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55 3 Doors Down
69 9th Wonder & Buckshot
77 The Accidental
68 Adele
70 Adem
72 Alkaline Trio
76 Alphabeat
78 Animal Collective
54 Ashanti
66 Atmosphere
50 David Banner
79 The Baseball Project
77 Beck
67 The Black Angels
65 Black Ghosts
82 Bonnie "Prince" Billy
71 Booka Shade
75 Boris
71 Billy Bragg
47 The Brian Jonestown Massacre
83 Bun B
64 T Bone Burnett
65 Mariah Carey
68 The Charlatans
72 Coldplay
78 The Constantines
82 The Cool Kids
78 Elvis Costello & The Impostors
53 Craig David
73 Death Cab For Cutie
47 Def Leppard
61 Gavin DeGraw
64 Delays
66 dEUS
79 Neil Diamond
57 Dirty Pretty Things
57 Disturbed
59 Does It Offend You, Yeah?
73 Dresden Dolls
69 Dub Pistols
71 Duffy
79 Jakob Dylan
78 Earlimart
70 Ecstatic Sunshine
65 El Perro del Mar
82 Elbow
83 Alejandro Escovedo
73 Estelle
72 The Explorers Club
81 The Fall
54 Feeder
72 Firewater
77 Tim Fite
88 Fleet Foxes
79 Flight Of The Conchords
79 Robert Forster
75 Four Tet
47 Foxy Brown
63 The Fratellis
61 Free Kitten
71 French Kicks
79 Frightened Rabbit
73 The Futureheads
68 The Gossip
81 Al Green
47 G-Unit
65 Albert Hammond, Jr.
66 Ed Harcourt
78 Emmylou Harris
89 Harvey Milk
82 HEALTH
57 Heloise And The Savoir Faire
86 Hercules And Love Affair
77 John Hiatt
87 The Hold Steady
64 Vanessa Hudgens
77 James Hunter
70 Islands
69 Jewel
79 Joan As Police Woman
71 Joan Of Arc
58 Scarlett Johansson
69 John & Jehn
59 Judas Priest
57 Kerli
73 Kidz In The Hall
71 Fern Knight
65 The Kooks
69 Lady Antebellum
73 Ladytron
65 Langhorne Slim
77 The Last Shadow Puppets
67 Cyndi Lauper
62 Leila
66 Les Savy Fav
72 Jamie Lidell
71 Lil Mama
81 Lil Wayne
75 Little Jackie
72 Local H
73 The Long Blondes
46 Los Lonely Boys
66 Lyrics Born
69 M83
65 Madonna
78 Aimee Mann
80 Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
67 Mates Of State
78 Matmos
80 James McMurtry
78 John Mellencamp
74 The Melvins
71 Midnight Juggernauts
63 Alanis Morissette
57 Motley Crue
65 Jason Mraz
74 The M's
79 Mudcrutch
77 Mudhoney
54 The Music
71 My Brightest Diamond
70 My Morning Jacket
64 N.E.R.D. [The Neptunes]
71 Nas
80 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
76 The Night Marchers
77 Nine Inch Nails
78 No Age
76 The Notwist
54 The Offspring
72 Old 97's
85 Opeth
62 The Orb
62 James Pants
43 Katy Perry
71 Phantom Planet
84 Sam Phillips
56 The Pigeon Detectives
67 Plantlife
72 Plies
71 Robert Pollard
83 Ponytail
85 Portishead
75 Prodigy [of Mobb Deep]
69 Pyramids
48 The Rascals
71 Ratatat
86 Robyn
78 The Roots
48 Gavin Rossdale
73 Russian Circles
67 RZA
76 Santogold
72 Ron Sexsmith
86 Shearwater
81 Sigur Rós
78 Silver Jews
60 Carly Simon
62 Ashlee Simpson
76 Sloan
81 Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
74 Son, Ambulance
73 Sam Sparro
76 Spiritualized
90 Steinski
76 Subtle
67 Donna Summer
66 Supergrass
57 Three 6 Mafia
76 Thrice
76 Tilly And The Wall
64 The Ting Tings
51 Tokio Hotel
67 Tokyo Police Club
73 Randy Travis
65 Usher
76 Vetiver
69 The Virgins
77 Martha Wainwright
68 The Watson Twins
64 We Are Scientists
65 The Wedding Present
64 Weezer
76 White Denim
81 Cassandra Wilson
88 Dennis Wilson
61 Steve Winwood
78 Wire
79 Wolf Parade
63 The Zutons

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

Upcoming Releases

All dates are for U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Release dates are subject to change, and often do. If you are a record label (or, more accurately, work for one), and notice that your releases are not listed here, please contact us. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it is a chronological one.

