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'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous' rockers release two versions of new LP.

Good Charlotte fans, whether you're an optimist or a pessimist, they've got an album just for you. The band's new The Chronicles of Life and Death is available in two versions -- "Life" and "Death." Both feature the same 10 songs, but each carries a different bonus track, so fans who want the best of both worlds will have to shell out the cash for two separate discs.

R.E.M. are releasing two versions of their 13th studio album, Around the Sun -- a regular version and a special edition packaged in a box with a variety of posters. "Leaving New York" is the album's first single.

Fatboy Slim gets back in the game this week with Palookaville, his first studio album since 2000's Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars; the Barenaked Ladies get Barenaked for the Holidays, offering covers of holiday classics and an original composition, "Elf's Lament"; R&B crooner Raphael Saadiq drops Ray Ray on his own label, Pookie Entertainment; Cake release the Pressure Chief; De La Soul set The Grind Date; and hard rockers Helmet return from a seven-year absence with Size Matters.

Also out this week are albums by actors Minnie Driver (Everything I've Got in My Pocket) and William Shatner, who bravely titled his album Has Been. Musicians releasing albums include the Moldy Peaches' Kimya Dawson (Hidden Vagenda), the Explosion (Black Tape), Tom Waits (Real Gone), Everclear (Best of Everclear), Korn (Greatest Hits Vol. 1), Gene Simmons (Speaking in Tongues) and Blues Explosion (Damage).

Out Tuesday, October 5:

  • C.C. Adcock - Lafayette Marquis (Yep Rock)
  • Gabriela Anders - Last Tango in Rio (Narada)
  • Anúana - Christmas Songs (Koch)
  • DJ Baby Anne - Mixtress (Zone/System Recordings)
  • Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked for the Holidays (Desperation/Warner Bros.)
  • John Barrowman - Swings Cole Porter (First Night/Red Ink)
  • John Bayless - Christmas Rhapsody (Koch)
  • Jay Bennett - The Beloved Enemy (Undertow)
  • Blues Explosion - Damage (Sanctuary)
  • Bonk - Western Soul (Racing Junior)
  • Cake - Pressure Chief (Columbia)
  • Cantinero - Championship Boxing (Artemis)
  • Cast Iron Filter - Falls of Rough (Wicked)
  • Amy Correia - Lakeville (Nettwerk)
  • Sean Costello - Sean Costello (Artemis)
  • Kimya Dawson - Hidden Vagenda (K Records)
  • Dennis DeYoung - The Music of Styx - Live With Symphony Orchestra (Rounder)
  • DeVotchKa - How It Ends (Cicero)
  • DJ Irene - Rockstar (Moist)
  • De La Soul - The Grind Date (Sanctuary Urban)
  • Deryl Dodd - Stronger Proof (DualTone)
  • Dolorean - Violence in the Snowy Fields (Yep Roc)
  • Dream Theater - Live at Budokan (Rhino)
  • Minnie Driver - Everything I've Got in My Pocket (Rounder)
  • Dry Kill Logic - The Dead and Dreaming (Psychodrama/Repossession)
  • Katrina Elam - Katrina Elam (Universal South)
  • Scotty Emerick - The Coast Is Clear (DreamWorks Nashville)
  • Val Emmich - Slow Down Kid (Epic)
  • Everclear - Best of Everclear (Capitol)
  • The Explosion - Black Tape (Virgin)
  • Fatboy Slim - Palookaville (Astralwerks)
  • Read: [article id="1491281"]"Infidelity, Smashed Face Force Fatboy Slim To Get Serious"[/article]

    Buy Now: Palookaville (Astralwerks)

  • Fates Warning - FWX (Metal Blade)
  • The Federation - The Federation (Virgin)
  • Future Leaders of the World - LVL IV (Epic)
  • Good Charlotte - The Chronicles of Life and Death (Epic)
  • Read: [article id="1489850"]"Good Charlotte Get Serious With The Chronicles Of Life And Death"[/article]

    Buy Now: The Chronicles of Life & Death (Epic)

  • Helmet - Size Matters (Interscope)
  • Hem - Eveningland (Rounder)
  • Andrew Hill - Dance With Death (Blue Note)
  • Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked (Yep Rock)
  • Hope of the States - The Lost Riots (Epic)
  • Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress (Swami)
  • Impossebulls - Slave Education (Music Video Distributors)
  • Liz Janes - Poison and Snakes (Asthmatic Kitty)
  • Kaki King - Legs to Make Us Longer (Epic)
  • Korn - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Sony)
  • Read: [article id="1488765"]"Korn Borrow Other People's Hits For Their Greatest-Hits LP"[/article]

    Buy Now: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Sony)

