Two words: Bon Jovi.
Fine, here are a few more: The Jersey boys' Bounce, featuring the energetic single "Everyday" and "Undivided," the band's response to the events of September 11 hits shelves this week.
We've all been subjected to the beginnings of Christina's Stripped, but Jennifer Love Hewitt does Aguilera one better this week as she gets Barenaked for fans alongside Cali rap sextet Jurassic 5's latest LP, Power in Numbers, which includes the ubiquitous single "What's Golden" and a guest spot by Nelly Furtado on "Thin Line."
Fresh off their last full-length album, Murray Street, Sonic Youth return with I.C.P & the Ex for an eight-song EP for the In the Fishtank series, which has previously included June of 44, Low, Dirty Three and Tortoise. Meanwhile, J Mascis and the Fog get Free So Free and Ben Folds releases a live album from his 2002 solo tour.
Finally, Boy George plays DJ and serves up his favorite club mix on A Night Out With Boy George. And, really, who could resist that?
Out Tuesday, October 8:
- 7L & Esoteric - Dangerous Connection (Landspeed)
- Allister - Last Stop Suburbia (Drive-Thru/MCA)
- Apples in Stereo - Velocity of Sound (spinART)
- Banned From Utopia - So Yuh Don't Like Modern Art (Favored Nations)
- Pat Benatar- Classic Masters (Chrysalis)
- Beu Sisters - Decisions (Virgin)
- Black Heart Procession - Amore del Topico (Touch and Go)
- Bon Jovi - Bounce (Mercury)
Read: "Bon Jovi Album Preview: The Real Meets The Ideal"Buy Now: Bounce (Mercury)
- Bon Voyage - The Right Amount (Tooth & Nail)
- Boot Camp Clik - Chosen Few (Duck Down)
- Ronnie Bowman - Starting Over (Sugar Hill)
- Boy George - Classic Masters (Chrysalis)
- Michael Bruce - In My Own Way (Pilot)
- Richard Buckner - Impasse (Overcoat)
- Chevelle - Wonder What's Next (Epic)
- Deepak Chopra - Gift of Love II — Oceans of Ecstasy (Rasa)
- Jameson Clark - Workin' on a Groove (Capitol Nashville)
- Chris Cox & Thunderpuss - 12 Inches of Cox (The Right Stuff)
- Crash Test Dummies - Jingle All the Way (Koch)
- De/Vision - Remixed (Metropolis)
- Dead Boys - Liver Than You'll Ever Be (Pilot)
- Aselin Debison - Sweet Is the Melody (Sony Classical)
- Deceased - Up the Tombstones (Crash)
- Destroyer - This Night (Merge)
- DJ Dan - Round Trip (Kinetic)
- Dokken - Then and Now (BMG)
- Dredg - El Cielo (Interscope)
- Ethyline - Long Gone (Fluid Recordings)
- The Fall - Totally Wired: Rough Trade Anthology (BMG)
- Fields of the Nephilim - Fallen (Metropolis)
- The Fixx - Then and Now (BMG)
- Ben Folds - Ben Folds Live (Epic)
- Steve Forbert - Any Old Time (Koch)
- Roddy Frame - Surf (spinART)
- Art Garfunkel - Everything Waits to Be Noticed (Special Buy Audio)
- Gob - F.U. EP (Arista)
- Wayne Gorbea & Salsa Picante - Fiesta en el Bronx (Shanachie)
- Gov't Mule - The Deep End Vol. 2 (ATO)
