Taylor Swift
Red
Country, Pop

The late Robert Palmer penned a lyric back in the ’80s that pretty much sums up Taylor Swift’s effort on …

Anberlin
Vital
Alternative, Metal, Rock

Anberlin returns with an album full of massive guitars, swooshy synthesizers and an affirmation that life is worth living well, …

Ellie Goulding
Halcyon
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

The album that follows on the heels of Ellie Goulding’s huge hit “Lights” is actually considerably darker than that.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
The Heist
Rap/Hip-Hop

Seattle rapper Macklemore, along with producer Ryan Lewis, take the typical rap template and turn it upside down. (Sometimes twice.)

Various/Soundtrack
Pitch Perfect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Pop, R&B, Rock

The feel-good vibe that the Pitch Perfect movie soundtrack strives for is more than a little tone deaf.

Mumford & Sons
Babel
Folk, Rock

Marcus Mumford and the trio of guys who aren’t really his sons return with a masterful second album that once …

The Killers
Battle Born
Alternative, Rock

The Killers swing for the fences with all their aching, earnest, arena-rock might on Battle Born, an album about love …

Carly Rae Jepsen
Kiss
Pop

The “Call Me Maybe” singer from Canada parlays her massive single’s success into album sales with her romance-obsessed Kiss.

P!nk
The Truth About Love
Pop, Rock

Alicia Beth Moore, better known as P!nk, says, “This time I’m married and a new mom and only a tad …

Imagine Dragons
Night Visions
Alternative, Rock

Imagine Dragons imagines life as a melancholy trudge through sodden fields while under leaden skies. And then they show us …

Lecrae
Gravity
Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae

Christian rapper Lecrae’s sixth effort is a lyrical tour de force that unashamedly proclaims the gospel even as it deconstructs …

tobyMac
Eye on It
Christian/Gospel, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

tobyMac’s idea of a mid-life crisis consists of seizing the prevailing musical trends of the day and reshaping them according …

Alanis Morissette
Havoc and Bright Lights
Pop

Marriage? Motherhood? Happiness? Alanis, is that you?

Owl City
The Midsummer Station
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Rolling Stone calls Minnesota synth-pop maestro Adam Young “menacing.” We call him a near miracle.

Rick Ross
God Forgives, I Don’t
Rap/Hip-Hop

Rapper Rick Ross admires God’s honorable, forgiving character. But he has no intention of imitating it.