060 $19.99 The latest addition to Chick Corea’s remarkable discography is a captivating, intimate double album.

He performs works representing a wide swath of musical history, Mozart to Stevie Wonder.

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HOT NEW RELEASES The In-Demand Titles Patrons Will Be Looking For Rags

Sarah Jarosz

Neil Young

Ghostlight Records Soundtracks Artists: Carolyn Maitland, Matthew Gent With a ravishing score by the songwriters of Wicked and Annie and the book writer of Fiddler on the Roof, this musical is a sweeping saga of America’s immigrant past.

Rounder • Folk Sarah Jarosz’s fifth studio album is arguably her finest work to date, featuring some of the strongest songwriting in her career while showcasing her stirring musical skill.

13254735 $14.99

Reprise • Pop/Rock Originally recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, this was intended to come out in 1975 before Neil Young cancelled it. It has remained unreleased until now, achieving a legendary status among fans in the process.

13346381 $16.99

Various Artists

World on the Ground

Available July 17 13346398 $18.99

Brandy B7

Urban/Entertainment One R&B It has been eight years since Brandy last released a full-length album. Along with the single Baby Mama, her return includes appearances from Chance the Rapper and Ty Dolla Sign.

Available July 31 13350056 $13.99

John Williams in Vienna

John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter

Deutsche Grammophon Classical Sharing the stage with the famous Vienna Philharmonic and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams performs iconic themes from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and other cinematic landmarks.

Available August 14 13336813 $17.99

Yusuf

Ray Wylie Hubbard

A&M Records • Pop/Rock Fifty years after the original made him a global superstar, Yusuf/Cat Stevens has recorded an entirely new version of his classic 1970 album.

This offers up striking and sensitive new renditions of classics like Wild World.

Big Machine • Country That passion for the man who’s as much a renegade poet as a roadhouse saint brought together an eclectic mix of guests including Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, and Ronnie Dunn for his first ever high-profile label release.

Tea for the Tillerman 2

Co-Starring

Available September 18 13359297 $13.99

Available July 10 13342307 $12.99

Empress Of

Haim

Empress Of • Pop/Rock The third studio album

by American singersongwriter and producer Empress Of. It features the tracks Love Is a Drug; Maybe This Time; Not the One; and Hold Me Like Water.

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.

I’m Your Empress Of

Available July 3 13305879 $14.99

Willie Nelson

First Rose of Spring

Legacy Recordings • Country

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

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Homegrown

Women in Music Pt. III

Parental Advisory 12946508 $13.99

Orla Fallon Lore

Green Hill Productions World One of the voices of Celtic Woman, singer and harpist Orla Fallon creates an enchanting collection of traditional Celtic favorites.

Available July 24 13361393 $11.99

HOT NEW RELEASES Ronnie Milsap The Best of Ronnie Milsap

Jessie Ware

What’s Your Pleasure?

Craft Recordings • Country A 12-track collection of chart-topping favorites from the country legend’s extensive catalog, including (There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me; Stranger in My House; and A Woman in Love.

13296714 $11.99

Interscope • R&B 13305913 $13.99

Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joe Lovano

RoundAgain

Phoebe Bridgers

ECM • Jazz The first-time teaming of Poland’s dynamic Marcin Wasilewski Trio and bigtoned US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced.

13342291 $18.99

Nonesuch • Jazz Artists: Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet return with their first recording since 1994’s MoodSwing. This features seven newly composed songs: three from Redman, two from Mehldau, and one each from McBride and Blade.

Dead Oceans, Inc. Pop/Rock Phoebe Bridgers doesn’t write love songs as much as songs about the impact love can have on her life, personality, and priorities.

Her fourth release and second solo album is concerned with that subject.

13355909 $14.99

Peter Gabriel

CeeLo Green

Arctic Riff

Rated PG

Real World Productions Ltd Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Soweto Gospel Choir A collection of Peter Gabriel songs from the movies.

Having always loved the combination of film and music, his first opportunity to marry these twin interests came when he was asked to create the music for Alan Parker’s film Birdy in 1985.

13346385 $12.99

Anuel AA

Emmanuel

Real Hasta la Muerte. Inc. Latin Anuel AA’s hit album includes collaborations with Bad Bunny, Travis Barker, Enrique Iglesias, Lil Wayne, Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, and more.

Parental Advisory, 2 Discs 13377425 $10.99

The recording process was a transformative period for Ware and the album sees the influential artist reconnect with her roots, entirely on her own terms. Ware explores themes of femininity, freedom of imagination, and escapism.

Various Artists

Punisher

Available July 10 13314015 $12.99

CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • R&B Grammy Award winner, and former judge on The Voice, CeeLo Green returns with his first new album in five years.

It includes the single Doing It All Together.

Available August 7 13355921 $14.99

Jim Brickman Blessed

Green Hill Productions Religious Guest Artist: John Trones Jim Brickman has revolutionized the sound of solo piano with his popstyle instrumentals and star-studded vocal collaborations. Here he delivers a collection featuring hymns and songs of faith.

13090749 $9.99

Tenille Townes

The Lemonade Stand

Columbia Nashville • Country 13345485 $9.99 Guest Artist: Keelan Donovan Following the release of several EPs, Tenille Townes offers up her first album. It includes the songs The Most Beautiful Things; Where You Are; and Jersey on the Wall (I’m Just Asking).

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TOP MUSIC PICKS OneRepublic

Hayley Williams

David Bowie

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

Atlantic • Pop/Rock Known by millions as the lead singer of Paramore, Hayley Williams releases her highly anticipated solo album. It includes the lead single Simmer.

Rhino/Parlophone Pop/Rock A nine-track session recorded for radio and broadcast by the BBC on David’s 50th birthday on January 8, 1997.

This mostly acoustic session was a stripped-back affair featuring some of Bowie’s favorites.

13296716 $16.99

Human

Petals for Armor

Parental Advisory 12830065 $11.99

Available December 31 13059659 $13.99

Changesnowbowie

Jojo

Jimmy Buffett

The 1975

Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner After facing some personal struggles and slowly becoming comfortable in her own skin, singersongwriter JoJo returns with her first new album in four years.

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

13311580 $14.99

Interscope • Pop/Rock The 1975 release their highly anticipated fourth studio album. The 22track epic includes hit singles People and Me and You Together Song.

Good to Know

Parental Advisory 13058690 $11.99

Elevation Worship

Graves Into Gardens

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

12946507 $8.99

Life on the Flip Side

Notes on a Conditional Form

Parental Advisory 13296713 $13.99

Not Our First Goat Rodeo

Alanis Morissette

Sony Classical • Classical Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile join forces once again for an album that brings together classical and Americana.

13090746 $11.99

Epiphany Music • Pop/Rock Alanis Morissette’s ninth album is her first new release since 2012’s Havoc and Bright Lights.

It includes the single Reasons I Drink.

Various Artists

Such Pretty Forks in the Road

Available September 18 12912296 $12.99

Rufus Wainwright

Bug Out!

Shabazz Palaces

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

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

13305924 $12.99

Sub Pop Records Rap/Hip-Hop Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up, the group’s Sub Pop debut, was recently hailed as one of the best albums of the decade by outlets like Pitchfork. Now the band is back with a brand new album.

Unfollow the Rules

Available July 10 13129054 $13.99

Caspar Babypants

The Don of Diamond Dreams

Parental Advisory 12981434 $9.99

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SOUGHT-AFTER TITLES FROM THE PAST FEW MONTHS The Killers

Haim

Lady Gaga

Island • Pop/Rock 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.

