Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, "The Live Anthology": 4 CDs, 48 songs recorded live in concert between 1980 and 2007.

Tom Waits, "Glitter and Doom Live": 17 songs recorded live on Tom Waits tour of 2008.

Also new this week:

Birdman, "Priceless"
Bon Jovi, "The Circle"
Boyz II Men, "Love"
The Chesterfield Kings, "Live Onstage . . . If You Want It"
Chris Duarte, "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, All Things Blue"
Lady Gaga, "The Fame Monster"
NOFX, "Cokie the Clown"
Jay Reatard, "Blood Visions"
Rihanna, "Rated R"
Angie Stone, "Unexpected"
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, "Precious"
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, "Zombieland"

And the following compilations:

James Brown, "The Godfather's Smackdown"
Townes Van Zandt, "In the Beginning"

And this beautiful box set:

Buddy Holly, "Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More"

Norah Jones - - "The Fall" - She's back, and if you think the dog on the front is cute, wait until you see the menagerie on the back.

John Mayer - - "Battle Studies" - Mayer looks to be exploring warfare metaphors on this new album from the pop superstar.

Them Crooked Vultures - - "Them Crooked Vultures" - supergroup with Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, and Dave Grohl.

Also new this week:

Dead Heroes Club, "A Time of Shadow"
East Bay Ray, "Labyrinth"
Felt, "Felt 3"
50 Cent, "Before I Self Destruct"
Dan Fogelberg, "River of Souls"
Robin Guthrie, "Songs to Help My Children Sleep"
Paul McCartney, "Good Evening New York City"
Steve Morse Band, "Out Standing In Their Field"
Jeb Patton, "New Strides"
Katy Perry, "MTV Unplugged"
Dave Rawlings Machine, "A Friend of a Friend"
Rush, "Working Men"
Skarhead, "Drugs, Music & Sex"
Tune-Yards, "Bird-Brains"
We All Have Hooks For Hands, "The Shape of Energy"
We Shot the Moon, "A Silver Lining"
Robbie Williams, "Reality Killed the Video Star"

And the following reissues and compilations:

Bat For Lashes, "Two Suns" Special Edition
Blood Brothers, "Crimes"
Blood Brothers, "March on Electric Children"
Blood Brothers, "Young Machetes"
Blood Brothers, "Burn, Piano Island, Burn"
David Bowie, "Space Oddity" 40th Anniversary Limited Edition
Julian Cope, "Jehovahkill" Deluxe Edition
Sheryl Crow, "Tuesday Night Music Club" Deluxe Edition
The Fall, "Hex Induction Hour" Deluxe Edition
Fall Out Boy, "Believers Never Die"
Peter Green, "In the Skies"
Janet Jackson, "Number Ones"
Keane, "Hopes and Fears" Deluxe Edition
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, "At the Cavern"
Level 42, "World Machine" Deluxe Edition
Rainbow, "Anthology 1975-1984"
Starship, "No Protection"
Wishbone Ash, "Argus" Deluxe Edition

And the following box sets

Rod Stewart, "Storyteller" (reissue, repackage)
The Doors, "Live in New York"

 1. Sting - - If On a Winter's Night
 2. Beatles - - Revolver
 3. Monsters of Folk - - Monsters of Folk
 4. Nirvana - - Live at Reading
 5. R.E.M. - - Live at the Olympia
 6. Tegan & Sara - - Sainthood
 7. Flight of the Conchords - - I Told You I Was Freaky
 8. Jack Johnson - - En Concert
 9. Swell Season - - Strict Joy
10. Wilco - - wilco (the Album)

Anthrax - - Caught In a Mosh
Asobi Seksu - - Rewolf
Bad Lieutenant - - Never Cry Another Tear
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - - Live
Bon Jovi - - The Circle
Pieta Brown - - Shimmer
Rick Derringer - Tim Bogert - Carmen Appice - - The Sky Is Falling
Dashboard Confessional - - Alter the Ending
Ray Davies & The Crouch End Festival Chorus - - The Kinks Choral Collection
Luther Dickinson & the Sons of Mudboy - - Onward and Upward
The Do - - A Mouthful
Drywall - - Barbeque Babylon
Echo & the Bunnymen - - The Fountain
Jerry Garcia Band - - Let It Rock
Robyn Hitchcock - - I Often Dream of Trains in New York
Wyclef Jean - - Toussaint St. Jean
Killers - - Live From the Royal Albert Hall
Makajodama - Makajodama
Jason Mraz - - Beautiful Mess Live on Earth
Dolly Parton - - Live From London
Ronnie Spector - - The Last of the Rock Stars
Switchfoot - - Hello Hurricane

And the following reissues and compilations:

