NPR Music's picks for the week's best new albums include the long-awaited So Help Me God from 2 Chainz, country singer Chris Stapleton, the Afrobeats of Davido, Gillian Welch rarities and more.
Featured Albums:
1. Chris Stapleton — Starting Over
Featured Song: "Starting Over"
2. Davido — A Better Time
Featured Song: "I Got A Friend"
3. Quakers — II: The Next Wave
Featured Song: "Gun Control"
4. Hachiku — I'll Probably Be Asleep
Featured Song: "I'll Probably Be Asleep"
5. Gillan Welch and David Rawlings — Boots 2: The Lost Songs Vol. 3
Featured Song: "What Can I Do?"
6. 2 Chainz — So Help Me God
Featured Song: "YRB"
7. Katy J Pearson — Return
Featured Song: "Tonight"
8. Aesop Rock — Spirit World Field Guide
Featured Song: "Holy Waterfall"
9. Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin — FlySiffu's
Featured Song: "Mind Right"
10. Marika Hackman — Covers
Featured Song: "Between the Bars"
Other notable releases for Nov. 13: AC/DC — Power Up; BENEE — Hey u x; Goodie Mob — Survival Kit; Gwenifer Raymond — Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain; Jesse Kivel — Inifite Jess; Jules Shear — Slower; Nané — Nané; Randall Bramblett — Pine Needle Fire; Meg Myers — Thank You For Taking Me To The Disco and I'd Like To Go Home Now; Told Slant — Point The Flashlight And Walk; TSHA — Flowers.