All Songs Considered | The best releases out on Oct. 20

U.K. singer-songwriter Sampha has become a go-to guest vocalist for artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Alicia Keys, Frank Ocean, Solange and Stormzy. Naturally, he’s got a distinctive, genre-blending style as a solo artist, too: Sampha’s second full-length album, LAHAI, showcases his vulnerability, growth and gorgeous vocals, which can sound both timelessly familiar and futuristic, often simultaneously.

We’ve also got a new album from The Rolling Stones called Hackney Diamonds — the band’s first collection of original material since 2006’s A Bigger Bang — and it’s a return to form that blew away the panel’s expectations. And All That Was East Is West of Me Now is the new solo album from Glen Hansard, an Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter whose career has included lengthy stints in The Frames and The Swell Season.

Featured Albums:

1. Sampha — LAHAI
   Featured Songs:  “Dancing Circles,” “Stereo Colour Cloud (Shaman’s Dream),” “What If You Hypnotise Me (feat. Léa Sen),” “Spirit 2.0,” “Only”
2. The Rolling Stones — Hackney Diamonds
   Featured Songs: “Bite My Head Off,” “Depending On You,” “Dreamy Skies,” “Mess It Up,” “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven,” “Whole Wide World”
3. Glen Hansard — All That Was East Is West of Me Now
   Featured Songs: “The Feast Of Saint John,” “Sure As The Rain,” “Bearing Witness”
4. Dylan LeBlanc — Coyote
   Featured Song: “Dust”
5. Helena Deland — Goodnight Summerland (Out Oct. 13)
   Featured Song: “Bright Green Vibrant Day”
6. Valee & Michael Vincent Waller — Valeedation
   Featured Song: “Tailor Swift”

Other notable releases for Oct. 20:

• awakebutstillinbed — Chaos Takes the Wheel and I Am a Passenger
• Blink-182 — ONE MORE TIME…
• Blues Traveler — Traveler’s Soul
• Bombay Bicycle Club — My Big Day
• Boys Like Girls — Sunday At Foxwoods
• Cher — Christmas
• Devo — 50 Years Of De-Evolution (1972-2023)
• Hauschka — Philanthropy
• Israel Nash — Ozarker
• Katie Von Schleicher — A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night
• Lost Girls (Jenny Hval & Håvard Volden) — Selvutsletter
• Pip Blom — Bobbie
• Poolside — Blame It All On Love
• Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter — SAVED!
• Salt-N-Pepa — Very Necessary (30th Anniversary Edition)
• The Shindellas — Shindo
• Sleaford Mods — More Uk Grim EP
• The Streets — The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light
• Summer Walker — Girls Need Love (Girls Mix)
• Vince Guaraldi — A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (first-ever release)

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