A quick one, for it's a difficult week....

Not the best time to be doing a blog on new albums; this time of year is, as I have said before, full of re-issues, greatest hits and Christmas tat.

From this week's list I have therefore highlighted five albums that may be worth a listen, and two that should be avoided, if only on principle as they may be good but I'm just not giving them the opportunity.

I'll try not to be so lazy next week.

This week's releases:

Alfie Boe - Serenata 
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers 
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom 
Armin van Buuren - Armin Anthems - Ultimate Singles Collected 
Bette Midler - It's The Girls 
Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral 
Bo Street Runners - Never Say Goodbye - The Complete Recordings 1964-1966 
Bruce Springsteen - The Albums Collection Vol. 1 (1973-1984) [CD] 
Bryan Ferry - Avonmore 
Captain Beefheart - Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 To 1972 
Carcass - Surgical Remission- Surplus Steel 
Dame Shirley Bassey - Hello Like Before 
Daniel O'Donnell - Stand Beside Me 
David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed 
deadmau5 - 5 years of mau5 
Depeche Mode - Depeche Mode Live In Berlin 
Emigrate - Silent So Long 
Fugazi - First Demo 
Hans Zimmer - Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 
In This Moment - Black Widow 
Jeff Wayne - Highlights From Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds - The New Generation 
Joris Voorn - Nobody Knows 
Katherine Jenkins - Home Sweet Home 
Kings Of The South Seas - Kings Of The South Seas 
Kristin Chenoweth - Coming Home 
Luther Vandross - The Greatest Hits 
Michael Ball - If Everyone Was Listening 
Nickelback - No Fixed Address 
Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God I 
One Direction - FOUR 
Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me 
Robert Wyatt - Different Every Time 
Savages and Bo Ningen - Words To The Blind 
The Jam - Setting Sons 
The Kinks - The Anthology 1964 - 1971 
The New Basement Tapes - Lost On The River 
The Stranglers - Here and There: The Epic B-sides (1983-1991) 
Thompson - Family 
Trisha Yearwood - Prizefighter: Hit After Hit 
TV On The Radio - Seeds 
Various Artists - Christmas Words For You 
Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call The 90s 
Various Artists - 80s Mix 
Various Artists - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 
Various Artists - Anthems House 
Various Artists - Punk Goes Pop 6 
Various Artists - American Music Library (Hits of 1962) 
Various Artists and Bob Dylan - The Art Of McCartney (Amazon Deluxe Exclusive) 
Voices - London 
Whiskey Myers - Early Morning Shakes [UK Version] 
Within Temptation - Let Us Burn (Elements & Hydra Live In Concert) [2cd + Blu-Ray] 
Zac Brown Band - Greatest Hits So Far...