19 July Saturday
The Vines Melodia
22 July Tuesday
Black Kids Partie Traumatic
Candlebox Into the Sun
The Classic Crime The Silver CordSept 2008
Samantha Crain Confiscation
CSS Donkey
Timmy Curran Word Of Mouth
Miley Cyrus Breakout
Zack De La Rocha Zack De La Rocha EP
Dr. Dog Fate
¡Forward, Russia! Life Processes
The Game L.A.X.
Buddy Guy Skin Deep
Mutlu Livin' It
Nine Inch Nails The Slip CD release
Paul Weller 22 Dreams
29 July Tuesday
Coolio Steal Hear
Alice Cooper Along Came A Spider
Richie Havens Nobody Left to Crown
Rick Springfield Venus in Overdrive
Andre Williams Can You Deal With It?
Young Jeezy The Recession
5 August Tuesday
Joseph Arthur All You Need Is Nothing
Closure In Moscow The Penance & The Patience EP
Faint Fasciinatiion
Ernie Halter Starting Over Digital release Jul 15
Hawthorne Heights Fragile Future
LL Cool J Exit 13
Mike Mangione Tenebrae
Randy Newman Randy Newman
Ne-Yo Year of the Gentleman
Conor Oberst Conor Oberst
There For Tomorrorw There For Tomorrow EP
8 August Friday
Fear and the Nervous System [Title TBA]
Sunny Day Sets Fire Summer Palace
12 August Tuesday
Zach Hill Astrological Straits
Jonas Brothers A Little Bit Longer
Ben Weaver The Axe and the Oak
19 August Tuesday
Strawberry Weed Caesars
Earth To the Dandy Warhols The Dandy Warhols
Fiery Furnaces Remember Live CD
Juliana Hatfield How to Walk Away
Human Highway Moody Motorcycle
Lykke Li Youth Novels
MakeUpBreakUp We Prefer Not To... EP
Perhapst Perhapst
Nelly Brass Knuckles
Staind The Illusion of Progress
Starling Electric Clouded Staircase
Straight Line Stitch [Title TBA]
System and Station A Nation of Actors
T.I. Paper Trail
The Verve Forth
The Walkmen You And Me
26 August Tuesday
Blues Traveler North Hollywood Shootout
Cordero De Donde Eres
DragonForce Ultra Beatdown
Missy Elliott Block Party
Solange Knowles Sol-Angel and The Hadley Street Dreams
Slipknot All Hope Is Gone
29 August Friday
King Of Pop Michael Jackson Compilation album
Wild Sweet Orange We Have Cause to Be Uneasy
1 September Monday
Queen + Paul Rodgers [Title TBA]
2 September Tuesday
Syleena Johnson Chapter 4: Labor Pains
Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation
Brian Wilson That Lucky Old Sun
8 September Monday
New Kids on the Block [Title TBA]
9 September Tuesday
Calexico Carried to Dust
Joan Baez Day After Tomorrow
Gym Class Heroes The Quilt
I'm Not Jim You Are All My People
Ray LaMontagne Gossip in the Grain
Okkervil River The Stand Ins
Joan Osborne Little Wild One
Robin Thicke Something Else
Brian "Head" Welch Save Me From Myself former Korn guitarist
Steve Wynn Crossing Dragon Bridge
13 September Saturday
The Cure [Title TBA]
16 September Tuesday
Blessid Union of Souls Close To The Edge
Lindsey Buckingham Fleetwood Mac guitarist Gift of Screws
George Clinton George Clinton and Some Gangsters of Love
Faith Hill Joy to the World X-mas album
James Hey Ma
Raphael Saadiq The Way I See It
23 September Tuesday
Elvin Bishop The Blues Roll On
Everlast Love, War and The Ghost Of Whitey Ford
Kings Of Leon Only by the Night
Labelle [Title TBA]
Mogwai The Hawk is Howling
Old Crow Medicine Tennessee Pusher
Tracy Shedd Cigarettes & Smoke Machines
Plain White T's Big Bad World
29 September Monday
Mercury Rev Snowflake Midnight
30 September Tuesday
Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God
Anberlin New Surrender
Bayside Shudder
Tom Morello Rage Against The Machine guitarist The Fabled City
T-Pain Thr33 Ringz
Connie Talbot Over the Rainbow
Trivium Shogun
6 October Monday
Oasis Dig Out Your Soul
7 October Tuesday
Deerhoof Offend Maggie
Lambchop OH (ohio)
Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos Not Animal! CD/Digital release
Margot and the Nuclear So & Sos Animal! Vinyl release
Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping
Rise Against Appeal to Reason
14 October Tuesday
Sixpence None The Richer The Dawn of Grace X-Mas album
28 October Tuesday
Deerhunter Microcastle

