Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
All Time Low	"So Wrong, It's Right" (producer: Matt Squire; first single: "Six Feet Under the Stars"; Hear here; Read here)	(Hopeless, Sept. 25, 2007)
Athlete	"Beyond the Neighourhood" (producers: Athlete; Hear here)	(Astralwerks, Sept. 25, 2007)
Baby Drew	"Free" (guests: Chamillionaire, UGK's Pimp C, Bun B, etc.; first single: "Hogz in Tha House"; Hear here)	(U Digg/OarFin, Sept. 25, 2007)
Devendra Banhart	"Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon" (producers: Noah Georgeson, Devendra Banhart; Hear here)	(XL Recordings, Sept. 25, 2007)
Tony Bennett	"Tony Bennett Sings the Ultimate American Songbook, Vol. 1" (includes a duet with k.d. lang on "Moonglow"; Hear here; Read here; see related reissue below)	(RPM/Columbia/Legacy, Sept. 25, 2007)
Chris Botti	"Italia" (includes a "virtual duet" with the late Dean Martin on "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"; guests: Andrea Bocelli, Paula Cole; Hear here; also available with a DVD)	(Columbia, Sept. 25, 2007)
Jim Brickman	"Homecoming" (guests: the late Gerald Levert, Peter White, David Klinkenberg; first single: "Coming Home for Christmas," featuring former Lonestar member Richie McDonald; Read here)	(Savoy Jazz, Sept. 25, 2007)
Nappy Brown	"Long Time Coming" (Hear/read here)	(Blind Pig, Sept. 25, 2007)
Cheetah Girls, The	"TCG" (producers: JR Rotem, Matthew Gerard, Tim James & Antonina Armato; Hear here; Read here)	(Hollywood, Sept. 25, 2007)
Keyshia Cole	"Just Like You" (guests: Missy Elliott, Lil' Kim; first single: "Let It Go"; Hear here; Read here)	(A&M/Interscope, Sept. 25, 2007)
Down	"Down III: Over the Under" (producer: Warren Riker; Hear here; Read here)	(Independent Label Group, Sept. 25, 2007)
Dragons of Zynth	"Coronation Thieves" (producers: Dragons of Zynth, David Andrew Sitek; Hear here)	(Gigantic Music, Sept. 25, 2007)
Steve Earle	"Washington Square Serenade" (producer: Dust Brothers' John King; guests: Earle's wife Allison Moorer, Forro In The Dark; Read here)	(New West, Sept. 25, 2007)
Eskimo Joe	"Black Fingernails, Red Wine" (a No. 1 album in the group's native Australia in 2006; first single: "Black Fingernails Red Wine"; Hear here)	(Rykodisc, Sept. 25, 2007)
Melissa Etheridge	"The Awakening" (producers: Etheridge, Rob Cavallo; first single: "Message to Myself"; Hear here; Read here)	(Island, Sept. 25, 2007)
Farewell	"Isn't This Supposed to Be Fun?" (first single: "First One on the Blog"; Hear here)	(Epitaph, Sept. 25, 2007)
Foo Fighters	"Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace" (guest: Kaki King; Hear here; Read here)	(Roswell/RCA, Sept. 25, 2007)
Freezepop	"Future Future Future Perfect" (Hear here)	(Cordless Recordings/Rykodisc, Sept. 25, 2007)

BTW: With "Future Future Future Perfect," Freezepop is "taking the sound and approach to making electropop songs that we've been doing since we started the band, and pushing it in new directions, both sonically and sophistication," programming whiz the Duke of Pannekoeken tells P&P. "It's all about making fun, catchy songs infused with tongue-in-cheek lyrics. I personally wanted this album to have a wide range of emotions and energies represented through all the songs so that the listening experience wasn't as one dimensional as most electronic bands' albums can be."

The Duke has a definite electropop hero: longtime Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder. "He played such an important but behind-the-scenes role in giving Depeche Mode its character for all the important albums that got me into enjoying and making this genre of music," the Duke says. " 'Violator' and 'Music for the Masses' are seminal synth records for me and he was very responsible in the way those albums came out."

