Two new albums jump out of the list this week demanding special attention from all cool people. First, Loretta Lynn has a new album produced in collaboration with Jack White. Early word on this has been positive.

Also, the Diana Krall album merits attention. I've never really paid much attention to the work of the new Mrs. Elvis, but The Girl in the Other Room has the distinction of all the songs being co-written by Elvis. A whole new album of Elvis compositions definitely rates a listen. Amazon buyers agree: This is currently the #1 selling CD at Amazon.com.

The Black Sabbath box is about $90 for nine discs. Suicide would certainly start to sound like a viable solution by about the middle of disc 3.

This weeks' major new album releases, from All Music Guide:

Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose Interscope
Styles: Alternative Country, Americana, Traditional Country, Progressive Country

Rockpile Seconds of Pleasure [Expanded] Columbia/Legacy
Styles: New Wave, Pop/Rock, Pub Rock, Rock & Roll

Diana Krall The Girl in the Other Room Verve

D12 D12 World Shady/Interscope
Styles: Hardcore Rap

John Abercrombie Quartet Class Trip ECM
Styles: Modern Creative, Structured Improvisation

Aron Quartett Schoenberg: String Quartets Preiser
Styles: Modern Chamber Music

Pete Belasco Deeper Compendia
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Contemporary R&B

Black Sabbath Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 Rhino
Styles: Heavy Metal, British Metal, Album Rock

Glenn Branca Lesson No. 1 [Bonus Tracks] Acute
Styles: Instrumental Rock, Experimental, No Wave, Experimental Rock

Mary Chapin Carpenter Between Here and Gone Columbia
Styles: Contemporary Country, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Country-Folk

Andrew Carwood Orlando Lassus: Quam Pulchera Es; Veni in Hortum Meum Gaudeamus
Styles: Renaissance Choral Music

Clifton Chenier Clifton Sings the Blues Arhoolie
Styles: Texas Blues, Zydeco

Marilyn Crispell Trio Storyteller ECM
Styles: Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz

DePaul Wind Ensemble Forget-Me-Nots Albany
Styles: Modern Chamber Music

Dave Edmunds From Small Things: The Best of Dave Edmunds Columbia/Legacy
Styles: Rock & Roll, New Wave, Pub Rock, Roots Rock

Tinsley Ellis Hard Way Telarc
Styles: Modern Electric Blues, Blues-Rock

Bela Fleck/Edgar Meyer Music for Two Sony
Styles: New Acoustic, Chamber Jazz, Progressive Bluegrass, Contemporary Jazz

Jolie Holland Escondida Anti
Styles: Alternative Country, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Country-Folk, Contemporary Folk, Folk-Jazz, Songster, Folk-Blues, Minstrel

Jersey Generation Genocide Universal
Styles: Ska-Punk, Punk Revival

Gary Karr Super Double-Bass: The Artistry of Gary Karr Lim
Styles: Romantic Chamber Music

Steve Kuhn String Ensemble Promises Kept ECM
Styles: Modern Creative

Joey McIntyre 8:09 Artemis
Styles: Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Lee Michaels Hello: The Very Best of Lee Michaels Sony
Styles: Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, AM Pop, Hard Rock, Psychedelic

The One AM Radio A Name Writ in Water Level-Plane
Styles: Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Lo-Fi

Original Soundtrack Porky's Revenge! [Expanded] Columbia/Legacy/
Sony Music Soundtrax
Styles: Pub Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll

Sam Phillips A Boot and a Shoe Nonesuch
Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock

John Pizzarelli Bossa Nova Telarc
Styles: Brazilian Jazz, Latin Jazz

Gary Puckett/Union Gap Young Girl: The Best of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Sony
Styles: Pop, Pop/Rock, Sunshine Pop

Linda Ronstadt Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas Elektra/Rhino
Styles: Mexican Folk, Mariachi, Latin Pop, Nueva Cancion, Ranchera, Latin Folk

Diana Ross/The Supremes/The Temptations Joined Together: The
Complete Studio Duets Motown
Styles: Motown, Soul, Pop-Soul, Uptown Soul

Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs Wooly Bully/Little Red Riding Hood Collectables
Styles: Frat Rock, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll

Janis Siegel Sketches of Broadway Telarc
Styles: Vocal Pop, Show Tunes, Cabaret, Musical Theater

Vassily Sinaisky Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol. 2 Chandos
Styles: Film Music

Patti Smith Trampin' Columbia
Styles: Rock & Roll, Album Rock

Otis Taylor Double V Telarc
Styles: Contemporary Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues

Various Artists American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics RCA
Styles: Teen Pop, Urban, Soul, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary

Various Artists Garage Beat '66! Volume I: Like What, Me Worry?!? Sundazed
Styles: Garage Rock

Various Artists Garage Beat '66! Volume II: Chicks Are For Kids Sundazed
Styles: Garage Rock

Various Artists Garage Beat '66! Volume III: Feeling Zero Sundazed
Styles: Garage Rock

Various Artists Spin the Bottle: An All-Star Tribute to Kiss Koch
Styles: Heavy Metal, Guitar Virtuoso, Pop-Metal, Hard Rock

Various Artists Sunnyside Cafe Series: Pop a Paris - Rock n' Roll and Mini Skirts, Compilation 1 Sunnyside
Styles: French Pop

Dale Watson Dreamland Koch
Styles: Neo-Traditionalist Country, Americana, Honky Tonk

Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes Smithsonian Folkways
Styles: Stride, Swing, Bop, Third Stream