 

Anticipated Future Releases
Note: If an artist appears multiple times, that means multiple albums by that artist are forthcoming.
(+44) [Title TBA] 2008
Paula Abdul [Title TBA] 2008
AC/DC [Title TBA] Fall 2008
Aerosmith [Title TBA] 2008
Aly & AJ [Title TBA] 2009
David Archuleta [Title TBA] Fall/Winter 2008
Ambulance LTD [Title TBA] 2008
Marc Anthony [Title TBA] Winter 2008
India.Arie Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics 2008
Melissa Auf der Maur Out of Our Minds 2008
Autolux Transit Transit Summer 2008
The Avalanches [Title TBA] 2008
Basement Jaxx [Title TBA] 2008
David Bazan [Title TBA] 2008
Ben Folds [Title TBA] Sep 2008
B.G. [Title TBA] 2008
Big Boi Too Hood 2 B Hollywood July 2008
Big Kuntry My Turn To Eat 2008
Black Eyed Peas [Title TBA] Late 2008
Blikk Fang [Title TBA] 2008
Blur [Title TBA] 2008
Boston [Title TBA] 2009
Michelle Branch Everything Comes and Goes Winter 2008
Brandy [Title TBA] Summer 2008
Broken Spindles [Title TBA] 2008
Joe Budden Padded Room 2008
Buckcherry [Title TBA] Summer 2008
Built To Spill [Title TBA] Spring 2009
Cassie [Title TBA] Sept 2008
JC Chasez [Title TBA] 2008
Ciara Fantasy Ride Sep 2008
Common The Believer Nov 2008
The Concretes [Title TBA] 2008
David Cook [Title TBA] Fall 2008
Nikka Costa [Title TBA] Summer 2008
Dave Matthews Band [Title TBA] 2008
Dido [Title TBA] 2008
Dirty Pretty Things [Title TBA] 2008
The Divine Comedy [Title TBA] 2008
Pete Doherty [Title TBA] 2008
Dr. Dre Detox 2008
Doves [Title TBA] 2008
Eagles of Death Metal [Title TBA] 2008
Eminem [Title TBA] 2008-09
Eve Here I Am 2008
Extreme [Title TBA] 2008
Fabolous [Title TBA] Aug 2008
The Faint [Title TBA] 2008
The Feeling [Title TBA] 2008
Flipper [Title TBA] 2008-09
Franz Ferdinand [Title TBA] Winter 2008
The Fray [Title TBA] Summer 2008
Freebass [new Peter Hook band] [Title TBA] Mar 2009
Ace Frehley [Title TBA] 2008
From The Jam [Title TBA] Late 2008
Fugees [Title TBA] ?? 2008 [delayed]
Peter Gabriel [Title TBA] 2008
Noel Gallagher [Title TBA] 2008
Gang Of Four [Title TBA] 2008
Garbage [Title TBA] Mid 2008
Teddy Geiger The March 2008
Girl Talk Wild Peace IV: Feed the Animals, Raise the Dead 2008
Goo Goo Dolls [Title TBA] Late 2008
The Gossip [Title TBA] 2008
David Gray [Title TBA] Fall 2008
Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy 2008
Happy Mondays [Title TBA] 2009
Veda Hille This Riot Life Apr 2008
Whitney Houston [Title TBA] 2008
Jennifer Hudson [Title TBA] Sep 2008
Michael Jackson [Title TBA] 2008
Jem Down to Earth Sep 2008
Jesus And Mary Chain [Title TBA] Spring/Summer 2008
Junior Boys [Title TBA] 2008
Damien Jurado [Title TBA] 2008
Kaiser Chiefs [Title TBA] 2008
