Tomorrow's new release schedule is as busy as any this year. There are new albums by Justin Timberlake, John Mayer, Bob Segar, Chingy, Lionel Richie, Papa Roach, The Mars Volta, Black Label Society, Big Tuck, Daz Dillinger and Elton John. If these albums can't generate a lot of foot traffic and an overall increase in album sales, nothing will.

Besides the obvious hits, many of tomorrow's releases show that A&R reps have been hard at work. DJ Shadow's Universal debut and Nonesuch debuts by The Black Keys and Shawn Colvin drop tomorrow. The Mooney Suzuki's V2 debut arrives as well. Madeleine Peyroux's second Rounder Records release arrives tomorrow. TV On The Radio's Interscope debut arrives amidst critical praise. The Plain White T's release their Hollywood Records debut.

Band to watch: Metal group Mastodon, formerly on Relapse, releases its Warner Bros debut.

Also available is an Excel spreadsheet with a comprehensive list of tomorrow's releases. Click here to download.

• Barenaked Ladies: Barenaked Are Me (Desperation)
• Basement Jaxx: Crazy Itch Radio (XL)
• Big Tuck: The Absolute Truth (Universal)
• Black Keys: Magic Potion (Nonesuch)
• Black Label Society: Shot To Hell (Roadrunner)
• Brazilian Girls: Talk To La Bomb (Verve Forecast)
• Richard Buckner: Meadow (Merge)
• Chingy: Hoodstar (Slot-A-Lot/Capitol)
• Citizen Cope: Every Waking Moment (RCA)
• Shawn Colvin: These Four Walls (Nonesuch)
• DJ Shadow: The Outsider (Island)
• Daz Dillinger: So So Gangsta (So So Def)
• Peter Frampton: Fingerprints (New Door)
• Grey's Anatomy 2 (Soundtrack) Hollywood
• Ima Robot: Monument to the Masses (Virgin)

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