- Peter Green With Nigel Watson- Peter Plays the Blues (Eagle/Red Ink)
- Sammy Hagar - Classic Masters (Chrysalis)
- Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas - Not 4 Sale (Thirty-Third Street)
- Murry Head - Passion (Justin Time)
- Heather Headley - This Is Who I Am (RCA)
- Jennifer Love Hewitt - Barenaked (Jive)
Read: "In Jennifer Love Hewitt's Latest Role She's 'Bare Naked' " - Hot Hot Heat - Make Up the Breakdown (Sub Pop)
- Hot Water Music - Caution (Epitaph)
- Ink & Dagger - Ink & Dagger (Buddyhead)
- Bert Jansch - Edge of a Dream (Sanctuary)
- Jefferson Starship - Then and Now (BMG)
- Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers (Interscope)
Read: "Nelly Furtado, Big Daddy Kane On New Jurassic 5 Album" - Juvenile Presents the UTP Playas - The Compilation (UTP)
- K. - Goldfish (Tiger Style)
- Matt Keating - Tilt a Whirl (Future Farmer)
- King Crimson - Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With EP (Sanctuary)
- King Crimson - Thrak — 30th Anniversary Edition (Virgin)
- King Kooba - Indian Summer (OM)
- Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Clone (Private Music)
- Kottonmouth Kings - Rollin' Stoned (Capitol)
- Pete Krebs & the Gossamer Wings - I Know It by Heart (Cavity Search)
- Krumb Snatcha - Respect None Fear All (D&D/Rumm)
- Bireli Lagrene - Gypsy Project & Friends (Dreyfus)
- Lanterna - Sands (Badman)
- Large Professor - 1st Class (Matador)
- Vic Latino - 80's Now (Tommy Boy)
- Law - Law (One Way)
- Liquid Soul - Evolution (Shanachie)
- Longwave - Day Sleeper EP (Fenway)
- Lords of the New Church - Lord's Prayer II (Pilot)
- Loudermilk - The Red Record (DreamWorks)
- Lucky 7 - Lucky 7 (Omega)
- Luna - Close Cover Before Striking (Jetset)
- Bud E. Luv - Diary of a Loungeman (Oglio)
- LV & Prodoje - Playground (Activate)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Turn It Up (BMG)
- J Mascis & the Fog - Free So Free (Ultimatum Music)
- Joey McIntyre - One Too Many: Live From New York (New Line)
- Jim Mills - My Dixie Home (Sugar Hill)
- Mindless Self Indulgence - Alienating Our Audience: Live (Uppity Cracker)
- Waddie Mitchell - That No Quit Attitude (Shanachie)
- John Michael Montgomery - Pictures (Warner Bros. Nashville)
- Mortal - Nu-En-Jin (Tooth & Nail)
- Mark Mothersbaugh - "Welcome to Collinwood" soundtrack (Sanctuary)
- James Naughton - It's About Time (DRG/Koch)
- Nitti - Don't Take It Personal (Numillennium)
- Jose Nunez/Harry Romero - Subliminal Live at Pancha Ibiza 2002 (Subliminal)
- Sinead O'Connor - Sean-Nos Nua (Vanguard)
- Old & in the Gray - Old & in the Gray (Acoustic Disc)
- Open Road - Cold Wind (Rounder)
- Overkill - Then and Now (Metal-Is)
- Peaches - Teaches of Peaches (XL)
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - The Last DJ (Warner Bros.)
