“The Beauty and the Chaos” (English alt-rock band’s fifth album; producer: Ralph Jezzard, who produced their biggest hit, “Unbelievable,” in 1991; new single: “Hello People,” feat. Stephen Fry; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; On Tour)
“Never Too Late” (guests: Maria Muldaur, Rose Guerin, Meredith Axelrod, Juli Crockett, Samoa Wilson, Nell Foote, Jessie Benton, Fiona Kweskin; new single: “I Ai’t Never Been Satisfied”; Hear here; Download; Apple Music)
“Enlisted” (six-song EP; guests: Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Blake Shelton, Lainey Wilson, Trace Adkins, Gary LeVox; Hear here; Download released on Oct. 20; On Tour)
“Wall of Eyes” (second studio album from Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner; producer: Sam Petts-Davies; featuring string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra; new single: “Wall of Eyes”; See here; Vinyl; Amazon UK; Download; Apple Music; On Tour)
“Harmony: A New Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (true story of the Comedian Harmonists, an ensemble of six young Jewish men in 1920s Germany who took the world by storm with their blend of sophisticated harmonies and stage antics; original score by Barry Manilow, with lyrics and book by Bruce Sussman; cast includes Sierra Boggess, Julie Benko and Chip Zien; See here; Download)
“Choirmaster II” (11-song live album from the gospel music arrange for “The Color Purple” movie musical; guests: Lisa Knowles Smith, Jason Clayborn; new single: “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus”; See here; Apple Music)
Motown Gospel
Charles Esten
“Love Ain’t Pretty” (debut album from country singer and star of CMT’s “Nashville”; new single: “Somewhere in the Sunshine”; See here; Apple Music)
“Life Under the Sun” (five-song EP; guests: Manchester Orchestra, Mannequin Pussy, Bully’s Alicia Bognanno; new single: “My Friends Are Having a Hard Time”; See here; On Tour)
“Kiki Dee: The Ariola and EMI Years” (four-CD set includes the albums “Perfect Timing” and “Angel Eyes,” plus the previously unreleased LP “Two Sides to Every Story,” along with previously unreleased demos and 14 bonus tracks; Amazon UK)
“10cc: 20 Years (1972-1992)” (14-CD box set contains all their studio albums, from “10cc” to “… Meanwhile,” plus two discs worth of non-album B-sides and a 10,000-word essay by the band’s autobiographer, Liam Newton; Read here; Amazon UK)