Tim Gane and Sean O'Hagen (Stereolab and High Llamas members)	"La Vie D'artiste [film soundtrack]" (2 CDs)	(U.K. - Beggars Banquet/Too Pure, Sept. 24, 2007)
Glass, The	"Couples Therapy [EP]" (Hear here)	(Plant Music/Defend Distribution, Sept. 25, 2007)
José Gonzaléz	"In Our Nature" (Hear here)	(Mute, Sept. 25, 2007)
Gorilla Zoe	"Welcome to the Zoo" (producers: Sha Money XL, Chris Flame, Dee Jay Dana, Drumma Boy; guests: Yung Joc, Block, D. Woods of Danity Kane, Boyz N Da Hood; first single: "Hood Figga"; Hear here)	(Block Entertainment/Bad Boy South, Sept. 25, 2007)
Jessica Greene	"4 the World" (producer: Kevin "KP" Pridgen Jr.; Hear here)	(Habakkuk Music, Sept. 25, 2007)
Herbie Hancock	"River: The Joni Letters" (covers of Joni Mitchell songs; producers: Larry Klein, Herbie Hancock; guests: Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Tina Turner, Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza; Hear here; Read here)	(Verve, Sept. 25, 2007)
Engelbert Humperdinck	"The Winding Road" (a best-of-Brits covers album; producer: Lauren Wild)	(EH Productions, Sept. 25, 2007)
Hurt	"Vol. II" (producer: Eric Greedy; first single: "Ten Ton Brick"; Hear here)	(Capitol, Sept. 25, 2007)
Iron and Wine	"The Shepherd's Dog" (first single: "Boy With a Coin"; Hear here)	(Sub Pop, Sept. 25, 2007)
Jagged Edge	"Baby Makin' Project" (Hear here; Read here)	(So So Def/Island, Sept. 25, 2007)
Kafani (of Babyface Assassins)	"Money's My Motivation" (first single: "Fast"; Hear here)	(Koch, Sept. 25, 2007)
Chaka Khan	"Funk This" (producers: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis; guests: Mary J. Blige, Michael McDonald; Hear here)	(Burgundy/Sony BMG, Sept. 25, 2007)
Bettye LaVette	"The Scene of the Crime" (producers: Dave Barbe, Patterson Hood, LaVette; guests: Drive-By Truckers; Hear here; Read here)	(Anti-/Epitaph, Sept. 25, 2007)
Luca	"Fractions" (producer: Sean Slade; Hear here)	(Funzalo, Sept. 25, 2007)
Raul Malo	"Marshmallow World & Other Holiday Favorites"	(New Door/UME, Sept. 25, 2007)
Ky-Mani Marley (31-year-old son of Bob Marley will be the opening act on Van Halen's tour)	"Radio" (Hear here)	(Vox Music Group, Sept. 25, 2007)
Matt Pond PA	"Last Light" (guests: Neko Case, Kelly Hogan; Hear here; Read here)	(Altitude, Sept. 25, 2007)
Nellie McKay	"Obligatory Villagers" (Hear here; Read here)	(Hungry Mouse/Vanguard, Sept. 25, 2007)
Bill Medley	"Damn Near Righteous [DualDisc]" (Righteous Brother's first solo album in 10 years; producers: Steve Dorff, Shyne Fair; guests: Brian Wilson, Phil Everly; Read here)	(Westlake Entertainment, Sept. 25, 2007)
Raul Midón	"A World Within a World" (Hear here)	(Manhattan/EMI, Sept. 25, 2007)
Joni Mitchell	"Shine" (producer: Mitchell; Hear here; Read here)	(Hear Music, Sept. 25, 2007 - to be released in Starbucks and music retail stores)
Travis Mitchell Band	"Waiting on Tomorrow" (producer: 3 Doors Down's Chris Henderson; Hear here)	(Rock Ridge Music, Sept. 25, 2007)
Mountain Home	"Mountain Home" (Hear here)	(Language of Stone/Drag City, Sept. 25, 2007)
Bobbie Nelson (Willie Nelson's sister)	"Audiobiography" (covers of boogie woogie tunes of the 1930s and '40s; Read here)	(Justice, Sept. 25, 2007)
Olivia Newton-John	"Christmas Wish" (producer: Amy Sky; guests: Barry Manilow, Michael McDonald, David Foster, Jann Arden, Marc Jordan, Jon Secada, Jim Brickman; Read here)	(Brickhouse.com, Sept. 25, 2007 - to be released in Target stores on Nov. 1)
Meshell Ndegeocello	"The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams" (guests: Pat Metheny, Doyle Bramhall II, Robert Glasper, Jason Lindner, Oliver Lake, Thandiswa Mazwai, Oumou Sangare; Hear here; also available in deluxe edition)	(Decca, Sept. 25, 2007)
Office	"A Night at the Ritz" (producer: frontman Scott Masson; first single: "Wound Up"; Hear here; Read here)	(Scratchie/New Line Records, Sept. 25, 2007)