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.

Interscope • Pop/Rock Guest Artists: Elton John, Ariana Grande Lady Gaga follows up her Grammy and Academy Award-winning soundtrack for A Star Is Born with her sixth studio album. The first single, Stupid Love, is already making its way up the charts.

12935947 $13.99

Imploding the Mirage

Available December 31 13058698 $13.99

Women in Music Pt. III

Parental Advisory 12946508 $13.99

Sex Education Original Soundtrack

Margo Price

Bella Union • Soundtracks Ezra Furman’s soundtrack to the Netflix original series features soundtrack exclusives alongside new recordings of some of Furman’s best-loved songs.

13017607 $14.99

Loma Vista Recordings Country Margo Price commits her genre-bending rock n’ roll show to album for the first time, stretching out her emotive twang over skyhigh soft rock, burning psychedelic rock ballads, stomping road songs, and sprinkles of pop.

Ezra Furman

Sidewalk Prophets Things That Got Us Here

Word Entertainment Religious After five years, Sidewalk Prophets are back with a brand new studio album.

It includes the previously released singles Real to Me; Chosen; The Comment Section; and the top 15 hit Smile.

Available July 3 13155164 $11.99

That’s How Rumors Get Started

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers Just Coolin’

Blue Note • Jazz A never-before-released studio album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio on March 8, 1959.

The set includes two previously unissued compositions: Quick Trick and Jimerick.

Available July 10 13058695 $14.99

Available August 7 12935927 $11.99

Bush

Willie Nelson

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

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

The Kingdom

Available July 17 13129052 $13.99

Dinosaurs and Metaphors

Norah Jones

Red Pants Music Children’s 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

Blue Note • Jazz Norah Jones’s new album features lyrics that confront loss and portend hope, and a mood that leans into darkness before ultimately finding the light.

13061072 $13.99

Danny Weinkauf

Chromatica

Pick Me Up Off the Floor

First Rose of Spring

Available July 3 12912294 $13.99

The Pretenders Hate for Sale

BMG Rights Management Pop/Rock Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees the Pretenders return with their latest studio album, which follows their critically acclaimed 2016 album, Alone.

Available July 17 13129053 $14.99

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TOP MUSIC PICKS Dixie Chicks

The Weeknd

Indigo Girls

Columbia (USA) • Country After fourteen years, Grammy Award winners Dixie Chicks are back with a brand new album.

When talking about the title track, Rolling Stone’s headline said ‘You Definitely Need to Hear This New Dixie Chicks Song.’

Republic Records • R&B Filtering R&B, pop, and hip-hop through an ambitious widescreen lens, the Weeknd quietly took over popular music and culture on his own terms. Features the global hits Heartless and Blinding Lights.

Rounder • Pop/Rock The first new studio album in five years from Indigo Girls is a testament to their storied 40-year career.

Features eleven brand new tracks, all written by the pair.

12915000 $14.99

Gaslighter

Available December 31 12981432 $13.99

After Hours

Look Long

Parental Advisory 12874314 $13.99 Edited Version 12912292 $13.99

Glass Animals Dreamland

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

Available July 10 Parental Advisory 13333523 $13.99

Steve Earle & the Dukes

Ghosts of West Virginia

New West Records Country Guest Artist: Eleanor Whitmore In ten deftly drawn, roughly eloquent, powerfully conveyed sonic portraits, Steve Earle and his longtime band the Dukes explore the historical role of coal in rural communities.

13058685 $14.99

Songs for Singin’ The Okee Dokee Brothers

Okee Dokee Music Children’s 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.

2 Discs 13333540 $17.99

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Kip Moore Thundercat

It Is What It Is

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

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi 2020

Island • Pop/Rock Bon Jovi’s new album is the fifteenth from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band.

It features the new single Limitless as well as Unbroken, which was featured in the documentary To Be of Service.

Available December 31 12874315 $13.99

Wild World

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

13254737 $11.99

Lucinda Williams Good Souls Better Angels

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

12981479 $14.99

Boney James

Kenny Chesney

Concord Music Group, Inc. Jazz With eleven original songs and featuring R&B star Kenny Lattimore on the single Be Here, Boney James’s new record is an uplifting collection.

It is his seventeenth album as a band leader.

12915163 $14.99

Warner Music Nashville Country Guest Artists: Ed Sheeran, David Lee Murphy Over the span of eighteen months, Kenny Chesney has been working on a new collection of songs inspired by the world around him and everyone’s unique personal journey.

His latest includes the single Here and Now. 13058689 $10.99

Solid

Here and Now

SOUGHT-AFTER TITLES FROM THE PAST FEW MONTHS JACKBOYS

Fiona Apple

Epic Records Rap/Hip-Hop Guest Artists: Travis Scott, Lil Baby Upon its digital release in January, the album from the Travis Scott-led collective debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Now it is available for fans to enjoy on CD.

Epic • Pop/Rock After nearly a decade, singer-songwriter Fiona Apple has returned with one of the most acclaimed albums of year so far.

Following its digital release in April, it is now making its way onto CD.

JACKBOYS

Parental Advisory 13130861 $8.99

Luke Bryan

Born Here Live Here Die Here

Capitol Nashville • Country The new album from country music superstar Luke Bryan features the chart-topping hit Knockin’ Boots, as well as the new single Whatever She Wants Tonight.

Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Available July 15 13333535 $10.99

The Strokes

The New Abnormal

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

12846857 $13.99

NOW That’s What I Call Music 74 Various Artists

Now • Pop/Rock The popular music series is back with a new collection featuring the biggest chart hits from the worlds of rock, pop, rap, country, and more. Artists include Lizzo, Tones and I, and the Weeknd.

13059660 $18.99

NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock 2 Various Artists

Now • Pop/Rock Set sail with tons of summertime yacht rock classics from artists including Kenny Loggins, Chicago, REO Speedwagon, and more.

13061071 $18.99

Available August 7 12850368 $11.99

Jhene Aiko

Lil Baby

Def Jam • R&B Guest Artists: Big Sean, H.E.R., Future The album is about relationships, love, and selfdiscovery. Jhene Aiko spent months in Hawaii recording, meditating, and working on discovering and healing herself.

Her message of self-actualization, self-worth, and self-love is both timely and relevant.

Quality Control Music, LLC Rap/Hip-Hop Grammy-nominated rap superstar Lil Baby releases his latest studio project.

It includes the single Forever featuring Lil Wayne. There are also collaborations with Gunna, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, and more.

Chilombo

Parental Advisory 12875956 $13.99

My Turn

Parental Advisory 12847090 $11.99

Maddie & Tae

Grey Daze

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

12821665 $11.99

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

12830069 $13.99

The Way It Feels

Amends

NOW That’s What I Call Country Classics ‘90s Various Artists

NOW • Country Country music fans can get all of their favorite ‘90s country songs with classic hits from George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Lonestar, Alan Jackson, Diamond Rio, Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, and many more.

13305911 $18.99

NOW That’s What I Call Country Volume 13 Various Artists

NOW • Country Volume thirteen includes songs from country superstars Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, and many more.

13305912 $18.99

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ROCK Ray LaMontagne

Throwing Muses Sun Racket

Monovision

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne releases the follow-up to his 2018 album Part of the Light.

The new album includes the singles Strong Enough and We’ll Make It Through.

Fire Records The follow-up to 2013’s Purgatory/Paradise is a ten-song opus of suitably wrought tales set against a wall of sound that’s at once calm and ethereal before building into glorious cacophonous crescendos.

