After a rather bland week, probably the slowest for new releases since January, this week's releases are something to talk about. The Eraser, the debut solo album by Thom Yorke, singer for Radiohead, is out Tuesday on XL Recordings. Early reports were favorable but not worthy of handstands. (Pitchfork gave it a 6.6 today, which is low enough to prevent a stampede to the stores but not low enough to kill hipster interest.) Sales should be strong on just name recognition, and ADA and Warner Music Group could have another indie rock hit on their hands. On the other end of the critical credibility spectrum, NOW 22 is going to sell truckloads of albums this week.

Rhymefest's Blue Collar, on J Records, is this week's hip hop album to watch. The legendary Cut Chemist has a solo album out on Warner Bros.

Soul Asylum's brand new album, The Silver Lining, is out through Sony Legacy this week. It's been a pretty quiet release thus far. Just a bit of promotion. Where is this one going? Probably not as much as Muse or Seether will have going on with their new albums.

Since the list below is usually just for new releases, I'll mention here that the Jesus and Mary Chain DualDisc reissues are out this week. Those albums were out of print for years and only available as imports.

• Adored: A New Language (V2)
• All That Remains: The Fall of Ideals (Razor & Tie)
• Aloe Blacc: Shine Through (Stones Throw)
• Marc Anthony: The Hits (Sony International)
• Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys: Turntable Matinee (Yep Roc)
• Bizzy Bone: The Midwest Cowboy (Real Talk)
• Ferry Corsten: L.E.F. (Ultra)
• Cut Chemist: The Audience's Listening (Warner Bros)
• Dead to Me: Cuban Ballerina (Fat Wreck)
• The Devil Wears Prada: Soundtrack (Warner Bros)
• Louis DeVito: Louis DeVito's Dance Factory Level 4 (Dee Vee Music)
• Steve Earle: Live at Montreux, 2005 (Eagle)
• Evil 9: Frabiclive.28 (Fabric)
• The Format: Dog Problems (Nettwerk)
• Aretha Franklin: Live at Fillmore West (Rhino)
• Greg Graffin: Cold as the Clay (Anti)
• Anke Helfrich Trio featuring Roy Hargrove: Better Times Ahead (Double Moon)
• The Hylozoists: La Fin du Monde (Boompa)
• Freedy Johnston: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop (Shout Factory)
• Kaada: Music for Moviebikers (Ipecac)
• Cheyenne Kimball: The Day Has Come (Sony)
• Chris Knight: Enough Rope (Emergent)
• Greg Laswell: Through Toledo (Vanguard)
• Living End: State of Emergency (Adeline)
• The Lordz: The Brooklyn Way (Perfect Game)
• Muse: Black Holes and Revelations (Warner Bros)
• Oneida: Happy New Year (Jagjaguwar)
• Peaches: Impeach My Bush (XL)
• Phish: Live in Brooklyn (Rhino)
• Pimp C: Pimpalation (Rap-A-Lot)
• Plaid: Greed Baby (Warp)
• Raekwon: The DaVinci Code: The Vatican Mixtape V2 (Ice Water Music)
• Ramblin' Jack Elliot: I Stand Alone (Anti)
• Rhymefest: Blue Collar (J)
• Seether: One Cold Night (Wind-Up)
• The Shys: Astoria (Sire)
• Ska Cubano: Ay Caramba! (Cumbancha)
• Some Girls: Crushing Love (Koch)
• Soul Asylum: The Silver Lining (Sony Legacy)
• Strapping Young Lad: The New Black (Century Media)
• Sufjan Stevens: The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from Illinois Album (Asthmatic Kitty)
• Stiborg: Darkness/Isles de Morts (Southern Lord)
• Various: New World Brazil (System)
• Various: NOW 22 (Sony)
• Various: The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (Emergent)
• Various: Worship Jamz 2 (Razor & Tie)
• Thom Yorke: The Eraser (XL)
• Butch Walker: Rise & Fall of Butch Walker & Let's-Go-Out-Tonites (Red Ink)