Fall 2018 Music Preview: 45 Key Albums

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – September 6, 2018

In the gallery above, get details about (and listen to music from) the most noteworthy albums scheduled for release between now and the end of 2018, including music from Paul McCartney, Muse, Cat Power, Thom Yorke, Elvis Costello, Low, Spiritualized, and more. Only albums with firm (or mostly firm) release dates are included (that means no Childish Gambino or Vampire Weekend, among others), and the albums are listed alphabetically by artist.

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Loving the Alien (1983-1988) by David Bowie

Out October 12 on Parlophone. The fourth in a series of chronological Bowie box sets compiling all of his recorded material, Alien comes from a period that is dismissed by many fans, though it produced several of the star's biggest hits (like "Let's Dance"). But the most unique aspect of this 11-CD or 15-LP collection is something brand new: a complete reworking of Bowie's 1987 album Never Let Me Down—an album described by the artist himself as his "nadir," though it's more the dated production rather than the songs that let him down—which retains Bowie's vocals but features almost 100% new instrumentation on many of the tracks.

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"Zeroes" (2018 version)

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