Jack Garratt

July Talk

Will Hoge

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC July Talk follows up the release of their 2013 selftitled album with a new CD that includes the single Identical Love. To introduce fans to the album, the band has planned drive-in concerts for August.

Cumberland Recordings Grammy-nominated artist Will Hoge releases the follow-up to his 2018 album My American Dream.

His new album includes the tracks That’s How You Lose Her; Con Man Blues; and The Overthrow.

13354968 $12.99

RCA Records 13361384 $11.99

Love, Death & Dancing

Island Singer-songwriter Jack Garratt’s highly anticipated new album features the single Time, which he showcased during his live shows in February and March.

13130863 $13.99

Pray for It

Available August 7

Available September 4 13058684 $14.99

Tiny Little Movies

Parental Advisory 13355910 $13.99

Dance Gavin Dance Afterburner

Rise Records After eight full-lengths, an EP, and a live album, Dance Gavin Dance is back at it with thirteen tracks that showcase the band on a new level, while still staying true to their roots.

Available July 10 Parental Advisory 12905441 $13.99

Haim

Women in Music Pt. III

Columbia Records 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.

Live Spirits Soundtrack

Depeche Mode

Columbia Records Featuring highlights taken from Depeche Mode’s 2017/2018 Spirit Tour, this soundtrack features performances of Personal Jesus; Enjoy the Silence; and Never Let Me Down Again.

2 Discs 12912295 $13.99

Asking Alexandria

Like a House on Fire

Sumerian Records The latest album from Asking Alexandria is inspired from their past while adding new elements to their sound. It includes the tracks Down to Hell; House on Fire; and One Turns to None.

Parental Advisory 13058691 $11.99

Bob Dylan

Rough and Rowdy Ways Columbia Records 2 Discs 13342246 $13.99

Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan releases his first album of original material since 2012’s Tempest.

The album includes the single False Prophet.

Parental Advisory 12946508 $13.99

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ROCK PJ Harvey

Dry - Demos

Island A different side to PJ Harvey’s seminal 1992 debut is shown with this collection of demo recordings.

Neil Young Homegrown

Reprise 13346381 $16.99

Available July 24 13359298 $13.99

Originally recorded between June 1974 and January 1975, this was intended to come out in 1975 before Neil Young cancelled it. It has remained unreleased until now, achieving a legendary status among fans in the process.

Peter Gabriel

Phoebe Bridgers

S.G. Goodman

Real World Productions Ltd Guest Artists: Soweto Gospel Choir A collection of Peter Gabriel songs from the movies. Having always loved the combination of film and music, his first opportunity to marry these twin interests came when he was asked to create the music for Alan Parker’s film Birdy in 1985.

13346385 $12.99

Dead Oceans, Inc. Phoebe Bridgers doesn’t write love songs as much as songs about the impact love can have on her life, personality, and priorities.

Her fourth release and second solo album is concerned with that subject.

13355909 $14.99

Verve Forecast S. G. Goodman’s debut solo album, co-produced with fellow Kentuckian Jim James, showcases S.G.’s otherworldly voice, which soars above a sonic blend of gritty guitars, bottomland grooves, and plaintive balladry.

Rated PG

Punisher

Deep Purple

Liza Anne

Earmusic Working for the third time with produce Bob Ezrin, Deep Purple has created one of their most versatile albums. It also features the single Throw My Bones.

Arts & Crafts Called ‘bold in both sound and subject’ (NPR), Liza Anne pairs the sonic palette of pop-minded indie acts with raw emotional lyrics. Her new album represents an audacious sonic leap.

Whoosh!

Available August 7 12981482 $27.99

Bad Vacation

Available July 24 13354959 $12.99

Yusuf/Cat Stevens

Tea for the Tillerman 2 A&M Records

Available September 18 13359297 $13.99 Fifty years after the original made him a global superstar, Yusuf/Cat Stevens has rerecorded an entirely new version of his classic 1970 album. This offers up striking and sensitive new renditions of classics like Wild World.

Old Time Feeling

Available July 17 12963135 $13.99

Kansas

The Absence of Presence

Inside Out Music With no signs of slowing down, classic rock icons Kansas release their sixteenth studio album. It features the singles Throwing Mountains; Memories Down the Line; and Jets Overhead.

13354970 $18.99

Michael Franti, Spearhead Work Hard and Be Nice

Boo Boo Wax As with his previous albums, Michael Franti brings plenty of energy and a dose of inspiration to his latest.

It includes the tracks I Got You; Watching the World Go By with You; and the title track.

13335422 $12.99

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Best of 2020 – So Far These albums have won strong critical acclaim for the first half of the year. SmartBrowse ‘Metacritic Best of 2020 So Far’ for more.

Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters Epic • Pop/Rock Available July 15 13333535 $10.99

Perfume Genius • Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Matador • Pop/Rock 12981489 $15.99

Moses Sumney • Grae Jagjaguwar • Pop/Rock 13305878 $14.99

BC Camplight Shortly After Takeoff Bella Union • Pop/Rock 13017604 $14.99

Gil Scott-Heron • We’re New Again A Reimagining

by Makaya McCraven XL Recordings • R&B 12666831 $15.99

Dua Lipa • Future Nostalgia Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Pop/Rock 12810203 $10.99

Waxahatchee • Saint Cloud Merge Records • Pop/Rock 12839477 $12.99

Yves Tumor • Heaven to a Tortured Mind Warp Records • Pop/Rock 12882785 $14.99

Baxter Dury The Night Chancers Heavenly • Pop/Rock 12799357 $14.99

Frazey Ford U Kin B the Sun Arts & Crafts • Pop/Rock 12835931 $12.99

Katie Gately • Loom Houndstooth • Pop/Rock 12622164 $11.99

Hayley Williams Petals for Armor Atlantic • Pop/Rock 12830065 $11.99

Code Orange • Underneath Roadrunner Records Pop/Rock 12766196 $11.99

Caribou • Suddenly Merge Records • Pop/Rock 12674646 $12.99

Lucinda Williams Good Souls Better Angels Self Produced • Pop/Rock 12981479 $14.99

Brandy Clark Your Life Is a Record Warner Bros. • Country 12739838 $11.99

Nadia Reid Out of My Province Spacebomb Records Pop/Rock 12764912 $11.99

Ashley McBryde • Never Will Warner Music Nashville Country 12821666 $11.99

The James Hunter Six Nick of Time Daptone Records • R&B 12666827 $13.99

Thundercat It Is What It Is Brainfeeder • R&B 12742604 $13.99

Porridge Radio • Every Bad Lilly Hiatt • Walking Proof Secretly Canadian New West Records • Country Pop/Rock 12734536 $11.99 12759477 $14.99

Sparks A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock Available July 3 13315522 $14.99

Shabaka and the Ancestors Mac Miller • Circles We Are Sent Here By History Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Rap/Hip-Hop Impulse • Jazz 12733753 $14.99 12764920 $13.99

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LIVE ALBUMS John Williams in Vienna

John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter

Deutsche Grammophon Classical Sharing the stage with the famous Vienna Philharmonic and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams performs iconic themes from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and other cinematic landmarks.

Available August 14 13336813 $17.99

Jerry Garcia Band

Garcialive Volume 13 September 16th, 1989 Poplar Creek Music Theatre

ATO Records • Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Clarence Clemons On the final night of their longest and arguably finest tour, the Jerry Garcia Band played repertoire favorites, such as the Garcia/Hunter composition Cats Under the Stars, and infrequent jams like Let’s Spend the Night Together.

