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77 Speech Debelle
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Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

New Releases:

Added 9 October 2009

This Is Us

by Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys second album without Kevin Richardson reunites them with producer Max Martin. [Rock/Pop/Dance]

Kings & Queens

by Jamie T

The London-based artist releases his follow-up to his Mercury Prize-nominated debut album. [Rock/Indie]

The Sound The Speed The Lightd

by Mission Of Burma

The second album for the Brooklyn rock band is its first on Mute Records.[Rock/Punk]

The First Days Of Spring

by Noah And The Whale

The second album for the band features a film directed by the band's lead singer, Charles Fink. [Rock/Folk]

2009 High Scores

1	Leonard Cohen Live In London	90
2	Brother Ali Us	89
3	Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion	89
4	Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II	88
5	Sunn O))) Monoliths & Dimensions	86
6	Amadou & Mariam Welcome To Mali	86
7	Grizzly Bear Veckatimest	86
8	Manic Street Preachers Journal For Plague Lovers	85
9	Rosanne Cash The List	85
10	The Antlers Hospice	85

All-Time High Scores

1	Brian Wilson SMiLE	97
2	Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose	97
3	Led Zeppelin How The West Was Won	97
4	OutKast Stankonia	95
5	Ali Farka Toure Savane	94
6	Madvillain Madvillainy	93
7	Talking Heads The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [2004 Version]	93
8	Bob Dylan Love And Theft	93
9	Tom Waits Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards	92
10	Dizzee Rascal Boy In Da Corner	92

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Added 8 October 2009

The List

by Rosanne Cash

The daughter of Johnny Cash releases a country covers album. Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Tweedy, and Rufus Wainwright appear as guest singers. [Country]

Bonfires On The Heath

by The Clientele

The British indie rock band releases its fifth full-length studio album. [Rock/Indie]

Exploding Head

by A Place To Bury Strangers

The second album for the Brooklyn rock band is its first on Mute Records.[Rock/Indie]

Feel The Steel

by Steel Panther

The second album for the Los Angeles band features The Darkness' Justin Hawkins and Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows as guest singers. [Rock/Metal]

Added 7 October 2009

Goodnight Unknown

by Lou Barlow

The Dinosaur Jr and Sebadoh band member returns to release his latest solo album produced by Andrew Murdock. [Rock/Alternative]

There Is No Enemy

by Built To Spill

The latest album for the indie rock band features Quasi's Sam Coomes, Treepeople's Scott Schmaljohn, Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary, John McMahon, and Roger Manning as guest musicians. [Rock/Indie]

Humanoid

by Tokio Hotel

David Jost produces the German band's second English-language album. [Rock/Punk/Pop]

xx

by The xx

This is the debut album for the South London quartet. [Rock/Indie]

Added 6 October 2009

Love 2

by Air

The French duo worked with drummer Joey Waronker on their latest studio album. [Electronic]

Music For Men

by Gossip

Rick Rubin produces the band's major label debut album. [Rock/Indie]

The Life Of The World To Come

by The Mountain Goats

This is the latest album for the North Carolina-based band. [Rock/Indie]

In And Out Of Control

by The Raveonettes

This is the fourth album for the Danish rock duo. [Rock/Indie]

Added 5 October 2009

My Way

by Ian Brown

The latest solo album for the former Stone Roses singer was produced by Dave McCracken. [Rock/Alternative/Pop]

Manafon

by David Sylvian

The latest solo album for the ex-Japan band member features work with musicians from the United Kingdom, Austria, and Japan. [Rock/Experimental]

Ready

by Trey Songz

The third album for the R&B singer features Che Gibson, Drake, Fabolous, Gucci Mane, and Soulja Boy Tell 'Em as guests. [R&B/Soul]

This Is For The White In Your Eye

by Choir Of Young Believers

This is the debut full-length album for the Danish group. [Rock/Indie/Folk]

Added 2 October 2009

Celebration

by Madonna

The last album from Madonna on the Warner Brothers label is a compilation of her greatest hits plus two new tracks. [Rock/Dance/Pop]

Love Is The Answer

by Barbra Streisand

The multi-award winning singer's latest album features jazz and Broadway standards produced by Diana Krall. [Vocal/Pop]

Us

by Brother Ali

The fourth album for the Minnesota-based artist features guests David "Stokley" Williams, Chuck D, Freeway, and Joell Ortiz. [Rap]

As Good As Gone

by Nudge

This is the latest album for the Brian Foote-led group. [Rock/Experimental]

Added 1 October 2009

I And Love And You

by The Avett Brothers

Rick Rubin produces the latest album for the North Carolina band. [Rock/Folk]

Yeah Ghost

by Zero 7

The fourth album for Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker features a new singer, Eska Mtungwazi (longtime contributor Sia has branched off to her own solo career). [Electronic/Alternative/Pop]

A Brief History Of Love

by The Big Pink

The British duo's debut full-length album was mixed by Rich Costey. [Rock/Indie]

The Incident

by Porcupine Tree

The latest album for the rock band led by Steven Wilson features a 55-minute piece (broken up into 14 tracks). [Rock/Alternative/Experimental]

Added 30 September 2009

Crash Love

by AFI

The eighth full-length album for the rock band was produced by Joe McGrath and Jacknife Lee. [Rock/Alternative/Punk]

Black Gives Way To Blue

by Alice In Chains

The band's first album in more than 14 years was produced with Nick Raskulinecz and features new lead singer William DuVall (original singer Layne Staley died in 2002). [Rock/Alternative/Metal]