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New Music Friday: Our Top 10 Albums Out On Jan. 31

01.31.2020 - By NPRPlay

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Torres, Kesha, Drive-By Truckers, the British folk singer Sam Lee and more make our shortlist for this week's best new albums.

Featured Albums:

1. Drive-By Truckers — The Unraveling

Featured Songs: "Armageddon's Back In Town" and "21st Century USA"

2. Kesha — High Road

Featured Song: "The Potato Song (Cuz I Want To)"

3. Torres — Silver Tongue

Featured Songs: "Good Grief" and "Last Forrest"

4. Frances Quinlan — LIkewise

Featured Song: "A Secret"

5. Rafiq Bhatia — Standars Vol. 1

Featured Song: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

6. Poliça — When We Stay Alive

Featured Song: "Fold Up"

7. Sam Lee — Old Wow

Featured Song: "Lay This Body Down"

8. Son Little — Aloha

Featured Song: "O Clever One"

9. Squirrel Flower — I Was Born Swimming

Featured Song: "Streetlight Blues"

10. Walter Martin — The World At Night

Featured Song: "Hey Joe"

Other notable releases for Jan. 31: Andras — Joyful; Ben Watt — Storm Damage; Dan Deacon — Mystic Familiar; Destroyer — Have We Met?; Freddie Gibbs and Madlib — Bandana Beats; Jose Feliciano — Behind This Guitar; Lil Wayne — Funeral; Meghan Trainor — Treat Myself; Neneh Cherry — Raw Like Sushi (30th Anniversary Edition); Squarepusher — Be Up A Hello; Tall Tall Trees — A Wave Of Golden Things; Tre Burt — Caught it From the Rye.

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