Rahsaan Patterson	"Wine & Spirits" (includes a cover of Janis Ian's "Stars"; first single: "Stop Breaking My Heart"; Hear here)	(Artistry Music, Sept. 25, 2007)
Queen Latifah	"Trav'lin' Light" (jazz-standards album; producers: Tommy LiPuma, Ron Fair; guests: Stevie Wonder, George Duke, Joe Sample, Christian McBride, John Clayton; Read here)	(Verve, Sept. 25, 2007)
Rascal Flatts	"Still Feels Good" (producer: Dann Huff; Read here)	(Lyric Street/Hollywood, Sept. 25, 2007)
Rick Ross	"Miami Takin' Over" (Hear here)	(CHP Entertainment, Sept. 25, 2007)
Les Sabler	"Sweet Drive" (includes a cover of Ambrosia's "Biggest Part of Me"; producer: Brian Bromberg; guests: Jeff Lorber, Rahsaan Patterson, Eric Marienthal, Ricky Peterson, Vinnie Colaiuta, Alex Acuna, Jerry Hey, Gary Meek)	(The Music Force, Sept. 25, 2007)
Jill Scott	"The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Vol. 3" (first single: "Hate on Me"; Hear here; also available with a DVD)	(Hidden Beach, Sept. 25, 2007)
Sea Wolf	"Leaves in the River" (producer: Phil Ek; Hear here)	(Dangerbird, Sept. 25, 2007)
Brian Setzer Orchestra	"Wolfgang's Big Night Out" (an album of mostly instrumental rock versions of classic hits; Hear here; Read here)	(Surfdog, Sept. 25, 2007)
Billy Joe Shaver	"Everybody's Brother" (spiritual album; guests: Kris Kristofferson, John Anderson, Tanya Tucker, Marty Stuart, etc.; Hear here; Read here)	(Compadre, Sept. 25, 2007)
Shocking Pinks	"Shocking Pinks" (Hear here)	(DFA/Astralwerks, Sept. 25, 2007)
Small Sins	"Mood Swings" (Hear here)	(Astralwerks, Sept. 25, 2007)
Corey Smith	"Hard-Headed Fool" (Hear here; Read here)	(Razor & Tie, Sept. 25, 2007)
Status Quo	"In Search of the Fourth Chord" (British rock mainstay's 33rd album; producer: Pip Williams; first single: "Beginning of the End"; Hear here; Read here)	(U.K. - Fourth Chord, Sept. 24, 2007)
Stereoside	"So Long" (first single: "Sinner"; Hear here)	(Bieler Bros., Sept. 25, 2007)
Supagroup	"Fire for Hire" (the band appears in the upcoming film "National Lampoon's College"; producer: Kevin Shirley; first single: "What's Your Problem Now?"; Hear here)	(Foodchain/ Merovingian Music, Ltd./CO5 Music/Caroline, Sept. 25, 2007)
Sweet Honey in the Rock	"Experience ... 101" (Hear here; Read here)	(Appleseed Recordings, Sept. 25, 2007)
Randy Travis	"Songs of the Season"	(Word, Sept. 25, 2007)
Treaty of Paris	"Sweet Dreams, Sucker" (producer: Jim Wirt; first single: "Waking Up the Dead"; Hear here)	(Airport Tapes and Records/Adrenaline, Sept. 25, 2007)
Tunng	"Good Arrows" (first single: "Bullets"; Hear here)	(Thrill Jockey, Sept. 25, 2007)
Two Gallants	"Two Gallants" (producer: Alex Newport; Hear here)	(Saddle Creek, Sept. 25, 2007)
Various artists	"Celebrate Catmas! 'Tis the Season for Taking"	(Heavenly Clouds, Sept. 25, 2007)
Various artists	"Give US Your Poor" (all-star benefit to help fight homelessness; contributors: Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Jon Bon Jovi, Natalie Merchant, Michelle Shocked, Keb' Mo', Madeleine Peyroux, Sonya Kitchell, etc.; Read here)	(Appleseed Recordings, Sept. 25, 2007)
Various artists	"Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino" (contributors: Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Elton John, Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, B.B. King, Tom Petty, Lenny Kravitz, Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, etc.; Read here)	(Vanguard, Sept. 25, 2007)
Weakerthans, The	"Reunion Tour" (producer: Ian Blurton; Hear here)	(Anti-/Epitaph, Sept. 25, 2007)
will.i.am. (of Black Eyed Peas)	"Songs About Girls" (guest: Snoop Dogg; first single: "I Got It From My Mama"; Hear here; See here; Read here)	(Interscope, Sept. 25, 2007)
Wayne Wonder	"Foreva" (producers: Don Corleone, Tony Kelly; first single: "Again"; Hear here; Read here)	(VP, Sept. 25, 2007)
Steven Wright (comedian)	"I Still Have a Pony." (his first album since 1985's Grammy-nominated "I Have a Pony"; See here; Read here)	(Comedy Central, Sept. 25, 2007)