New Music Friday: The best releases out on Oct. 27

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include the long-awaited sophomore full-length from Black Pumas, Peruvian electronic artist Sofia Kourtesis, The Mountain Goats and more.

Featured Albums:

1. Black Pumas — Chronicles of a Diamond

Featured Songs: "More Than A Love Song," "Gemini Sun," "Angel," "Hello," "Rock and Roll"

2. Sofia Kourtesis — Madres

Featured Songs: "Funkhaus," "Vajkoczy," "Habla Con Ella," "Estación Esperanza (feat. Manu Chao)"

3. The Mountain Goats — Jenny from Thebes

Featured Songs: "Fresh Tattoo," "Only One Way," "Going to Dallas"

4. María José Llergo — ULTRABELLEZA

Featured Song: "RUEDA, RUEDA"

5. Mint Field — Aprender a Ser

Featured Song: "Respiro Profundo"

6. Taylor Swift — 1989 (Taylor's Version)

Featured Song: "Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)"

7. Shabazz Palaces — Robed in Rareness

Featured Song: "Binoculars (feat. Royce The Choice)"

8. Nirvana — In Utero (30th Anniversary Super Deluxe)

Featured Song: "Heart-Shaped Box (Live In Seattle, Seattle Center Arena - January 7, 1994)"

Other notable releases for Oct. 27:

Angie McMahon — Light, Dark, Light Again

DJ Shadow — Action Adventure

Duran Duran — DANSE MACABRE

The Gaslight Anthem — History Books

The Kills — God Games

Mayer Hawthorne — For All Time

Mike Reed — The Separatist Party

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark — Bauhaus Staircase

Poppy — Zig

Wild Nothing — Hold

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