The biggies include Kanye West, 50 Cent, Hoot Hot Heat and Kenny Chesney but there is no shortage of releases from other genres as well.
Here are some of the highlights of the numerous CDs aiming to capture your wallet this week:
Kanye West - Graduation
Kenny Chesney - Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
Goo Goo Dolls - Greatest Hits
Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd.
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Ani DiFranco - Canon [2 CDs Best of]
Jupiter Rising - Electropop
Shout Out Louds - Our Ill Wills
Ann Wilson - Hope & Glory
Merle Haggard - Hag: The Studio Recordings 1968-1976 [Box Set]
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth
Mustard Plug - In Black And White
Orange - Escape From L.A.
Sublime - Ultimate Bundle (Triple Disc) CD/DVD
Hellogoodbye - Baby It's Fact
50 Cent - Curtis
Action Design - Into A Sound
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Attica! Attica! - Dead Skin/Dried Blood
Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers
Bitter End - Climate Of Fear
Black Lips - Good Bad Not Evil
Blanche Davidian - Orange Sunshine
Blues - Snakepit
Bomb The Music Industry! - Get Warmer
Botch - We Are The Romans (Double Disc Deluxe Edition)
Charlemagne - We Can Build An Island
Cloak/Dagger - We Are
Crowbar - Live + 1
Crowbar - Time Heals Nothing
Deadly Syndrome - Ortolan
Demented Are Go - Kicked Out Of Hell
Figurines - When The Deer Wore Blue
Film School - Hideout
Go! Team - Proof Of Youth
Good Life - Help Wanted Nights
Hot Hot Heat - Happiness LTD.
Invitro - When I Was A Planet
Jenny Hoyston - Isle Of
Joe Henry - Civilians
Joy Division - Closer 12"
Le Loup - Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Mono - Gone
No Allegiance - Flirting With Disaster
Pelican - Pink Mammoth 10"
Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs
Red Handed - Wounds Remain
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight 12"
Soul Control - Involution
Young Marble Giants -Colossal Youth
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