Album

Genius signs off with his first duets album alongside Elton, Norah Jones et al

Long Island punk-funk revivalists'third LP

Florida's rock'n'roll Zelig steps out of the shadows

NY free-rockers in Scandi scream-up

The Philly kings of blue-eyed soul attain megastardom

Jaz Coleman's (not so) merry men short-changed by another piecemeal compilation

Intense, peak-period live set featuring two previously undiscovered Nyro songs

Faithfully rendered psych-pop, 14 years after the event

Latest soppy Kate Hudson vehicle— you have to wonder what her Black Crowes hubby makes of it all— features an eclectic pop selection, with a few little smashers more by accident than design. Devo's "Whip It" and Liz Phair's "Extraordinary" are about as daring as it gets, while there are decent if overtly radio-friendly offerings from John Hiatt and Joan Osborne, plus the resurrected Simon & Garfunkel's too-cute-to-shoot "At The Zoo".

Third set from Sussex singer-songwriter following last year's widely acclaimed From Every Sphere