  • The Late B.P. Helium - Amok (Orange Twin)
  • Julie Lee - Stillhouse Road (Compadre)
  • Th' Legendary Shack Shakers - Believe (Yep Roc)
  • Lil' Tweety - All Eyes on Me (Thump)
  • Samara Lubelski - The Fleeting Skies (The Social Registry)
  • mewithoutYou - Catch for Us the Foxes (Tooth & Nail)
  • Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined (Temporary Residence)
  • David Morales - 2 Worlds Collide (Definity)
  • Mosquitos - Sunshine Barato (Bar/None)
  • Vincent & Mr. Green - Vincent & Mr. Green (Ipecac)
  • Nightwish - Once (Roadrunner)
  • Joe Poovey - The Late Great Me (Koch)
  • Michel Portal and Richard Galliano - Concerts (Dreyfus)
  • Q and Not U - Power (Dischord)
  • R.E.M. - Around the Sun (Warner Bros.)
  • Buy Now: Around the Sun (Warner Bros.)

  • Nelson Rangell - All I Hope for Christmas (Koch)
  • Paul Reddick - Villanelle (NorthernBlues)
  • Suzzy and Maggie Roche - Why the Long Face? (Red House)
  • Brenda Russell - Between the Sun and the Moon (Narada)
  • Raphael Saadiq - Ray Ray (Pookie)
  • William Shatner - Has Been (Shout! Factory)
  • Kenny Wayne Shepherd - The Place You're In (Reprise)
  • Judi Silvano - Let Yourself Go (Zoho)
  • Gene Simmons - Speaking in Tongues (Simmons/Sanctuary)
  • Nikki Sudden - Treasure Island (Secretly Canadian)
  • Supersuckers - Live at the Magic Bag (MidFi Field)
  • Tobymac - Welcome to Diverse City (ForeFront)
  • Dan Treanor and Frankie Lee - African Wind (NorthernBlues)
  • Tweenies - The Christmas Album (Koch)
  • Uncut - Those Who Were Hung Hang Here (Paper Bag)
  • Utada - Exodus (Island)
  • Tom Waits - Real Gone (Anti/Epitaph)
  • Way Out West - Don't Look Now (Distinctive)
  • Matt Wertz - Twenty Three Places (Windmill)
  • Wiggles - Rockin' Santa (Koch)
  • Holly Williams - The Ones We Never Knew (Universal South)
  • Various artists - "Around the Bend" soundtrack (Rhino)
  • Various artists - Blues Lounge (Putumayo)
  • Various artists - Brown Eyed Handsome Man: Saint Louis Salutes the Father of Rock & Roll (Undertow)
  • Various artists - Christmas Grass Too (Koch)
  • Various artists - Japan for Sale, Vol. 4 (Tofu)
  • Various artists - Mary Had a Little Amp: Music's Biggest Stars, Childhood's Greatest Songs (Epic)
  • Various artists - Maybe This Christmas Tree (Nettwerk)
  • Various artists - "Saw" soundtrack (Koch)
  • Various artists - A Songwriter's Tribute to George Strait (Compadre)
  • Various artists - Take Action! Volume 04 (Hopeless)
  • Various artists - Under the Influence: A Jam Band Tribute to Lynryd Skynyrd (Sanctuary)
  • DVD: Alice Donut - "London, There's a Curious Lump in My Sack" (Music Video Distributors)
  • DVD: The Exploited - "Beat 'Em All" (Music Video Distributors)
  • DVD: Samantha Fox - "All Around the World" (Music Video Distributors)
  • DVD: Master P - "Decisions" (Koch Vision)
  • DVD: Meat Loaf - "Live With the Melbourne Symphony" (Sanctuary)
  • October 12:

  • Camper Van Beethoven - New Roman Times (Vanguard)
  • Celine Dion - Miracle (Sony)
  • Duran Duran - Astronaut (Sony)
  • Chris Isaak - Chris Isaak Xmas (Warner Bros.)
  • October 19:

  • Michael Jackson - The Ultimate Collection (Sony)
  • Read: [article id="1490867"]"Michael Jackson's Ultimate Box Set Has Demos, Hits, Live DVD"[/article]

  • Jimmy Eat World - Futures (Interscope)
  • Read: [article id="1490695"]"Jimmy Eat World Say If You Don't Like Futures Right Away, Don't Bother"[/article]

  • Le Tigre - This Island (Universal)
  • Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill (Anti)
  • Read: [article id="1489420"]"Elliott Smith's Final Album Due In October"[/article]

    October 26:

  • Nick Cave - Abattoir Blues/ Lyre of Orpheus (Anti)
  • Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather (Sony)
  • Donnas - Gold Medal (Atlantic)
  • Read: [article id="1490998"]"The Donnas Take Charge With Gold Medal"[/article]

  • Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any (Lava)
  • Read: [article id="1491357"]"Simple Plan Less Simple On Second Album"[/article]

    November 2:

  • AFI - AFI (Nitro)
  • A Perfect Circle - Emotive (Virgin)
  • Duran Duran - The Singles 1986-1995 (Capitol)
  • Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (Capitol)
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