Pop/Rock - Recorded this past July at Paul McCartney's New York City Field performances -- site of the the Beatles 1965 concert at Shea Stadium -- the new Good Evening New York City (Hear Music) CD and/or DVD captures The Cute One with full band, bombast and brillance with a heaping 33-song slab of both Beatles and solo materical. Says Macca: "It was three great nights for the band and for me personally it was very exciting to be back opening a new stadium on the site of the old Shea Stadium where we had played 44 years previously. Even more exciting because this time round you could hear us!”

From the label: "As the inaugural musical event at Citi Field, the site of the former Shea Stadium, the July 2009 shows held special significance not only for McCartney but for generations of his fans. The shows were performed on the same hallowed ground that The Beatles, in 1965, played the 34-minute show that would set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show--and where in 2008 McCartney joined Billy Joel for the final rock show before the original stadium's demolition. As documented on Good Evening New York City, "I'm Down" from the 1965 set list was revived for the Citi Field shows, albeit this time played through a PA that was not overpowered by screaming fans (though there were still several thousand who tried).

Other highlights of “Good Evening New York City” include faithful takes on Beatles classics "Drive My Car," "Got To Get You Into My Life," "The Long And Winding Road," "Blackbird," "Eleanor Rigby," "Back In The USSR," "Paperback Writer," "Let It Be," "Hey Jude," "Helter Skelter" and more, plus "Something" rendered on ukulele gifted to Paul by George Harrison, and a tribute to John Lennon in the form of a medley of "A Day In The Life" and "Give Peace A Chance." Wings era chestnuts include “Band On The Run," "My Love," "Let Me Roll It" and the pyrotechnic tour de force of "Live And Let Die," while timeless McCartney solo material ranges from "Here Today" to the upbeat "Flaming Pie" and "Dance Tonight" to a pair of numbers from Electric Arguments, the 2008 album released under the alias of The Fireman."

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John Mayer describes his new album  as a "heartbreak handbook" adding "the album is called Battle Studies and that's because it incorporates a lot of the lessons, a lot of the observations, and a little bit of advice." The eagerly anticipated follow-up to his 2006 Grammy-nominated ("Best Album") Continuum is a turning point of sorts for the platinum-selling singer/songwriter and blues/rock guitarist, an experiment in creative approach and the ever-changing world of selling and marketing music. First single "Who Says" exemplifies the strategy in its lyrical content -- "who says", indeed, what he as an artist/celebrity can or can't do?

"Taking the challenge of 'how do I follow Continuum?'", he says, "well, you just say I'm not following it at all. You just leave it, and you step to the side and you begin something completely new." Mayer, known as one of the premier musical artist Twitterers in both pithy comments ("I am totally womanizing these pretzels right now") and number of "followers", has brought his own special transparency to the new project with a series of videos updating the progress on the album and giving some insights into the recording and his travels.

The album's eleven tracks promise some surprises including a straight-up Robert Johnson blues cover ("Crossroads") and a Taylor Swift duet ("Half of My Heart") but there's also much that we've come to expect from Mayer: catchy folk/pop songwriting ("Who Says") and densely layered, imaginatively structured anthems such as the newly released second single "Heartbreak Warfare" (video after the jump). Introspective and emotionally charged, Mayer's soulsearching has yielded a transitional album that makes us glad we're along for the ride. Here's hoping that his million+ Twitter followers react as enthusiastically to his music as they do to his "tweets." It's a brave new world this odd "business" has evolved into...but it's people like Mayer that keep things interesting.

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John Mayer - "Heartbreak Warfare" (from the album Battle Studies)

John Mayer - "Who Says" (from the album Battle Studies)

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Pop/Rock - It's easy to forget just what a massive album Sheryl Crow's debut Tuesday Night Music Club was back in 1994. The result of a collaborations with a close knit group of L.A. friends and fellow musicians including producer/writer Bill Bottrell, David Baerwald, David Ricketts (David and David) and the late Keven Gilbert, 93's SNMC was a brilliant, admittedly uneven and genre-busting album of SoCal spunky pop/rock with blues, alt/country and jazz influences. But it wasn't until the following year that the album took off on the back of a string of singles ("All I Wanna Do", "Leaving Las Vegas", "Strong Enough") going on to sell over seven million copies worldwide and establishing Crow as a female performer of both smart, sexy appeal and determined will. Crow picked up three Grammy awards including Record of the Year and Best New Artist. Beyond the hits, Tuesday Night was a groundbreaking album displaying a variety of moods and themes with many of the disc's best tracks - "No One Said It Would Be Easy", "We Do What We Can", "I Still Believe" - getting the least amount of radio focus.

