This week is chock-full of highly anticipated records. Ariana Grande has dropped the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Thank U, Next’ despite having only announced it two weeks ago, Sam Smith’s third record has arrived following delays due to COVID-19, and Busta Rhymes is back with the long-awaited sequel to 1998’s ‘Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front’.
Adam Hender – ‘Sick’ (3tone Records)
Amy Macdonald – ‘The Human Demands’ (Infectious/BMG)
Ariana Grande – ‘Positions’ (Republic/UMG)
Black Foxxes – ‘Black Foxxes’ (Search and Destroy/Spinefarm/Universal)
Black Stone Cherry – ‘The Human Condition’ (Mascot)
Bring Me The Horizon – ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’ EP (RCA)
Busta Rhymes – ‘Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God’ (The Conglomerate Entertainment Inc./Empire)
Camelphat – ‘Dark Matter’ (RCA UK)
EELS – ‘Earth To Dora’ (E Works/[PIAS])
Elvis Costello – ‘Hey Clockface’ (Concord)
Goo Goo Dolls – ‘It’s Christmas All Over’ (Warner)
Meghan Trainor – ‘A Very Trainor Christmas’ (Epic)
M Huncho and Nafe Smallz – ‘DNA’ (HunchØzone)
Mr. Bungle – ‘The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo’ (Ipecac)
Oneohtrix Point Never – ‘Magic Oneohtrix Point Never’ (Warp)
Puscifer – ‘Existential Reckoning’ (Puscifer/Alchemy Recordings/BMG)
Salem – ‘Fires In Heaven’ (Salem/Decent Distribution)
Sam Smith – ‘Love Goes’ (Capitol)
Saves The Day and Senses Fail – ‘Through Being Ghoul’ EP (Equal Vision/Pure Noise)
Tobacco – ‘Hot, Wet & Sassy’ (Ghostly International)
Tom Morello – ‘Comandante’ EP (Tom Morello)