Looking a little thin this week, but I could go for Randy Travis singing gospel, so this new Glory Train collection sounds like it might be worth hearing.

Also, Brian Setzer wants you to Dig That Crazy Christmas. I'm particularly interested in hearing him take a crack at "You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch."

In hits packages this week, there's a Destiny's Child package with two new songs. Also, there's an NSYNC collection what, five years after anyone would care?

There's a new Johnny Cash collection, The Legend of Johnny Cash that is apparently the first career spanning retrospective, which is to say that it includes some American recordings. Really though, a ONE disc set of Johnny just ain't going to be enough but to get you started.

Also of possible interest, a new collection of They Might Be Giants rarities is out this week, They Got Lost.

Finally, I note a newly remastered edition of George Harrison's classic Concert for Bangledesh. However, I note criticisms suggesting that they've managed to "remaster" the backing singers pretty much right out of a lot of this. Doesn't sound real promising to me. I'm happy with the older CD edition. Getting the DVD would sure be nice though.

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

Randy Travis Glory Train Word Entertainment
Neo-Traditionalist Country, Country Gospel

Brian Setzer Orchestra Dig That Crazy Christmas Surfdog
Retro-Rock, Retro Swing, Roots Rock, Rockabilly

Destiny's Child #1's Sony Urban Music/Columbia
Teen Pop, Urban, Contemporary R&B, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop

The Fiery Furnaces Rehearsing My Choir Rough Trade
Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock

Rogue Wave Descended Like Vultures Sub Pop
Indie Rock, Indie Pop

Various Artists This Bird Has Flown: 40th Anniversary Tribute to Rubber Soul Razor & Tie
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock

Aerosmith Rockin' the Joint Columbia
Album Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Blues-Rock, Boogie Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop-Metal

Annie DJ Kicks K7
Alternative Dance, Dance-Pop, Indie Electronic

Daniel Ash Come Alive Psychobaby
Alternative Pop/Rock, Goth Rock

Emmanuel Ax Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 33, 38, 58, 60 Sony Classical
Classical Piano Sonatas

The Bacon Brothers White Knuckles Forosoco
Alternative Country-Rock, Country-Folk, Roots Rock

The Black Dog Silenced Dust Science
Electro-Techno, Techno

Sarah Brightman Love Changes Everything: The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, Vol. 2 Decca
Show Tunes, Musicals, Adult Contemporary

Vashti Bunyan Lookaftering DiCristina/Fat Cat
British Folk, Singer/Songwriter

Johnny Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Island
Traditional Country

Harry Connick, Jr. Harry for the Holidays [DualDisc] Sony
Traditional Pop, Swing, Christmas, Holiday, Mainstream Jazz

Counterpoint Counterpoint Sings Noel Albany
Christmas Carols from Around the World

Dead Can Dance Memento: The Very Best of Dead Can Dance Rhino
Dream Pop, Ethnic Fusion, Alternative Pop/Rock

Dramarama Everybody Dies 33rd Street
Alternative Pop/Rock, American Trad Rock, Hard Rock

Earlies These Were the Earlies Secretly Canadian
Indie Rock

Faith Evans A Faithful Christmas Capitol
Holiday, Contemporary R&B, Christmas

Jerry Garcia Ladder to the Stars: Garcia Plays Dylan Rhino
Folk-Rock, Country-Rock, Rock & Roll, Jam Bands

Gogogo Airheart Rats! Sing! Sing! Gold Standard
Indie Rock, Punk Revival, Post-Rock/Experimental, Experimental Rock

Gravenhurst Fires in Distant Buildings Warp
Indie Rock

Madi Ensemble Guillermo Gregorio: Coplanar New World
Avant-garde Chamber Music

George Harrison The Concert for Bangladesh Capitol
Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Country-Rock, Rock & Roll, Indian Classical, Raga, Political Folk, World Fusion

Joel Harrison Harrison on Harrison High Note
Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Mainstream Jazz

Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook Sony
Adult Contemporary

Mighty Sparrow First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection Smithsonian Folkways
Calypso, Caribbean Folk, Soca

*NSYNC Greatest Hits Jive
Teen Pop, Adult Contemporary, Dance-Pop, Euro-Dance, Urban

Joe Nichols III Universal South
New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Sumera: Mushroom Cantata & other choral works Bis
20th Century Estonian Choral Music

Robert Spano Del Tredici: Paul Revere's Ride; Theofanidis: The Here and Now; Bernstein: Lamentation Telarc
Modern Choral & Orchestral Music

Rebecca Pidgeon Tough on Crime The Lab
Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Ballads

Collin Raye Twenty Years and Change Infinity Nashville
Contemporary Country

Joe Satriani/Steve Vai/John Petrucci G3: Live in Tokyo Epic
Guitar Virtuoso, Instrumental Rock, Hard Rock

Slum Village Slum Village Barak
Underground Rap, Alternative Rap

Marty Stuart Badlands Universal South
Americana, New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country, Country-Rock, Progressive Country, Traditional Country

They Might Be Giants They Got Lost Zoe
Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop Underground

Toots & the Maytals Roots Reggae (The Early Jamaican Albums) Trojan
Rocksteady, Ska, Roots Reggae

Various Artists Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Saddle Creek
Indie Rock

Various Artists These Ghoulish Things: Horror Hits for Halloween Ace
Rock & Roll, Novelty

Various Artists Trojan Mod Reggae, Vol. 2 Trojan US
Ska, Rocksteady, Calypso

Tom Vek We Have Sound StarTime International
Indie Rock

Craig Wedren Lapland Team Love
Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock