Neil Young has a greatest hits album out today. Young has shown remarkable restraint over the years in not loading up bunches of compilation albums. This is his first ever single disc hits set. Looks pretty good.

The Beatles have a new box set, The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1. It contains the first four American Capitol records (Meet the Beatles!, Second Album, Something New, Beatles '65), which were famously made from slicing and dicing the several albums they had already put out in England, where there were never albums of these titles. These four albums were the primary inspiration for the famous butcher block cover.

Artistically, it makes much more sense to skip these, and get the standard English albums as the boys put them out. However, they would quite understandably be a big point of nostalgia for American Beatles fans of a certain age.

Destiny's Child has a new album out, Destiny Fulfilled.

Eminem's Encore album is out. On the basis of the couple of songs I've heard, he seems to be about played out.

Besides Eminem, there are several big name rap albums this week, including entries from Snoop Dogg, Chingy, and a hits album by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

Bon Jovi has a box set, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong. I don't really give a rat's ass about Bon Jovi, me being a music fan and all. However, the title and album cover are cute.

Here's the complete list of this weeks major new albums, courtesy of AMG:

The Beatles
The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1
Capitol
Merseybeat, British Invasion, Rock & Roll

Destiny's Child Destiny Fulfilled Sony Urban Music/Columbia
Urban, Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop

Eminem Encore Aftermath
Hardcore Rap, Hip-Hop

Snoop Dogg R&G - Rhythm and Gangster: The Masterpiece Geffen
West Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap

The A-Bones Daddy Wants a Cold Beer and Other Million Sellers Norton
Hot Rod Revival, Garage Punk, Garage Rock Revival, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly Revival, Garage Rock

Clay Aiken Merry Christmas With Love RCA
Adult Contemporary, Teen Pop

Marin Alsop Philip Glass: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Naxos
Contemporary Orchestral Music

Pete Anderson Daredevil Little Dog
Americana, Guitar Virtuoso, Instrumental Country, Instrumental Rock

Bon Jovi 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong Island
Pop-Metal, Hair Metal, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Album Rock, Heavy Metal

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Greatest Hits Ruthless (Red)
Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap, Hip-Hop

Lenny Breau, Don Franks & Eon Henstridge At the Purple Onion Art of Life
Mainstream Jazz, Vocal Jazz

The Brian Jonestown Massacre Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective Tee Pee
Garage Rock Revival, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock, Rock & Roll, Space Rock, Shoegaze

Ian Brown Solarized Fiction
British Trad Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Chingy Powerballin' Capitol
Southern Rap, Pop-Rap, Dirty South, Party Rap

Collective Soul Youth El Music Group
Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, American Trad Rock

Rodney Crowell The Essential Rodney Crowell Sony
New Traditionalist, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Country-Rock, Progressive Country

Daddy G DJ Kicks K7
Downtempo, Trip-Hop, Dub, Club/Dance, Funk

Goo Goo Dolls Live in Buffalo: July 4, 2004 [CD+DVD] Warner Brothers
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Grunge

Heart A Lovemongers' Christmas Sovereign Artists
Holiday, Pop, Christmas, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Michael Jackson The Ultimate Collection Columbia/Legacy
New Jack Swing, Club/Dance, Pop/Rock, Urban, Funk, Dance-Pop

Larry the Cable Guy A Very Larry Christmas Warner Brothers
Standup Comedy

Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Crunk Juice [Bonus CD & DVD] TVT
Dirty South, Party Rap, Bass Music, Southern Rap, Hardcore Rap

Los Lonely Boys Los Lonely Boys [Special Edition] Sony
Roots Rock, Tex-Mex, Conjunto, R&B, Norteño

Maggini Quartet Peter Maxwell Davies: Naxos Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Naxos
Contemporary Chamber Music

Original Score Bad Education Sony
Original Score, Film Music, Soundtracks

Original Soundtrack Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Geffen
Soundtracks

Pearl Jam Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 Sony
Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

Rusted Root Rusted Root Live Touchy Pegg
American Trad Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Wayne Shorter Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter Legacy
Modal Music, Hard Bop, Post-Bop

Various Artists The Best of Can't You Hear Me Callin': Bluegrass - 80 Years of American Music Sony
Bluegrass-Gospel, Contemporary Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, Progressive Bluegrass

The Verve This Is Music: The Singles 92-98 EMI
Noise Pop, Dream Pop, Space Rock, Shoegaze, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Britpop

Rufus Wainwright Want Two Geffen
Chamber Pop, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Hugh Wolff George Antheil: Symphony No. 3 "American" and Other Orchestral Works CPO
Modern Orchestral Music

James Yorkston and the Athletes Just Beyond the River Domino
Indie Rock, British Folk-Rock, British Folk

Neil Young Greatest Hits [Bonus DVD] Warner Brothers
Album Rock, Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Country-Rock