Relive the concert experience with classic and modern-day live albums. SmartBrowse ‘Concerts & Live Events’ for more.

Live Spirits Soundtrack

The Monkees

Columbia Records Soundtracks Featuring highlights taken from Depeche Mode’s 2017/2018 Spirit Tour, this soundtrack features performances of Personal Jesus; Enjoy the Silence; and Never Let Me Down Again.

Rhino Records • Pop/Rock The Monkees’ first official live album, recorded live in March 2019, features 25 hits and fan favorites spanning their entire 50-plus-year career, including Last Train to Clarksville; (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone; and Daydream Believer.

12905442 $14.99

Depeche Mode

2 Discs 12912295 $13.99

Chaka Khan

Homecoming

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • R&B Ten-time Grammy Awardwinning artist Chaka Khan returns home to Chicago’s Harris Theatre to perform a selection of her greatest hits in front of an enthusiastic hometown audience.

12766197 $12.99

The Mike & Micky Show Live

Bryan Ferry

Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1974

BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock Recorded in December 1974, this album sees the Roxy Music lead singer perform some of his biggest hits as well as covers of the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil and the Beatles’ You Won’t See Me. 12654497 $14.99

2 Discs 12850373 $15.99

Snarky Puppy

Elbow

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Groundup Music • Jazz In 2012, Snarky Puppy booked their first European tour through Facebook posts, begging people to help find a bar they could play in.

Years later they recorded their sold-out show from the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London.

VERVE • Pop/Rock In the week that their eighth studio album, Giants of All Sizes, became their third consecutive UK number one, Elbow played a series of special acoustic shows.

It offered fans a rare opportunity to see them in a small venue.

13244979 $13.99

Curtis Loew Records Pop/Rock Recorded in their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, in 2018, this album captures a chapter in the venerable Southern rock band’s farewell tour.

Live at the Royal Albert Hall

2 Discs 12739840 $18.99

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Golden - Live in Concert

BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock The spectacle that comes with a Kylie Minogue concert is captured on this CD/DVD combo. Included are performances of her biggest hits, including Can’t Get You Out of My Head.

2 Discs 12579756 $19.99

Live at the Ritz An Acoustic Performance

Liam Gallagher

MTV Unplugged Live at Hull City Hall

Warner Bros. • Pop/Rock Recorded in Hull, UK, in August of last year, MTV Unplugged showcases Liam Gallagher’s solo career highlights alongside Oasis classics in new arrangements featuring backing choir, a string section, and more.

13090747 $11.99

Last of the Street Survivors Tour Lyve!

2 Discs 12731181 $15.99

Elton John, Ray Cooper

Live from Moscow

Mercury • Pop/Rock In 1979, Elton John became the first Western rock star to ever perform in Russia.

The show in Moscow with Ray Cooper was broadcast on BBC Radio in the UK. This is taken from the original broadcast masters, which have been remastered.

2 Discs 12630237 $19.99

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COUNTRY Ray Wylie Hubbard Co-Starring

Big Machine Guest Artists: Pam Tillis, Chris Robinson That passion for the man who’s as much a renegade poet as a roadhouse saint brought together an eclectic mix of guests including Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, and Ronnie Dunn for his first ever high-profile label release.

Available July 10 13342307 $12.99

Gone West Canyons

Triple Tigers 13317847 $11.99 Gone West is a new Nashville-based group featuring two-time Grammy Award winner Colbie Caillat, singersongwriter Jason Reeves, four-time Hawaii Music Award winner Justin Kawika Young, and ACM Award-nominated artist Nelly Joy.

Joe Ely

Tenille Townes

Willie Nelson

Rack ‘Em Records Joe Ely’s latest album features ten recordings that were finished during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. It reflects his mindset over the span of a few months and includes a strong focus on love.

Columbia Nashville Following the release of several EPs, Tenille Townes offers up her first album.

It includes the songs The Most Beautiful Things; Where You Are; and Jersey on the Wall (I’m Just Asking).

13345485 $9.99

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

Love in the Midst of Mayhem

The Lemonade Stand

Available July 3 13350722 $12.99

First Rose of Spring

Available July 3 12912294 $13.99

Gabby Barrett

Clint Black

Brett Eldredge

Warner Music Nashville Guest Artists: Shane & Shane, Charlie Puth The debut album from ACM New Female Artist of the Year nominee Gabby Barrett, featuring her number one chart-topping single I Hope.

13346384 $11.99

Blacktop Records The 23rd studio album by country music icon Clint Black features eleven new songs, as well as a cover of Everybody’s Talkin’, which was featured in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy and earned singer Harry Nilsson a Grammy in 1970.

13335421 $10.99

Warner Music Nashville While setting out to create his new album, Brett Eldredge dialed life back by starting out with just a flip phone, Polaroid camera, notebook, and guitar by his side.

The new album includes the single Gabrielle.

Goldmine

Out of Sane

Sunday Drive

Available July 10 13359317 $11.99

Sara Evans

Ronnie Milsap

Born To Fly Records

Craft Recordings A twelve-track collection of chart-topping favorites from the country legend’s extensive catalog including (There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me; Stranger in My House; and A Woman in Love.

13296714 $11.99

Copy That

Available September 4 13155166 $11.99 Guest Artists: Phillip Sweet, Old Crow Medicine Show Sara Evans explores the songs that are the soundtrack of her life with an album that features covers of If I Can’t Have You; Hard to Say I’m Sorry; Monday Morning; and more.

The Best of Ronnie Milsap

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JAZZ Chick Corea

Jimmy Heath

RoundAgain

Concord Jazz The latest addition to Chick Corea’s remarkable discography is a captivating, intimate double album. He performs works representing a wide swath of musical history, Mozart to Stevie Wonder.

Verve Guest Artists: Wynton Marsalis, Gregory Porter The legendary saxophonist Jimmy Heath’s stunningly elegant last testament, a take on seminal ballads, includes songs written by Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, and Kenny Dorham in addition to original material.

Nonesuch Guest Artists: Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride The members of the original Joshua Redman Quartet return with their first recording since 1994’s MoodSwing. The album features seven newly composed songs.

Plays

Available August 28

Love Letter

Various Artists

2 Discs 13350060 $19.99

Available July 17 13355945 $13.99

Available July 10 13314015 $12.99

Derrick Hodge

Bluey

Blue Note Guest Artist: Jahari Stampley Derrick Hodge is a celebrated composer and bassist who is equally adept on both electric and upright instruments. He is an accomplished session musician who has worked extensively across jazz, cinematic, and R&B. 13317916 $11.99

Shanachie As a member of the acid jazz band Incognito, Bluey has released sixteen studio albums and a number of live albums. He has also produced for artists including George Benson and Maxi Priest.

Now he is releasing a new solo album.

13340810 $18.99

Marcin Wasilewski Trio & Joe Lovano

Color of Noize

Tinted Sky

Arctic Riff

ECM The first-time teaming of Poland’s dynamic Marcin Wasilewski Trio and bigtoned US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced.

13342291 $18.99

FOLK Lori McKenna

Brigid Mae Power

Thad Cockrell

CN Records Guest Artists: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman Over the last three decades, Lori McKenna has been one of the most respected and prolific singersongwriters in music. Her new album is the follow-up to her Americana Awards Album of the Year The Tree.

Fire Records Brigid Mae Power paints expansive songs that are effortless, hypnotic, and folk-oriented like Judee Sill, Bill Callahan, and Sharon Van Etten.

