All you need to know here is Audioslave and Beyonce have a lot of starpower, and Alice in Chain's Essential Alice in Chains on Columbia is going to rekindle a lot of love for the band.

One album to note: Tony Joe White's Uncovered (Swamp Records) has guests appearances by Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Waylon Jennings, JJ Cale and Michael McDonald.

Download an Excel file of a far more complete list of this week's releases.

• Alice in Chains: The Essential Alice in Chains (Columbia)
• Audioslave: Revelations (Interscope)
• Beyonce: B'Day (Sony)
• Black Ice: The Death of Willie Lynch (Koch)
• The Black Maria: A Shared History in Tragedy (Victory)
• Blind Guardian: Twist the Myth (Nuclear Blast)
• Celly Cel: The Hillside Stranglaz (Real Talk/Koch)
• C-Murder: The Tru Story: Continued (Koch)
• Grizzly Bear: Yellow House (Warp)
• Hem: Funnel Cloud (Nettwerk)
• Iron Maiden: A Matter Of Life And Death (Sanctuary)
• Jars of Clay: Good Monsters (Essential)
• Kinky: Reina (Nettwerk)
• Los Amigos Invisibles: Superpop Venevuela (Gozadera)
• Mindfreak: Soundtrack (Koch)
• Throbbing Gristle: Part Two (Mute)
• Tony Joe White: Uncovered (Swamp)
• George Winston: Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions (RCA)