Anthrax - - Among the Living Deluxe Edition
The Fray - - The Fray Deluxe Edition
Jackson 5 - - I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters
Grant-Lee Phillips - - Ladies' Love Oracle
Rolling Stones - - Love You Live
Rolling Stones - - Live Licks
Rolling Stones - - Stripped
Snow Patrol - - Up to Now
Koko Taylor - - What It Takes
The Tubes - - Mondo Birthmark

And the following box sets

AC/DC - - Back Tracks
Ella Fitzgerald - - Twelve Nights in Hollywood
Billie Holiday - - The Complete Commodore & Decca Masters
Oscar Peterson - - Debut: The Clef / Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951

 1. The Big Pink - - A Brief History of Love
 2. Flaming Lips - - Embryonic
 3. Say Anything - - Say Anything
 4. Original Soundtrack - - Where the Wild Things Are
 5. Rosanne Cash - - The List
 6. Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard - - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone
 7. Leonard Cohen - - Live in London
 8. Regina Specktor - - Far
 9. The Swell Season - - Strict Joy
10. Devendra Banhart - - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

Morrissey, "Swords": "If You Don't Look Like Me, Don't Look At Me." "It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small." Many more.

Nirvana, "Live at Reading": A complete live concert from Nirvana recorded Aug. 30, 1992.

Also new this week:

The Almost, "Monster Monster"
Julian Casablancas, "Phrazes For the Young"
Amy Cervini, "Love Fool"
Cloak / Dagger, "Lost Art"
Cold Cave, "Love Comes Close"
The Cribs, "Ignore the Ignorant"
Dead Zone Boys, "Jookabox"
Arrington de Dionyso, "Malaikat dan Singa"
Gift of Gab, "Escape 2 Mars"
Girls In Trouble, "Girls in Trouble"
Mike Gordon, "Inside In"
Half-Handed Cloud, "Cut Me down & Count My Rings"
Curtis Harvey, "Box of Stones"
Taylor Hollingsworth, "Life With a Slow Ear"
Etienne Jaumet, "Night Music"
Rickie Lee Jones, "Balm in Gilead"
Larks, "An Exaltation of Larks"
Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo & Taj Mahal, "American Horizon"
Lymbyc Systym, "Shutter Release"
Mesh, "A Perfect Solution"
Molina and Johnson, "Molina and Johnson"
David Murray and the Gwo Ka Masters, "The Devil Tried to Kill Me"
On Fillmore, "Extended Vacation"
People Eating People, "People Eating People"
Serena Ryder, "Is It OK"
Say Anything, "Say Anything"
Schwayze, "Let It Beat"
Slayer, "World Painted Blood"
The Swimmers, "People Are Soft"
Systems Officer, "Underslept"
Carrie Underwood, "Play On"
Original Soundtrack, "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Various Artists, "The Village"

And the following compilations and reissues:

The Bee Gees, "The Ultimate Bee Gees"
Creedence Clearwater Revival, "The Singles Collection"
Devo, "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo"
Devo, "Freedom of Choice"
Eagles, "Long Road Out of Eden"
Foo Fighters, "Greatest Hits"
Guided By Voices, "Suitcase 3"
Isaac Hayes, "Shaft"
Michael McDonald, "Take It To Heart"
Nirvana, "Bleach"
Sly & the Family Stone, "Back On the Right Track"

And for gift consideration, the following box sets:

The Rolling Stones, "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out"
Frank Sinatra, "New York"
Hank Williams, "Revealed"

 1. Rosanne Cash - - The List
 2. Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard - - One Fast Move or I'm Gone
 3. The Swell Season - - Strict Joy
 4. R.E.M. - - Live at the Olympia
 5. Original Soundtrack - - Where the Wild Things Are
 6. Tegan and Sara - - Sainthood
 7. chuck Prophet - - Let Freedom Ring
 8. Michael Jackson - - This Is It
 9. Flaming Lips - - Embryonic
10. Devendra Banhart - - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

Chuck Prophet, "Let Freedom Ring!": Astonishing rocker from this perennial fave - dare we say it's his best album yet?

Devendra Banhart, "What Will We Be": "Straight-forward, cleanly produced, consistently laid-back (to nearly Jack Johnson proportions), and free of ambition." - Allmusic.com

R.E.M., "Live at the Olympia in Dublin" - 2 CDs, 39 songs, live R.E.M. 'Nuff said.

Tegan & Sara, "Sainthood" - "a punchier, more direct feel that's more in line with the duo's best album, So Jealous" - Allmusic.com

The Swell Season, "Strict Joy" - long-awaited follow-up album from Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova to their soundtrack to "Once."