Available July 10 13058687 $14.99

ATO Records Thad Cockrell releases his first solo album in over a decade. It taps into the tremendous depth of expression he’s brought co-writing songs for artists such as Joy Williams, Devon Gilfillian, and Joseph and Mathew Caws of Nada Surf.

13315520 $12.99

Dan Reeder

Sarah Jarosz

Teddy Thompson

Oh Boy Records Musician and visual artist Dan Reeder releases a new album that includes the track Stay Down, Man. His past work has been highlighted on NPR, American Songwriter, and more.

13317913 $11.99

Rounder Sarah Jarosz’s fifth studio album is arguably her finest work to date, featuring some of the strongest songwriting in her career while showcasing her stirring musical skill.

13254735 $14.99

Chalky Sounds From its opening track, Teddy Thompson’s album reckons with the breakdown of love with a wistful levity as satisfying as it is devastatingly honest.

13305910 $11.99

The Balladeer

Available July 24 13354982 $12.99

Every Which Way

Head Above the Water

World on the Ground

If in Case You Feel the Same

Heartbreaker Please

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CLASSICAL John Williams in Vienna

John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter Deutsche Grammophon

Available August 14 13336813 $17.99 Sharing the stage with the famous Vienna Philharmonic and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams performs iconic themes from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and other cinematic landmarks.

Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 Vasily Petrenko & Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

LAWO Classics A new, stunning release by Vasily Petrenko conducting the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in an exhaustive survey of Rimsky-Korsakov orchestral output, including the most idiomatic Scheherazade.

13354954 $16.99

Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart Grigory Sokolov

Deutsche Grammophon Grigory Sokolov returns with a double album of live recordings from his triumphant European 201920 tour, focusing on the early and late Beethoven sonatas as well as Brahms’s autumnal piano pieces.

Available July 3 13342306 $29.99

Complete Sonatas Violin & Piano Leonidas Kavakos & Enrico Pace

Sony Masterworks In 2013, Leonidas Kavakos released a recording of Beethoven violin sonatas that won acclaim from such outlets as The New York Times and The Strad. Now this title is once again available for listeners to enjoy.

3 Discs 13354956 $20.99

Verdi Otello

Jonas Kaufmann

Sony Classical Guest Artists: Federica Lombardi, Carlos Alvarez Along with conductor Antonio Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann leads the way in a recording of one of Verdi’s most well-known works.

2 Discs 13342248 $28.99

Elgar Violin Concerto

Nicola Benedetti

Decca Violinist Nicola Benedetti’s new album explores music by Edward Elgar.

The centerpiece is his Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61, performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

Available July 10 13307994 $13.99

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg Holberg Suite

Sony Classical Teodor Currentzis adds to his list of acclaimed recordings with a release that was created after his praised BBC Proms performance in 2018.

13058719 $12.99

Decca Guest Artists: Mito Chamber Orchestra The second official joint recording from Seiji Ozawa and Martha Argerich features Ozawa’s first ever recording of Grieg’s Holberg Suite.

Together the duo brings spontaneity and insight into Beethoven’s iconic work.

Teodor Currentzis & Zismusic Aeterna

Martha Argerich & Seiji Ozawa

Available July 3 13342305 $16.99

2nd Chopin Festival Hamburg 2019 Various Artists

Naxos Classics Guest Artists: Tobias Koch, Helene Tysman Following the success of the first Chopin Festival Hamburg in 2018, the second festival continues its unique approach of inviting pianists to perform on original historic insturments and a modern grand piano in the same concert.

13341361 $11.99

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Nocturne Live at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Irmin Schmidt

Mute Recorded during his first UK solo piano concert, this sees Irmin Schmidt perform live with the combination of a partly prepared piano along with additional pre-recorded soundscapes.

Available July 10 13346388 $14.99

Symphony No. 7

Osmo Vanska & Minnesota Orchestra

BIS All of the emotions and colors found in Gustav Mahler’s Seventh Symphony are brought to life by the the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vanska. They continue a cycle praised for the performances as well as the recorded sound.

13341325 $19.99

R&B Brandy

Don Bryant

Urban/Entertainment One • R&B

Fat Possum • R&B On his second release since returning to solo soul stardom, Don Bryant is delivering fresh takes on songs he wrote long ago. Also includes new, neverreleased songs, such as the heart-wrenching ode Is It Over.

13342272 $12.99

You Make Me Feel

B7

Available July 31 13350056 $13.99 Guest Artists: Chance the Rapper, Ty Dolla Sign It has been eight years since Brandy last released a full-length album. Along with the single Baby Mama, her return includes appearances from Chance the Rapper and Ty Dolla Sign.

Brian McKnight

Derrick Hodge

Diana Ross

SoNo Recording Group R&B Brian McKnight has promised that his twentieth album will be his last to feature all original material. It includes the singles When I’m Gone; Neva Get Enuf of U; and Nobody.

13342304 $12.99

Blue Note • Jazz Guest Artist: Jahari Stampley Derrick Hodge is a celebrated composer and bassist who is equally adept on both electric and upright instruments. He is an accomplished session musician who has worked extensively across jazz, cinematic, and R&B. 13317916 $11.99

Motown Records; • R&B Diana Ross has scored four consecutive Billboard number one Dance Club Songs Chart singles over the past two years. Those recent dance hits are combined with more remixes of classic hits.

Exodus

Bettye LaVette Blackbirds

VERVE • R&B From Dinah Washington’s Again; Nina Simone’s I Hold No Grudge; and more, classics popularized by a diverse array of female artists are delivered in Bettye LaVette’s rich and raspy tone.

Color of Noize

Maceo Parker

Soul Food Cooking with Maceo

Available August 28 13090758 $13.99

The Funk Garage • R&B Maceo Parker’s album blends raw, old-school funk with the flavors of the New Orleans school of music. Parker worked with Ivan Neville, Nikki Glaspie, and Tony Hall, as well as a host of local musicians, to record the songs.

13346392 $15.99

Lianne La Havas

CeeLo Green

Lianne La Havas

Nonesuch • Pop/Rock Lianne La Havas’s third album spans the arc of relationship. Its musical references are as varied as Milton Nascimento, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorious, Al Green, and Destiny’s Child. It also carries an intimate feel throughout.

Supertonic Mixes

Available July 24 13296712 $13.99

Jessie Ware

What’s Your Pleasure?

Interscope • R&B Jessie Ware explores themes of femininity, freedom of imagination, and escapism.

The recording process was a transformative period and the album sees the influential artist reconnect with her roots, entirely on her own terms.

13305913 $13.99

CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • R&B

Available August 7 13355921 $14.99 Grammy Award winner, and former judge on The Voice, CeeLo Green returns with his first new album in five years. It includes the single Doing It All Together.

Available July 17 13346382 $12.99

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CHRISTIAN Verity Presents Celebrate! 2020 Various Artists

Verity Records Guest Artists: Kirk Franklin, Koryn Hawthorne A collection of top-selling artists from traditional to contemporary gospel. This power-packed compilation features ballads, praise anthems, and radio hits of the year. It features ten tracks from legendary and groundbreaking talents.

13317883 $8.99

Jesus Culture

Chicago Mass Choir

Jesus Culture Music Guest Artists: Bryan Torwalt, Katie Torwalt Jesus Culture has captured lyrics and melodies that carry a new sound for a new season. It’s a return to who Jesus Culture was from the start: a family with a collection of songs that reflect what God is doing in their church and in their lives.

