Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Ryan Bingham	"Mescalito" (producer: former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford; Hear here)	(Lost Highway, Oct. 2, 2007)
Boyz N Da Hood	"Back Up N Da Chevy" (guests: Ice Cube, Yung Joc, Rick Ross; Hear here)	(Bad Boy/Atlantic, Oct. 2, 2007)
Brooks & Dunn	"Cowboy Town" (first single: "Proud of the House We Built"; Hear here)	(Arista Nashville, Oct. 2, 2007)
Ian Brown (ex-Stone Roses singer)	"The World Is Yours" (Hear here)	(U.K. - Polydor/Universal, Oct. 1, 2007)
Andy Browne Trio	"Orangutans" (producer: Jason Grosse; Hear here)	(Wiab, Oct. 1, 2007)
Peabo Bryson	"Missing You"	(Peak/Concord, Oct. 2, 2007)
Cross Canadian Ragweed	"Mission California" (producers: Cross Canadian Ragweed, Mike McClure; guest: Lee Ann Womack; first single: a cover of Todd Snider's "I Believe You"; Hear here)	(Universal South, Oct. 2, 2007)
Cult, The	"Born Into This" (first album since 2001's "Beyond, Good and Evil"; producer: Youth; first single: "Dirty Little Rock Star"; Hear here; Read here)	(New Wilderness/Roadrunner, Oct. 2, 2007)
Will Dailey (2006 Boston Music Award winner for Best Male Singer-Songwriter)	"Back Flipping Forward" (first single: "Rise"; Hear here)	(CBS, Oct. 2, 2007)

BTW: Dailey misses the days of singer-songwriters like "Billy Joel and Elton John who could go completely over the top with one song, knocking your head off and then turn around to play a lush Burt Bacharach-type of ballad right after," he tells P&P. "As a songwriter and performer, I don't ever want to have a safe place. It makes perfect sense for me to have "Boom Boom' and 'Bi Polar Baby' on the same album. My demons are exorcised, while at the same time my admiration for classic singer-songwriters like Neil Young and Van Morrison is reflected. The goal is to make it something I can listen today and 20 years from now."

Big things are already happening for Dailey, whose first single "Rise" not only appears in the Oct. 17 episode of CBS' "CSI: NY," he performs it on the series. The experience was surreal, to say the least, he says.

"It all started when I played a show in L.A. and Anthony Zuiker, the producer, was there," Dailey says. "As soon as I walked off stage, he had this whole idea about putting me in the show. A couple of weeks later, I am shooting a major television show. Nothing in my early rock and roll dreams pictured Gary Sinise turning to me to deliver a line and then playing spot-on bass to my own song. I am still not quite sure I did that. I need to see the show to really take it in."

Dashboard Confessional	"The Shade of Poison Trees" (producer: Don Gilmore; Hear here)	(Vagrant, Oct. 2, 2007)
Emery	"I'm Only a Man" (producer: Ryan Boesch; first single: "The Party Song"; Hear here; also available with a DVD)	(Tooth & Nail, Oct. 2, 2007)
Erasure	"Storm Chaser [EP]" (nine tracks; guest: Cyndi Lauper; Hear here)	(Mute, Oct. 2, 2007)
5 Browns, The	"Browns in Blue" (Hear here)	(RCA Red Seal, Oct. 2, 2007)
Five O'Clock Heroes	"Bend to the Breaks" (Hear here; Read here)	(Glaze, Oct. 2, 2007)
John Fogerty	"Revival" (producer: Fogerty; guests: Benmont Tench, The Waters; first single: "Don't You Wish It Was True"; Hear here; See here)	(Fantasy/Concord, Oct. 2, 2007)
Ari Gold	"Transport Systems" (guests: Dave Koz, Mr. Man; first single: "Where the Music Takes You"; Hear here)	(GOLD18, Oct. 2, 2007)
Merle Haggard	"The Bluegrass Sessions" (producer: Ronnie Reno; guests: Alison Krauss, Marty Stuart, Carl Jackson, Rob Ickes, Aubrey Haynie; Hear here)	(McCoury Music, Oct. 2, 2007)
Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain	"Global Drum Project" (producers: Hart, Hussain; guests: Sikuru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo, Taufiq Qureshi, Niladari Kumar, Dilshad Khan and the sampled vocals of the late Olatunji; Hear here; Read here)	(Shout! Factory, Oct. 2, 2007)
Richard Hawley	"Lady's Bridge" (Hear here)	(Mute, Oct. 2, 2007)
J. Holiday	"Back of My 'Lac" (producers: Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Carlos "L.O.S." McKinney, Ciara, Teairra Mari; first single: "Bed"; Hear here)	(Music Line Group/Capitol, Oct. 2, 2007)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Amy Winehouse's backup group)	"100 Days, 100 Nights" (enhanced; Hear here)	(Daptone, Oct. 2, 2007)
Rob Kendt	"I'm Not Sentimental" (producer: Matt North; guests: Viktor Krauss, Tommy Morgan, Danny Frankel, J'Anna Jacoby, Carey Fosse, Matt Fish, Abby Travis; first single: "I'm Not Sentimental"; Hear here)	(Ruby, Oct. 1, 2007)

