--"Red", Taylor Swift. . . Her fourth album contains 16 new songs, including her new hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".

--"Blak And Blu",the debut album for guitarist Gary Clark, Jr.

--"III", the third album from the alt rock band Shiny Toy Guns.  The entire album is streaming through Spinner/AOL's listening party.  (--You can listen to it here.)

--"Apocryphon", the fourth album from the rock band The Sword

--"House Of Gold & Bones Part One", the fourth album from rock band Stone Sour...and the first half of a 2-disc concept album.

--"Lost Songs", the eighth album by And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead

--"Viva Duets", Tony Bennett . . . It includes his Christina Aguilera duet "Steppin' Out With My Baby", plus duets with other Latino artists like Gloria Estefan, Thalia, Marc Anthony, and Romeo Santos

--"Genesis Revisited II", original Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett . . . The 2-disc set features music that Steve co-wrote for Genesis between 1971 and 1977.  His guest singers include Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree, Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth, and Simon Collins, the son of Phil Collins.  (--You'll find a tracklist here.)

--The soundtrack to the RZA directed kung-fu movie "The Man With The Iron Fists".  It includes music from Kanye West, Corrine Bailey Rae, the Black Keys, and Wiz Khalifa . . . plus Method Man, RZA, and the rest of the Wu-Tang Clan.

--The "Halo 4" soundtrack.  The game hits stores on November 6th.

--"Christmas In The Sand", Colbie Caillat . . . Her first holiday album features four original songs, including the title track and a duet with Brad Paisley on a song called "Merry Christmas Baby".

Country CD Releases:

--"Change My Mind", the 13th album from the incomparable Billy Ray Cyrus

--"On This Winter's Night", Lady Antebellum . . . Their first holiday album features 12 traditional Christmas songs.

-- A Sammy Klaus Christmas", Sammy Kershaw . . . A ten-track album of holiday standards . . . including two spoken versions of "Twas the Night Before Christmas".