New Haven Records Celebrating their thirtieth anniversary, the internationally renowned Chicago Mass Choir releases an album that captures their unmatched energy while staying true to genre and the lifechanging message of the gospel.

Church (Volume 1 & 2)

2 Discs 13315518 $11.99

My Soul Says Yes

Available July 17 13317882 $11.99

The Old Paths

Colton Dixon

Jim Brickman

Sonlite The Old Paths have returned to their ministry with a new passion and dedication. Contains eight tracks that capture the many ways God’s boundless love blesses each and every person every day.

13311582 $8.99

Atlantic Former American Idol contestant Colton Dixon releases a new EP that features the hit single Miracles.

13279632 $8.99

Green Hill Productions Guest Artist: John Trones Jim Brickman has revolutionized the sound of solo piano with his popstyle instrumentals and star-studded vocal collaborations.

Here he delivers a collection featuring hymns and songs of faith.

13090749 $9.99

What Love Does

The Browns Brave

StowTown Records Through songs laced with fiddle and steel guitar, the Browns share themes of hope, eternity, and assurance. Their family blend is unbeatable, their energy is undeniable, and their musicianship is unmatched.

13342247 $8.99

Colton Dixon

Earnest Pugh

The Outpour Experience Live

Black Smoke Music Guest Artist: Betty Griffin Earnest Pugh takes to the stage for a performance featuring some of his most inspirational songs, including Thank You So Much; Your Glory; Outpour; Awesome God; and more.

13350721 $13.99

Ricky Dillard

Canton Junction

Motown Gospel Guest Artists: Tiff Joy, Keith ‘Wonderboy’ Johnson Multiple Grammynominated choir director Ricky Dillard makes his Motown Gospel debut with this aptly titled album. It features Release, the faith-filled anthem declaring change and breakthrough in the lives of its listeners.

13090751 $12.99

Gaither Music Group This finds members Matt Hagee, Tim Duncan, Casey Rivers, and ACM Awardwinning vocalist/musician Gordon Mote showcasing their unmistakable blends in concert, performing riveting renditions of household favorites.

13090750 $13.99

Choirmaster

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Live

Blessed

The Steeles

A Song to Remind You

StowTown Records As one of the top-selling Southern gospel artists of all time, the Steeles are known for their soul-stirring lyrics and presentation. The Steeles have one focus: leading others to Christ.

13296718 $11.99

Dedicated Men of Zion

Can’t Turn Me Around

Bible & Tire Recording Co. Harmony plays a big role on the new release from Dedicated Men of Zion.

Recorded in Memphis, this sees the group embracing their roots while filling their music with plenty of soul.

13244941 $12.99

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RAP Apollo Brown & Che’ Noir

As God Intended

Mello Music Group Buffalo’s Che Noir and Detroit’s Apollo Brown join forces for a new collaborative album that features the track Hustle Don’t Give.

Available July 24 13354985 $10.99

Quelle Chris & Chris Keys

Innocent Country 2

Mello Music Group Quelle Chris and Chris Keys’s new collaboration includes appearances from Homeboy Sandman, Earl Sweatshirt, Cavalier, and more.

13244217 $11.99

Run the Jewels RTJ4

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Available September 18 Parental Advisory 13345484 $12.99 Guest Artists: 2Chainz, Mavis Staples The album’s first single, Yankie and the Brave (ep.4), dropped during an impromptu Instagram Live session the duo held as shelter-in-place orders were starting to take hold.

Tech N9ne

Mickey Avalon

Strange Music Guest Artist: Flatbush Zombies Tech N9ne takes listeners into uncharted waters with a collection of songs that includes Yeah No and Outdone from the Enterfear EP series. He goes into a musical expedition into his own inner-workings.

Island Empire Records Hollywood rapper Mickey Avalon’s life plays out like an episode of Behind the Music, marred by personal tragedy, triumphs, and immense pain. His new album features the headlinemaking singles Woke AF and Ultra Violence.

Enterfear

Parental Advisory 12935921 $18.99

Speak of the Devil

Parental Advisory 13342299 $12.99

ELECTRONIC Sparks

A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

BMG Rights Management (UK)

Pioneering electronic duo Sparks follow up the digital release of their acclaimed album with the CD version.

Recently, the band has been featured on NPR and Billboard.

Available July 3 Parental Advisory 13315522 $14.99

Shallou

Empress Of

Island Shallou creates music that portrays the beauty of the great outdoors and the complexity of emotions through soft textures as opposed to the typical hardness and aggression found in some dance and electronic music.

Empress Of The third studio album by American singer-songwriter and producer Empress Of. It features the tracks Love Is a Drug; Maybe This Time; Not the One; and Hold Me Like Water.

Magical Thinking

Available July 17 13244980 $11.99

Disclosure Energy Capitol

Available August 28 13354960 $11.99 Guest Artist: Kelis Grammy-nominated UK duo Disclosure will release their new album. A global spectrum of talented artists grace the album, including Amine, slowthai, and Common.

I’m Your Empress Of

Available July 3 13305879 $14.99

Darkstar

Civic Jams

Warp Records Guest Artist: Laura Groves Darkstar returns with their fourth album and their most personal record to date. They counterbalance observations of their home with those of the community surrounding it.

13350640 $14.99

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FEATURED ON Spotlighting Unique Music John Fogerty

50 Year Trip Live at Red Rocks

BMT/BMG • Pop/Rock Recorded at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre as part of his 2019 tour, this release commemorates John Fogerty’s five decades in music as both a solo artist and a member of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

12521593 $11.99

Bach Toccatas

Mahan Esfahani

Hyperion • Classical Bach’s Toccatas were likely written by the young composer to demonstrate his own brilliance and technique as a performer.

Their exuberant vitality provides the perfect showcase for the interpretative flair of Mahan Esfahani.

12403729 $19.99

tiny desk concerts Brahms & Ligeti Violin Concertos

Augustin Hadelich

Rhino Warner Classics Classical This is the first recording as an exclusive artist from Warner Prize winner Augustin Hadelich. The Ligeti Concerto includes new cadenzas written by Thomas Ades especially for Hadelich.

Performed with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

12447844 $18.99

Angelica Garcia

King Princess

Daughter of Swords

Spacebomb Records Latin Angelica’s debut on Spacebomb Records.

Singles Jicama and It Don’t Hinder Me have already garndered attention from The New York Times and NPR. 12764900 $10.99

Sony UK • Pop/Rock The viral phenom’s fulllength debut cuts her modern pop sensibility with doses of historicism, embracing opposing energies with effortless swagger.

Nonesuch • Folk The songs range in style from a hushed number that explores the turmoil of being unable to reciprocate feelings to another that is a blossoming country shuffle. The very heart of it is not the impending breakup that inspired many of its songs but the sense of liberation and breaking out that the breakup inspired.

12383709 $11.99

Cha Cha Palace

Clem Snide

Forever Just Beyond

Ramseur Records • Folk This comeback album, assisted by Scott Avett, feels both charmingly at ease and refreshingly ambitious, grappling with life’s big questions over understated, easygoing production.

12874344 $12.99

Cheap Queen

IMPORT 12597810 $19.99

Hadestown Original Broadway Cast Anais Mitchell

Dawnbreaker

Holes in the Sky Lara Downes

2 Discs 12439646 $30.99

SME Masterworks Classical A genre-fluid collection of music written and performed by today’s leading female artists, celebrating the contributions of phenomenal women to the past, present, and future of American music. This music tells the story of what women and girls can contribute to the world when they are given a chance.