BTW: "This is my sophomore release," Kendt says, "and unlike my last one, 'I Hope It's Me,' it's eclectic but still reflects how I sound and what I want to say."

Annie Lennox	"Songs of Mass Destruction" (producer: Glen Ballard; one track, "Sing," features guests Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Dido, Celine Dion, Faith Hill, Shakira, Bonnie Raitt, Gladys Knight, Pink, Fergie, Melissa Etheridge, KT Tunstall; first single: "Dark Road"; Hear here; Read here)	(Arista, Oct. 2, 2007)
Sondre Lerche	"Dan in Real Life [film soundtrack]" (Steve Carell-Dane Cook movie opens Oct. 26; soundtrack includes performances by A Fine Frenzy, Regina Spektor, Lillian Samdal; producers: Lerche, Mitchell Leib, Dana Sano; See here)	(Capitol, Oct. 2, 2007)
Darlene Love	"It's Christmas, Of Course" (includes a new version of "Christmas [Baby Please Come Home]" from the ill-fated 1963 album "Phil Spector's Christmas Gift to You"; Hear/read here)	(Shout! Factory, Oct. 2, 2007)
Katie Melua	"Pictures" (producer: Mike Batt; Hear here)	(U.K. - Dramatico, Oct. 1, 2007)
Kevin Michael	"Kevin Michael" (guests: Wyclef Jean, Lupe Fiasco, Saigon, Q-Tip; Hear here)	(Downtown/Atlantic, Oct. 2, 2007)
Nico Vega	"No Child Left Behind [EP]" (Hear here)	(MySpace/Fontana, Oct. 2, 2007)
Nightwish (new vocalist: Anette Olzon)	"Dark Passion Play" (recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the London Session Orchestra; Hear here; also available with a DVD)	(Roadrunner, Oct. 2, 2007)
Over the Rhine	"Snow Angels" (Christmas album; Read here)	(Great Speckled Dog, Oct. 2, 2007)
Pipettes, The	"We Are the Pipettes" (released in the U.K. in July 2006; includes bonus tracks "Dance and Boogie" and "Baby, Just Be Yourself"; producers: Andy Dragazis, Gaz Parton; Hear here)	(Cherrytree/Interscope, Oct. 2, 2007)
Prong	"Power of the Damager" (Hear here)	(13th Planet/Megaforce, Oct. 2, 2007)
Chuck Prophet	"Soap and Water" (producers: Prophet, Brad Jones; Read here)	(Yep Roc, Oct. 2, 2007)
Sadies, The	"New Seasons" (producer: The Jayhawks' Gary Louris; Hear here; Read here)	(Yep Roc, Oct. 2, 2007)
Siouxsie	"Mantaray" (Banshees/Creatures singer's first solo album; producers: Steve Evans, Charlie Jones; first single: "Into a Swan"; Hear here; Read here)	(Decca, Oct. 2, 2007)
Soldiers	"End of Days" (producers: Joe Cincotta, Dan Kenny, T$S; Hear here)	(Trustkill, Oct. 2, 2007)
Trey Songz	"Trey Day" (guests: Rihanna, R. Kelly, T.I., Jim Jones; first single: "Wonder Woman"; Hear here)	(Songbook/Atlantic, Oct. 2, 2007)
Soulja Boy	"souljaboytellem.Com" (guests: Mario, Sean Kingston, Hurricane Chris; first single: "Crank Dat [Soulja Boy]"; Hear here; Read here)	(ColliPark Music/Interscope, Oct. 2, 2007)
Spill Canvas, The	"No Really, I'm Fine" (producer: Neal Avron; first single: "All Over You"; Hear here)	(Sire, Oct. 2, 2007)
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	"Magic" (producer: Brendan O'Brien; first single: "Radio Nowhere"; Hear here; Read here)	(Columbia, Oct. 2, 2007)
Frankie Valli	"Romancing the '60s" (all covers, including "Spanish Harlem" and the Everly Brothers' "Let It Be Me"; Read here)	(Universal Motown, Oct. 2, 2007)
Various artists	"For the Kids Three!" (a portion of the proceeds benefit the Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach; contributors: Barenaked Ladies, O.A.R., Over the Rhine, Rogue Wave, The Format, Great Lake Swimmers, Of Montreal, Hem, etc.; Read here)	(Nettwerk, Oct. 2, 2007)
Various artists	"Grease [New Broadway cast recording]" (cast includes Laura Osnes and Max Crumm, who earned their roles as Sandy and Danny through the NBC reality series "Grease: You're the One That I Want"; Read here)	(Masterworks Broadway/Sony Classics, Oct. 2, 2007)
Various artists	"The Heartbreak Kid [film soundtrack]" (Farrelly Brothers movie, starring Ben Stiller, opens Oct. 5; the soundtrack features new music from The Flaming Lips and Buva, plus tracks by David Bowie, Ozomatli, Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs, World Party, etc.; Hear here; See here)	(Plan R Soundtracks, Oct. 2, 2007)
Various artists	"Oh Santa! New and Used Holiday Classics from Yep Roc Records" (Read here)	(Yep Roc, Oct. 2, 2007)
Various artists	"Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? [film soundtrack]" (movie, starring Janet Jackson, Jill Scott and Perry, opens Oct. 12; based on Perry's stage play; Read here)	(Atlantic, Oct. 2, 2007)
Scott Walker	"And Who Shall Go to the Ball? And What Shall Go to the Ball?" (contemorary instrumental dance piece commissioned for London South Bank Arts Theatre's dance company Candoco; Hear here; Read here)	(U.K. - 4AD, Oct. 1, 2007)
We the Kings	"We the Kings" (producers: S*A*M, Sluggo; mixing done by Lou Giordano and Tom Lord-Alge; Hear here)	(S-Curve, Oct. 2, 2007)
Phil Wickham	"Cannons" (Hear here)	(INO/Columbia, Oct. 2, 2007)
Tim Williams	"When Work Is Done" (producer: Dave Lynch; first single: "Novel"; Hear here)	(Dovecote, Oct. 2, 2007)