- Pinmonkey - Pinmonkey (BNA)
- Purple Penguin - De-Tuned (Water Music)
- Pyg'z - It's a Beautiful Thang (Visage)
- Quiet City - Public Face, Private Face (Koch)
- Radio Zumbido - Los Ultimos Dias Del AM (Palm Pictures)
- Billy Ray Reynolds - Whole Lot of Memories (Compadre)
- River City Rebels - No Good, No Time, No Pride (Victory)
- Royal Trux - Hand of Glory (Touch & Go)
- Scarve - Luminiferous (World War III)
- Ron Sexsmith - Cobblestone Runway (Nettwerk)
- Slaughter - Then and Now (BMG)
- Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2 (Barak)
- Soft Cell - Cruelty Without Beauty (Cooking Vinyl)
- Something for Kate - Echolalia (Red Ink)
- Sonic Youth & I.C.P & the Ex - In the Fishtank EP (In the Fishtank)
- Spacefunk - Spectrum (Dualstar)
- ST-37 - Down on Us (Emperor Jones)
- Starflyer 59 - Can't Stop Eating (Tooth & Nail)
- Red Steagall - Wagon Tracks (Shanachie)
- Rubin Steiner - Wunderbar 3 (Bluebird)
- Stereo Total - Musique Automatique (Kill Rock Stars)
- KT Sullivan - Ladies of the Silver Screen (DRG/Koch)
- Tahiti 80 - Wallpaper for the Soul (Minty Fresh)
- Tela - Double Dose (Rap-a-lot)
- Todd Thibaud - Squash (Tone-Cool)
- Tiger Army - The Early Years EP (Hellcat)
- Twothirtyeight - You Should Be Living (Tooth & Nail)
- Überzone - The Digital Mix (Moonshine)
- Unit - 100% Hater Proof (Flavor Unit)
- Keith Urban - Golden Road (Capitol Nashville)
- Yes - Keys to Ascension 2 (Castle America)
- Various artists - Beat Beat Beat 1: Mersey Sound 1962-63 (Castle America)
- Various artists - Christmas Grass (Audium)
- Various artists - "Gang Tapes" soundtrack (Activate)
- Various artists - In Our Lifetime Vol. 3 (Fenway)
- Various artists - Lowrider Super Show 02 (Thump)
- Various artists - Rise Above (2.13.61/Sanctuary)
Read: "Rollins Raises Black Flag To Salute West Memphis Three" - Various artists - Songs of Inspiration: Celebration of Life (Disney)
- Various artists - Trance Vertigo (Neurodisc)
- Various artists - "Tuck Everlasting" soundtrack (Walt Disney)
- Various artists - Wonderland: A Winter Solstice Celebration (Signature Sounds)
October 15:
- LL Cool J - Ten (Def Jam)
Read: "LL Cool J Has No Butterflies, Gives Ladies Extra Love In New Video"
October 22:
- Adema - Insomniac's Dream EP (Arista)
- Toni Braxton - TBD (Arista)
Read: "Toni Braxton Making 'Hit After Hit,' Rodney Jerkins Promises" - The Donnas - Spend the Night (Atlantic)
- Foo Fighters - One by One (RCA)
Read: "Foo Fighters Cross The Rock Line On One By One
Buy Now: One by One (RCA Records)
- Kelly Rowland - Simply Deep (Columbia)
Read: "Kelly Rowland Moves Into 'Leave It To Beaver' House" - Saint Etienne - Finisterre (Mantra/Beggars)
- Santana - Shaman (Arista)
Read: "Michelle Branch Plays Romantic 'Game' With Santana" - SR-71 - Tomorrow (RCA)
- WC - Ghetto Heisman (Def Jam)
- Various artists - Metal Blade 20th Anniversary (Metal Blade)
- Various artists - "Paid in Full" soundtrack (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
October 29:
- Christina Aguilera - Stripped (RCA)
Read: "Christina Aguilera: Not Your Puppet" - Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk (Epic)
Read: "Tori Amos Writes Scarlet Letters, Draws Tour Map" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Thug World Order (Epic)
- Nick Carter - Now or Never (Jive)
Read: "Nick Carter Album A Trip Back To The '80s"- Shaggy - Lucky Day (MCA)
- Sigur Ros - Untitled (MCA)
- Too Short - What's My Favorite Word? (Jive)
Read: Too Short Gets Serious (About Pimpin') On New Album"- Various artists - "8 Mile" soundtrack (Shady/Aftermath)
Read: " '8 Mile' Soundtrack To Include Cuts From Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas" - Nick Carter - Now or Never (Jive)
November 5:
- Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish? (Artistdirect)
- Björk - Björk's Greatest Hits (Elektra)
- David Cross - Shut Up, You F — -ing Baby! (Sub Pop)
Read: "David Cross Says Shut Up, You F---ing Baby! With Sub Pop's Help" - David Gray - A New Day at Midnight (ATO)
Read: "In Bed With Your Daughter? No Thanks, Says David Gray" - Ms. Jade - Girl Interrupted (Beat Club/Interscope)
Read: "Ms. Jade, Nelly Furtado Battle Timbaland On Video Set" - Jaheim - Still Ghetto (Divine Mill/Warner Bros.)