12474957 $11.99

The Lumineers

Frances Quinlan

Lankum

Dualtone Music • Pop/Rock Two-time Grammy nominees are back with their third album, a cinematic piece presented as a narrative in three chapters, with each one centering on one main character. Decidedly darker than their previous work in concept, but replete with their trademark expressive vocals and dynamic arrangements.

Saddle Creek Records Pop/Rock The Philadelphia musician’s first record under her own name eschews the blown-out euphoria of her band Hop Along, but her voice remains an instrument of rare expressive power.

12631720 $13.99

Rough Trade • Folk The Dublin four-piece has gained worldwide acclaim for their first two albums and captivating live performances. Now, with their third, an entirely immersive, otherworldly listening experience successfully blending alternative folk and psychedelia, they are about to fully cement their reputation.

12461749 $13.99

III

Parental Advisory 12370787 $14.99 Edited Version 12408002 $11.99

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Sing It Again Records Soundtracks Guest Artists: Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Amber Gray The musical intertwines two mythic tales. It invites listeners on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. This Tonywinning score defies musical theatre convention.

Likewise

The Livelong Day

tiny desk concerts Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Wire

Raul Midon

ATO Records • World Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela return with their first new album in five years.

One of the tracks, Echoes, is an epic, eighteen-minutelong musical tribute to Pink Floyd.

12303714 $13.99

Pink Flag • Pop/Rock Wire exhibits little inclination to look back.

Rather, they remain resolutely focused on producing music which is smart, vital, and defiantly modern.

12663355 $14.99

Artistry • Jazz Guest Artists: Joe Locke, Gerald Clayton Following singer-songwriter Raul Midon’s Grammy Award nominations for his two previous releases, each for best jazz vocal album, he returns with his eleventh studio album. The album finds Midon balancing jazz ballads and tropical grooves with spokenword pieces and contemporary pop and soul.

12764886 $17.99

Mettavolution

Mind Hive

The Mirror

Ashley McBryde

Asleep at the Wheel

Kevin Morby

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

12821666 $11.99

Bismeaux Productions Country Guest Artists: Seth Avett, Scott Avett Forming the band in 1970, Ray Benson has led Asleep at the Wheel for over 48 years. Over their history, they have garnered nine Grammy Awards and released more than 25 albums. This is the first AATW record featuring vocalist Katie Shore.

12182965 $12.99

Dead Oceans, Inc. Pop/Rock Throughout his four solo albums and myriad records of various collaboration, Kevin Morby has recognized in his work the ubiquity of an apparent religious theme. Though not identifying as ‘religious,’ Morby recognizes in himself a somewhat spiritual being with a secular attitude toward the soulful.

12366052 $14.99

Never Will

Piano Book Lang Lang

Deutsche Grammophon Classical One of the biggest stars in classical music returns with a new album. It offers a collection of pieces which first inspired him to play the piano and led him on his path to international stardom.

12299229 $13.99

New Routes

Toth

Practice Magic and Seek Professional Help When Necessary

Northern Spy • Pop/Rock In July 2016, Alex Toth was recovering from a broken foot and a broken heart, stuck in his fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn with cast and crutches. This is where his achingly beautiful debut album was born.

12360995 $13.99

Oh My God

Waxahatchee Saint Cloud

Merge Records • Pop/Rock Written immediately in the period following her decision to get sober, the album is an unflinching self-examination. This raw, exposed narrative terrain is aided by a shift in sonic arrangements as well.

12839477 $12.99

Rhiannon Giddens

Anderson .Paak

Nick Hakim

Nonesuch • Folk Guest Artist: Francesco Turrisi Rhiannon Giddens’s latest album was recorded with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi. Tracked over an intensely productive five-day period in Dublin, Ireland, the album is at once a condemnation of ‘othering’ and a celebration of the spread of ideas, connectivity, and shared experience.

12 Tone Music • R&B Guest Artists: Andre 3000, Smokey Robinson, Lalah Hathaway While he was working on Oxnard, the ever-ambitious Anderson .Paak was recording this album at the same time. As he explains it, both albums showcase the duality that has inspired the Grammy Award-winning artist throughout his career.

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

There Is No Other

“4 out of 5 stars.” - Downbeat 12342555 $12.99

Ventura

Will This Make Me Good

Parental Advisory 12337065 $17.99

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Best Friends Kid Pan Alley

Pointed Man Band

Doo-Dah Records A musical reflection on the evolving landscape of seeking happiness and wonder while immersed in a complicated world.

13321904 $16.99

Self Produced Guest Artists: Heather Mae, The Not-Its!, Vance Gilbert Features songs written with kids, for kids, performed by some of the best-known children’s artists in the country. It’s a new classic for the whole family to enjoy over and over again.

12579723 $14.99

Hunk-tabunk-ta Holidays Songs and Stories That Celebrate Global Light

Wild Life Justin Roberts

Katherine Dines

Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta Music Songs, stories, ethnic instruments, and fascinating historical facts honoring holiday traditions from around the planet that share and celebrate one thing in common: light.

12477603 $19.99

Carpet Square Records Joined by an eclectic group of instrumentalists including pianist Lisa Kaplan, baroque cellist Anna Steinhoff, percussionist Gerald Dowd, and vocalist Nora O’Connor, this tender and uplifting collection of songs is his most personal project yet.

12759467 $15.99

Silver Award Winners 2020 Growing Up

Josh Lovelace

Stonycroft Records Guest Artist: Frances England The second family album from Josh Lovelace, member of the Grammy-nominated rock band NEEDTOBREATHE, pulls back the curtain and digs deep into beautiful and complicated elements of childhood and family life.

12412487 $9.99

Waiting for the Elevator

The Laurie Berkner Band

Concord Music Group, Inc. For children, every moment is about learning, growth, and development, so it’s only natural that these are the themes for Laurie Berkner’s new album. Intellectual development sits right next to emotional development in these interactive songs.

12447826 $10.99

Recommended Award Winners 2020 Muevete!

Songs for a Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body Jose-Luis Orozco

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Jose-Luis Orozco is an internationally acclaimed performer and composer of Spanish and English bilingual children’s music. Orozco’s humor and skills as a dynamic educator connect to his world of joy, discovery, and exuberant musical expression.

12882773 $14.99

Bach and the Pipe Organ Various Artists

Maestro Classics Guest Artists: David Enlow, Yadu, Dongsok Shin Learn about Johann Sebastian Bach and the pipe organ, also known as the ‘king of instruments.’ Organist David Enlow performs some of Bach’s greatest hits on the organ.

12622170 $19.99

Let’s Sing Songs from Around the World

Lucky Foot & Sunny Moon

Self Produced A collection of sing-along songs from different countries that give students and teachers a peek into other cultures and languages.

12704004 $19.99

Not Your Daddy’s Records Guest Artist: Dean Jones Ratboy Jr. has become well known for their fun live shows, and they have a knack for blurring the lines between music for kids and music for adults so that it becomes everyone’s music.

12352427 $25.99

Kathy Sherman, the Good Folk Collective

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Ratboy Jr.

Kokowanda Bay Ruth & Emilia

Baa Baa Farms Ruth & Emilia create a musical tale where a friendly alien helps a group of friends save their beloved bay. Listeners will rock their way through the three Rs: recycling, reducing, and reusing.