Keane [Title TBA] Sept 2008
The Killers [Title TBA] Fall 2008
John Legend [Title TBA] Sep 2008
Aaron Lewis [of Staind] [Title TBA] 2009
Jenny Lewis [Title TBA] 2008
The Like [Title TBA] Early 2008
Linkin Park [Title TBA] 2008
Courtney Love Nobody's Daughter 2008
Ludacris Theater of the Mind Sep 2008
Lynyrd Skynyrd [Title TBA] Early 2009
M. Ward [Title TBA] 2008
Shirley Manson [Title TBA] 2008
Massive Attack Weather Underground 2008
Mastodon [Title TBA] Winter 2008
Matchbox Twenty [Title TBA] 2009
Paul McCartney [Title TBA] Summer 2008
Hilary McRae [Title TBA] Spring 2008
Metallica Death Magnetic Sep 2008
Metric [Title TBA] 2008
MF Doom & Ghostface Swift & Changeable 2008
Janelle Monae Metropolis Sep 2008
Mongrel [Title TBA] Winter 2008
Morrissey Years of Refusal Sep 2008
Murs Murs For President 2008
Muse [Title TBA] 2008-09
Carl Newman [Title TBA] Fall 2008
New Pornographers [Title TBA] 2009
Nina Sky The Musical 2008
Nightwatchman The Fabled City 2008
Nine Inch Nails Year Zero Part 2 2008
No Doubt [Title TBA] 2008
OK Go [Title TBA] 2008-09
Pearl Jam [Title TBA] 2008
Lee "Scratch" Perry Repentance 2008
Pet Shop Boys [Title TBA] 2009
The Postal Service [Title TBA] 2008
Queen + Paul Rodgers [Title TBA] 2008
Q-Tip The Renaissance Early 2008
The Rakes [Title TBA] 2008
Rakim The Seventh Seal 2008
Rancid [Title TBA] 2008
John Rich [Title TBA] 2008
Roxy Music [original lineup including Brian Eno] [Title TBA] 2008
Nate Ruess of the Format [Title TBA] 2008
Rusted Root [Title TBA] 2008
Joe Satriani [Title TBA] 2008
Seaweed Small Engine Repair 2008
Simple Minds [Title TBA] Winter 2008
Sixpence None The Richer [Title TBA] 2009
Soulja Boy iSouljaBoy Fall 2008
Stars [Title TBA] 2009
Starsailor All the Plans 2008
Stellastarr* [Title TBA] 2008
Stereolab [Title TBA] 2008
Stone Temple Pilots [Title TBA] 2009
The Streets [Title TBA] 2008
Team Sleep [Title TBA] 2008
Rob Thomas [Title TBA] 2008
Martina Topley-Bird [Title TBA] 2008
Tortoise [Title TBA] 2008
Trans Siberian Orchestra The Night Castle 2008
Ralph Tresvant [Title TBA] 2008
U2 [Title TBA] 2008
Uncle Kracker Happy Hour Mid-2008
Unearth [Title TBA] Oct 2008
Velvet Revolver [Title TBA] 2008-09
Venus 3 [Title TBA] Summer/Fall 2008
Von Bondies Love, Hate and Then There's You 2008
Von Bondies We Are Kamikazes - EP 2008
Butch Walker Sycamore Meadows Winter 2008
Scott Weiland [Title TBA] Nov 2008
Gillian Welch [Title TBA] 2008
Michelle Williams Unexpected August 2008
Amy Winehouse [Title TBA] 2008
Patrick Wolf [Title TBA] 2008
Wolfmother [Title TBA] 2008
The Wrens [Title TBA] Fall 2008
Rachael Yamagata [Title TBA] 2008

 

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