BTW: Williams had no manifesto in mind for "When Work Is Done," other than to put out a solid album. "Nothing is premeditated when I write a song let alone a record," he tells P&P. "I'm not trying to be a lighthouse for anyone lost at sea except myself. I think when people do that the music suffers and no one can connect to it. I hope this record acts more as a wake-up call rather than a depressant."

Critics often compare Williams to Nick Drake; it's flattering, indeed. "People throw Nick Drake's name around like a fancy pair of shoes," Williams says. "Everyone thinks they look good when you have them on, but you don't really get to know them until they been rained on and worn in. I'm in no way offended by the comparison, I'm definitely a fan of his work. It just seems that people get into his music for the wrong reasons, i.e.: it sounded cool in that car commercial.

"The very first time I was compared to him was in high school. Someone came up to me after a performance and said I reminded them of him. I hadn't heard of him before so they asked when I was playing next and said they would be there. I had forgot about the whole thing until I saw the same person again with a copy of 'Five Leaves Left' for me. It blew my mind when I played it on the way home from the gig. The next day, I bought all of his records and have been a fan every since."

Carnie Wilson	"Christmas with Carnie" (Read here)	(Big3, Oct. 2, 2007)
Vickie Winans	"Happy Holidays from Vickie Winans"	(Destiny Joy, Oct. 2, 2007)