12934277 $10.99

Thank You, Mister Rogers Music & Memories Various Artists

BFD Artists: Kellie Pickler, Vanessa Williams, Lee Greenwood Mister Rogers’s songs have been reimagined and newly recorded into a tapestry of modern styles with performances from Jon Secada, Rita Wilson, Vanessa Williams, Kellie Pickler, and more.

12448757 $13.99

High School Musical The Musical The Series

Disney Goes Classical

Walt Disney Records Soundtracks Artists: Joshua Bassett, Matt Cornett The world of High School Musical goes in a new direction with the popular series on Disney+.

The show’s soundtrack features thirty tracks performed by an energetic and multitalented cast.

12629299 $13.99

Available October 2

Zombies 2 Original TV Movie Soundtrack

Frozen 2 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Walt Disney Records Soundtracks The sequel to the hit Disney Channel film features the pop beats and hip-hop flow from the previous story, while adding elements of world music to the mix.

12690477 $11.99

Walt Disney Records Soundtracks Soundtrack features new songs from Oscar-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, original score by Christophe Beck, and end-credit artists Panic! At the Disco, Kacey Musgraves, and Weezer.

12564853 $12.99

Various Artists

Various Artists

The Lion King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists

Walt Disney Records Soundtracks Along with a new score

by Hans Zimmer, the soundtrack to the 2019 version of The Lion King features new versions of songs like Can You Feel the Love Tonight, which is performed by Beyonce and Donald Glover.

12402371 $13.99

DCappella DCappella

Walt Disney Records Pop/Rock Coming together as a result of a nationwide search for the best vocal performing talent in a cappella and stage, the group was formed to become Disney’s new singing sensation. This album features Disney classics all in the a cappella style.

12234266 $12.99

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Decca • Classical

13361395 $16.99 An album of new, lush recordings of the world’s favorite songs from beloved films such as The Lion King and Frozen. Recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and featuring guest artists Matteo Bocelli, Renee Fleming, and more.

Various Artists

Aladdin Soundtrack Various Artists

Walt Disney Records Soundtracks Artists: Will Smith, DJ Khaled The soundtrack to the thrilling and vibrant liveaction adaptation of the Disney animated classic puts an updated spin on some of the original film’s most beloved musical moments.

12346342 $13.99

Disney Dreamin’ With Matthew Morrison

Matthew Morrison

Walt Disney Records Pop/Rock Guest Artist: Shoshana Bean Matthew Morrison releases a fresh contemporary take on some of his favorite iconic Disney songs.

12663293 $12.99

Descendants 3 Soundtrack Various Artists

Walt Disney Records Soundtracks Artists: Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce Just like the previous two films, the third Descendants film brings with it a soundtrack full of exciting songs. Among the thirteen tracks is the song Good to Be Bad. 12392833 $12.99

Mary Poppins Returns Various Artists

Walt Disney Records Soundtracks Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the team behind the musical Hairspray, create magical music moments for Mary Poppins’s return to the big screen.

Included are performances by cast including Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

12215239 $13.99

NOW Disney Jr. Various Artists

Universal Music Enterprise Children’s The most popular songs from the Disney Jr. channel are brought together in one collection. Included are songs from such popular shows as Doc McStuffins; Jake and the Never Land Pirates; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse; and more.

12038617 $18.99

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CHILDREN’S TOP PICKS Hold the Phone

Bug Out!

Songs for Singin’

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

Aurora Elephant Music The seventh album from Caspar Babypants is full of super fun sing-along good time music for the whole family to enjoy together.

The energy on the album goes from upbeat and fun at the beginning to sleepy and mellow at the end.

13305924 $12.99

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.

Jack Forman

I Am Kind (Songs for Unique Kids) 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

Caspar Babypants

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 Grammy-nominated album Come Bien! Eat Right!

12882773 $14.99

Rockabye Baby!

Renditions of Wu-Tang Clan

Trolls World Tour Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Rockabye Baby Music Rockabye Baby transforms rock favorites into beautiful instrumental lullabies.

Guitars and drums are traded for xylophones and bells, and the volume is turned down from an eleven to a two. Tonight, the cradle will rock.

RCA Records The colorful world found in the animated sequel comes to life with a soundtrack featuring a mix of musical styles that are showcased in the film.

12748038 $12.99

Various Artists

Available September 25 13129059 $16.99

Kokowanda Bay Ruth & Emilia

Baa Baa Farms Ruth & Emilia create a musical tale where a friendly alien helps a group of friends save their beloved bay. Listeners will rock their way through the three Rs: recycling, reducing, and reusing.

12934277 $10.99

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Various Artists

Zombies 2 Original TV Movie Soundtrack Various Artists

Walt Disney Records The sequel to the hit Disney Channel film features the pop beats and hip-hop flow from the previous story, while adding elements of world music to the mix.

12690477 $11.99

The Okee Dokee Brothers

2 Discs 13333540 $17.99

Dinosaurs and Metaphors Danny Weinkauf

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

ACAPOP 1

Acapop! KIDS

Warner Bros.

From some of the world’s most influential a cappella minds, Acapop! KIDS delivers current and classic hits, unforgettable and aspirational vocal performances, and best-in-class music videos.

12766192 $11.99

KIDZ BOP Party Playlist KIDZ BOP Kids

KIDZ BOP The perfect soundtrack for a celebration featuring the biggest pop hits sung by kids for kids. Featuring kidfriendly versions of songs such as Dance Monkey; Shake It Off; and Uptown Funk.

12810122 $10.99

All albums highlighted in red are new to the chart toppers page this month

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Lady Gaga Chromatica

12935947 $13.99

“Possibly, song for song, her best yet.”

- Variety

Interscope • Pop/Rock

Guest Artists: Elton John, Ariana Grande Lady Gaga’s latest album is her sixth to reach the top of the album charts. Her duet with Ariana Grande, Rain on Me, has also made its way to number one on the singles chart.

2 3 4 5 Jimmy Buffett Lil Baby Drake Future Life on the Flip Side

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$14.99

My Turn

Parental Advisory 12847090 $11.99

High Off Life

Parental Advisory 13375379 $11.99 Available July 31

Dark Lane Demo Tapes

Digital album available on hoopla.

Anuel AA DaBaby Run the The Weeknd 6 7 8 9 Emmanuel BLAME IT After Hours Jewels Parental Advisory 13377425 $10.99

ON BABY

Digital album available on hoopla.

RTJ4

Parental Advisory 13345484 $12.99 Available September 18

Parental Advisory 12874314 $13.99

Post Malone Lil Uzi Vert Lil Yachty 10 11 12 13 Roddy Ricch Hollywood’s Bleeding

Parental Advisory 12454759 $13.99

Eternal Atake

Digital album available on hoopla.

Lil Boat 3

Digital album available on hoopla.

Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial

Parental Advisory 12823122 $16.99

14 15 16 17 Luke Combs Harry Styles Mac Miller Megan Thee What You See Fine Line Circles Stallion Is What You Get

12468738

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12733753

$14.99

Suga

Digital album available on hoopla.

18 19 20 21 Billie Eilish Morgan Luke Combs Dua Lipa When We This One’s Future Wallen All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

12307484

If I Know Me

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$9.99

for You

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$9.99

Nostalgia

12810203

$11.99

$13.99

22 23 24 25 Juice WRLD Lewis Capaldi Travis Scott Post Malone Goodbye & Good Riddance

Digital album available on hoopla.

Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent

Parental Advisory 12316264 $11.99

Astroworld

Parental Advisory 12190551 $9.99

Beerbongs & Bentleys

Parental Advisory 12118731 $13.99

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