Read: "Jaheim Shooting For 10 Million With Still Ghetto" - Jay-Z - The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
- Third Eye Blind - Crystal Baller (Elektra)
Read: "Third Eye Blind Recruit Fred Durst, Andrew W.K. For Third Album" - Justin Timberlake - Justified (Jive)
Read: "Dirty South Pop: Timberlake Teams Up With Bubba Sparxxx" - Twista - Kamikaze (Atlantic)
Read: "Twista Finishing His Kamikaze, Playing Mickey And Mallory With Lil' Kim" - The Wallflowers - Red Letter Days (Interscope)
November 12:
- 3 Doors Down - Away From the Sun (Universal)
- Crazy Town - Darkhorse (Columbia)
Read: "Crazy Town Take On All Comers With Darkhorse" - Fat Joe - Loyalty (Atlantic)
Read: "Fat Joe Won't Dance With Ginuwine, But Records With R. Kelly" - Kool G Rap - The Giancana Story (Rawkus/Koch)
Read: "Kool G Rap LP Finally On The Way, Capone-N-Noreaga, Michael Stipe Included" - O-Town - O2 (J)
Read: "O2 Gives Members Of O-Town Room To Breathe, Write" - Pearl Jam - Riot Act (Epic)
Read: "Pearl Jam Finalize Riot Act, Plan More Live Albums" - Saliva - Back Into Your System (Island)
Read: "Saliva Shoot Down Domestic Abuse On New Single 'Always' " - TLC - 3D (Arista)
Read: "TLC Album Preview: 3D Tributes Left Eye With Sass, Spunk, Silence" - U2 - U2 — The Best of 1990-2000 (Interscope)
- Various artists - "Die Another Day" soundtrack (Warner Bros.)
Read: Madonna Escapes Electric Chair, Engages In Deadly Duel" - Various artists - We're a Happy Family (DV8/Columbia)
Read: "Rob Zombie Finalizes Ramones Tribute With Last-Minute Adds"
November 19:
- Audioslave - Audioslave (Epic)
Read: "Rage/Cornell Project To Release Album In November" - Foxy Brown - Ill Na Na 2: The Fever (Def Jam)
Read: "P. Diddy In Director's Chair For Ill Na Na 2" - George Harrison - Brainwashed (Dark Horse/Capitol)
- Ja Rule - The Last Temptation (Murder Inc./Def Jam)
Read: Ja Rule, Bobby Brown Team Up For 'Thug Lovin' " - Nas - God's Son (Columbia)
Read: "Nas Sets Release For God's Son, Pooh-Poohs Jay-Z's Challenge" - Matchbox Twenty - More Than You Think You Are (Atlantic)
- Mudvayne - The End of All Things to Come (Epic)
Read: "Mudvayne Reach The End With New Album"
November 26:
- Baby - The Birdman (Cash Money)
Read: "Cash Money's Baby Makes Video Plans With P. Diddy, Toni Braxton" - DJ Envy - Block Party (Epic)
- Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me ... Then (Epic)
Read: "J. Lo Sets Release Date For LP After Song Leaks Out" - Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected? (Island)
Read: "Sum 41 Ask, Does This Look Infected?" - Various artists - "Chicago" soundtrack (Epic)
Read: "Janet Jackson To Appear On LP With Mya ... And Richard Gere"
December 3:
- Charli Baltimore - The Diary (You Think You Know)(Murder Inc./Def Jam)
Read: "Charli Baltimore's Working All Night And Needs Pink"
December 10:
- Mariah Carey - TBD (MonarC/Island/Def Jam)