Also new this week:

Atreyu, "Congregation of the Damned"
BassNectar, "Cozza Frenzy"
Creed, "Full Circle"
Debbie Davies, "Holdin' Court"
Gov't Mule, " By a Thread"
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family, "Go Waggaloo"
Heavy Trash, "Midnight Soul Serenade"
Jamey Huggins, "James Husband"
Jack Johnson, "En Concert"
Danny Kalb, "I'm Gonna Live the Life I Sing About"
Bryan Lee, "My Lady Don't Love My Lady"
Los Lobos, "Goes Disney"
Stephen Marley, "Mind Control Acoustic"
Del McCoury Band, "Family Circle"
Lorrie Morgan, "A Moment In Time"
John Nolan, "Height"
Pink Martini, "Splendor In the Grass"
Pugwash, "Giddy"
Bobby Rush, "Blind Snake"
Carly Simon, "Never Been Gone"
Squirrel Nut Zippers, "Lost At Sea"
Rod Stewart, "Soulbook"
Stephen Stills, "Live At Shepherd's Bush"
Sting, "If On a Winter's Night"
String Cheese Incident, "Trick or Treat"
Taylor Swift, "Fearless"
Chip Taylor, "Yonkers NY"
Techn9ne, "K.O.D."
Train, "Save Me, San Francisco"
Trans-Siberian Orchestra, "Night Castle"

And the following reissues and compilations:

Blind Boys of Alabama, "Duets"
James Brown, "At the Garden" Expanded Edition
Fela, "The Best of the Black President"
Duke Jordan, "In Copenhagen"
Nils Lofgren, "Cry Tough"
Red Mitchell & Warne Marsh, "Big Two"
The Motels, "Atomic Cafe: Greatest Songs Live"
U2, "The Unforgettable Fire"
Various Artists, "Blue Ridge Mountain Memories: 20 Gospel Favorites"
Various Artists, "Four Kings of Blues Guitar"

 1. Flaming Lips - - Embryonic
 2. Built to Spill - - There Is No Enemy
 3. Lyle Lovett - - Natural Forces
 4. Monsters of Folk - - Monsters of Folk
 5. Jay Farrar / Ben Gibbard - - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone
 6. Florence & the Machine - - Lungs
 7. Muse - - The Resistance
 8. Flight of the Conchords - - I Told You I Was Freaky
 9. Original Soundtrack - - Where the Wild Things Are
10. Rain Machine - - Rain Machine

Lyle Lovett, "Natural Forces": There is always a reason to celebrate when Lyle Lovett has a new record.

Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard, "One Fast Move Or I'm Gone": Soundtrack from new film about Jack Kerouac.

Florence & the Machine, "Lungs": "Great . . . Kate Bush meets Bjork."

Also new this week:

Atlas Sound, "Logos"
Sam Bush, "Circles Around Me"
Clare and the Reasons, "Arrow"
Leonard Cohen, "Live at the Isle of Wight 1970"
Converge, "Axe to Fall"
Dark Meat, "Truce Opium"
Joey DeFrancesco, "Snap Shot"
Do Make Say Think, "Other Truths"
Doveman, "The Conformist"
El Perro Del Mar, "Love Is Not Pop"
Electric Six, "Kill"
Evolution, "Ten Years After"
Flight of the Conchords, "I Told You Was Freaky"
Fuck Buttons, "Tarot Sport"
Get Back Guinozzi!, "Carpet Madness"
Kings of Convenience, "Declaration of Dependence"
Lightning Bolt, "Earthly Delights"
Maps, "Turning the Mind"
Tim McGraw, "Southern Voice"
Naam, "Naam"
Old Canes, "Feral Harmonic"
Alec Ounsworth, "Mo Beauty"
Elvis Perkins in Dearland, "The Doomsday EP"
Houston Person, "Mellow"
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, "Summer of Fear"
Russian Circles, "Geneva"
Timothy B. Schmit, "Expand"
Snow Patrol, "Late Night Tales"
Larry Sparks, "I Just Want to Thank You Lord"
Spiral Stairs, "The Real Feel"
Sufjan Stevens, "The BQE"
White Denim, "Fits"
Richard Youngs, "Under Stellar Stream"
Yo Gabba Gabba!, "Music Is Awesome!"

And the following reissues and compilations:

The Del Lords, "Lovers Who Wander"
The Get Up Kids, "The Ep's: Red Letter Day and Woodson"
The Get Up Kids, "Beast Rest Forth Mouth"
The Get Up Kids, "Four Minute Mile"
Michael Jackson, "The Remix Suite"
King Crimson, "Red"
Coco Montoya, "The Essential Coco Montoya"
Nazareth, "The Anthology"