Arriving November 17 is a special expanded version of Tuesday Night Music Club featuring a second disc of ten rare tracks, B-sides and outtakes and covers (Eric Carmen's "All By Myself", Led Zep's "D'yer Maker"). Four songs that were recorded in '95 and intended for Crow's next album are also included with new production from original TNMC producer Bottrell. A "Deluxe" 3-disc set also features a DVD of six music videos along with a mini-documentary of live performances, backstage footage and more from Crow's extended tour in support of Tuesday Night Music Club.

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Sheryl Crow - "We Do What We Can" (from the album Tuesday Night Music Club)

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Pop/Adult - “Change is what a lot of this record is about," sums up Norah Jones of her forthcoming album The Fall (Blue Note). “I’ve gone through a lot of transitions in the last couple of years, musically and personally,” she tells the New York Times. “And then in a way, we all have, with everything that’s been going on.” As we revealed here in July, Jones worked with Kings of Leon producer Jacquire King on The Fall to create a sound -- or "zone" as she calls it -- that is decidedly different from her usual mellow country cabaret sound, into what the NYT calls an "atmospheric rock record drenched in hazy reverb and rooted in chugging rhythm."

But it's not just a the past production style that has been jettisoned here. Jones has been working with a not only a variety of new co-writers (including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff) but also, with King's assistance, an impressive array of new studio musicians to flesh out her bold new direction. The result is an album that, even on her standard ballad fare, bristles with both new found edge and energy. New songs include "Young Blood", "Light As A Feather" (written with Adams) and "Stuck" (a collaboration with Sheff). Reaffirming her theme of change, Jones sings on the confessional waltz "Back to Manhattan", "“I don’t know nothing about leaving, but I should do it today.” We can't wait.

In the meantime, check out her performance of "Young Blood" (and The Fall tracklisting after the jump).

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Norah Jones - "Chasing Pirates" (from the album The Fall)

Norah Jones - "Man of the Hour" (from The Fall, recorded for the "Radio Happy Hour" netcast)

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Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment (Pop)

Annie - Don't Stop (Pop/Electronica/Dance)

Beak - Beak> (Electronica/Ambient/Experimental)

Boyz 2 Men - Love (R+B/Pop)

Casting Crowns - Until the Whole World Hears (Rock/Pop/Christian)

Christine Lavin - Cold Pizza for Breakfast (Folk/Pop)

Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend of a Friend (Country/Americana)*

David Bowie - Space Oddity (40th Anniversary Edition (Rock/Classic/Pop)*

Fall Out Boy - Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits (Rock/Pop)

Forever the Sickest Kids - The Weekend: Friday (Rock/Pop/Punk)

George Benson - Songs and Stories (Jazz/Pop/R+B)

John Mayer - Battle Studies (Pop/Rock)

Justin Bieber - My World (Teen/Pop)

Katy Perry - MTV Unplugged (Pop/Rock)*

Kris Allen - Kris Allen (Pop)

Leona Lewis - Echo (Pop/R+B)*

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (Deluxe Edition) (Pop)*

Manu Chao - Baionarena (International/Pop/Reggae)*

Mark Matos - Words of the Knife (Pop/Alt/Rock)*

Nice Guy Trio - Here Comes The Nice Guy Trio (Jazz/Folk)

Nirvana - Live at Reading (Rock/Alt)

Norah Jones - The Fall (Pop/Adult)*

One Republic - Waking Up (Pop/Rock)

Paul McCartney - Good Evening New York City (Live) (Pop/Rock/Classic)*

Pretty Ricky - Pretty Ricky (Hip-Hop/Pop/R+B)

Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe 2 (Rock/Metal)

Robbie Williams - Reality Killed the Video Star (Pop/Dance)

Rush - Working Men (Live) (Rock/Prog/Classic)*

Sarah Groves - Fireflies and Songs (Pop/Christian)

Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (Deluxe Edition) (Pop/Rock)

Sissy Wish - Beauties Never Die (Electronica/Pop)*

Various - A Very Special Christmas Vol. 7 (Pop/Holiday)

We All Have Hooks for Hands - The Shape of Energy (Rock/Indie/Pop)

We Shot the Moon - A Silver Lining (Rock/Pop)