Fifth Harmony
Reflection
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Simon Cowell’s latest X Factor creation takes the musical stage with sass and sensuality, sporting a sultry synthesis of pop, …

Fall Out Boy
American Beauty/American Psycho
Alternative, Pop, Punk, Rock

Fall Out Boy albums are always interpretive exercises in sifting lyrical wheat from chaff or, say, beauty from psychosis.

Marilyn Manson
The Pale Emperor
Alternative, Metal, Rock

Marilyn Manson’s ninth studio album marinates in brooding, opaque, spiritually sordid imagery that, while not as grotesque as it might …

Charli XCX
Sucker
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Punk, Rock

This rising British star isn’t really who you think she might be. On her second major-label release, Sucker, Charli XCX …

Nicki Minaj
The Pinkprint
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

It’s as if The Pinkprint’s risky emotional authenticity just gets too scary for Nicki Minaj. So she retreats to “safer” …

Bastille
Vs. Other People’s Heartache Pt. III
Alternative, Pop, Rock

As the title indicates, this is Bastille’s third Vs. compendium, a so-called mix tape that’s full of contributions from relatively …

AC/DC
Rock or Bust
Rock

Dementia may have claimed AC/DC’s aging rhythm guitarist. And the band’s drummer may be on his way to jail. But …

David Guetta
Listen
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

French EDM maestro David Guetta conscripts a long list of upper-echelon vocalists—Ryan Tedder, John Legend and Nicki Minaj among them—on …

One Direction
Four
Pop, Rock

In November we begin musing about mmm-inducing Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas shopping and … the arrival of a new One Direction …

Nickelback
No Fixed Address
Rock

Nickelback has a new record label. But that’s about all that’s changed when it comes to this consistent—and consistently vexing—veteran …

Foo Fighters
Sonic Highways
Rock

Foo Fighters offer up an ambitious concept album that pays tribute to America’s musical history—while sounding a whole lot like …

Taylor Swift
1989
Pop

“Haters gonna hate, hate, hate,” sings Ms. Swift. And, yeah, we’ll probably end up in that column for our review …

Sam Hunt
Montevallo
Country

In some ways, Sam Hunt’s country debut sounds new and different. In other ways, though, not so much.

Slipknot
.5: The Gray Chapter
Metal

The first new album from Slipknot in six years broods and churns and rants in metallic mourning for the loss …

Hozier
Hozier
Alternative, Jazz/Swing/Blues, Rock

When Irish newcomer Andrew Hozier-Byrne sings, “Take Me to Church,” you may want to know what kind of worship service …