The coolest sounding new release this week comes from Shout Factory records, which has a Great American Baseball Box. This bad boy has vintage radio broadcasts of Pete Rose beating Ty Cobb's record, Babe Ruth talking about baseball, etc. It has all kinds of groovy baseball related songs, from John Fogerty's "Centerfield" to Count Basie with "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?"

I'd have to check the dates, but I think Millard Fillmore was president when last Stevie Wonder managed to put out an album. The wait is over, though. A Time to Love is out now. We'll see if it rates all the hoopla.

The only thing worse than a talentless lip-synching teeny pop singer with empty bubblegum crap for songs would be that same singer trying to write serious songs to prove that she's really an artiste. Oh, and Ashlee Simpson's back with a new album called I Am Me. Is there in fact a "me" there?

Note that the Chris Botti CD has some purposeful factory corruption, with complaints showing up at Amazon about not even being able to play the damned thing. This sounds like some boring crap, but you'd be well advised to download this p2p if you feel the need to hear it, rather than paying money for something that won't work right anyway.

Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:

Animal Collective Feels Fat Cat
Experimental Rock, Indie Rock

Chris Botti To Love Again: The Duets Sony
Standards, Mainstream Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
FACTORY CORRUPTED CD WARNING

Depeche Mode Playing the Angel Sire/Reprise/Mute
Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance

Ashlee Simpson I Am Me Geffen
Teen Pop, Pop/Rock

Stevie Wonder A Time to Love Motown
Urban, Contemporary R&B, Smooth Soul

Bryan Adams Anthology A&M
Album Rock, Arena Rock, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary

Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Christmas Album A&M
Holiday, Jazz-Pop, Pop, Instrumental Pop, Christmas

Black Rob The Black Rob Report Bad Boy
East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap

Boards of Canada The Campfire Headphase Warp
IDM, Ambient Techno, Trip-Hop, Electronica

Bun B Trill Rap-A-Lot (Wea)
Dirty South, Southern Rap, Gangsta Rap

Chubby Checker The Best of Chubby Checker: Cameo Parkway 1959-1963 Abko
Rock & Roll, R&B

Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen [Deluxe Edition] A&M
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Blues-Rock

Billy Currington Doin' Somethin' Right Mercury Nashville
Contemporary Country

Greg Davis/Sebastien Roux Paquet Surprise Carpark
Minimalism, IDM, Experimental Ambient

The Dovells The Best of the Dovells 1961-1965 Abko
Frat Rock, Rock & Roll, Doo Wop

Melissa Etheridge Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled [CD & DVD] Island
Heartland Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Rumon Gamba The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Chandos
Orchestral Film Music

Mick Harvey One Man's Treasure Mute
Post-Punk, Experimental Rock, Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Country-Rock

Hockey Night Keep Guessin' Lookout!
Indie Rock

Josh Joplin Best of Josh Joplin Group Artemis Nashville
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Brie Larson Finally Out of P.E. Casablanca
Teen Pop

Tracy Lawrence Then and Now: The Hits Collection Dreamworks Nashville
New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country, Honky Tonk

Lightning Bolt Hypermagic Mountain Load
Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental

Louisville Orchestra Francais Moderne 1 First Edition
20th Century French Orchestral Music

Marah A Christmas Kind of Town Yep Roc
American Trad Rock, Christmas

Marah If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry Yep Roc
American Trad Rock

Martina McBride Timeless RCA
Neo-Traditionalist Country, New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country

Mest Photographs Maverick
Punk-Pop, Punk Revival

Jane Monheit The Season Sony
Vocal Jazz, Holiday, American Popular Song

Mother & the Addicts Take the Lovers Home Tonight Chemikal Underground
Indie Rock

Olli Mustonen Sergei Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite Ondine
20th Century Piano Music

Percussion Group Cincinnati John Luther Adams: Strange and Sacred Noise Mode
Modern Percussion Music

Tonus Peregrinus Dunstable: Sweet Harmony - Masses and Motets Naxos
Medieval English Liturgical Music

Original Game Soundtrack Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack Shout! Factory
Video Game Music, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

? & the Mysterians The Best of ? & the Mysterians: Cameo Parkway 1966-1967 Abko
Detroit Rock, Frat Rock, Garage Rock

Rev Run Distortion Def Jam
Pop-Rap, Hardcore Rap

Ringworm Justice Replaced by Revenge Victory
Hardcore Punk, Alternative Metal

Bobby Rydell The Best of Bobby Rydell: Cameo Parkway 1959-1964 Abko
Teen Idol, Rock & Roll

Dee Dee Sharp The Best of Dee Dee Sharp 1962-1966 Abko
Girl Group, Soul, Brill Building Pop

The Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers Drag City
Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Simply Red Simplified Verve
Sophisti-Pop, Blue-Eyed Soul, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary

Rod Stewart Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 4 J-Records
Traditional Pop, Adult Contemporary

Thrice Vheissu Island
Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore, Punk-Pop, Punk Revival, Emo

The Tymes The Best of 1963-1964 Abko
Soul, Pop-Soul

Various Artists Great American Baseball Box Shout! Factory
Documentary, Radio Shows, Speeches, Interview, Poetry, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Big Band

Various Artists The Squid and the Whale Ultra
Soundtracks, British Folk, Folk-Rock, Original Score, Post-Punk, Proto-Punk, New Wave

Wheatus Too Soon Monsoon Mri Associated
Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop

Brian Wilson What I Really Want for Christmas Arista Contemporary
Pop/Rock, Christmas, Holiday
FACTORY CORRUPTED CD WARNING