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b'NPR Music\'s picks for the best albums out this week, including the highly anticipated third album by Atlanta rapper J.I.D. and a massive Blondie box set.

Featured Albums:
1. J.I.D \\u2014 The Forever Story
Featured Songs: "Dance Now," "Better Days," "Raydar"

2. Stella Donnelly \\u2014 Flood
Featured Songs: "Lungs," "Morning Silence," "How Was Your Day?"

3. Miguel Zen\\xf3n \\u2014 M\\xfcsica De Las Americas
Featured Songs: "Opresion Y Revolucion," "Tainos Y Caribes"

4. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith \\u2014 Let\'s Turn It Into Sound
Featured Songs: "Locate," "Have You Felt Lately?"

5. Blondie \\u2014 Against the Odds: 1974-1982
Featured Songs: "Rapture" "The Tide Is High (Demo Version)," "Heart of Glass"

Lightning Round:

Carolyn Malachi \\u2014 Counter Narratives
Julia Jacklin \\u2014 Pre Pleasure
Regina Spektor \\u2014 11:11 + Papa\'s Bootlegs
Valerie June \\u2014 Under Cover
Meechy Darko \\u2014 Gothic Luxury

Other notable releases for August 26:
blackbear \\u2014 In Loving Memory
Bret McKenzie \\u2014 Songs Without Jokes
Chris Forsyth \\u2014 Evolution Here We Come
Diamanda Gal\\xe1s \\u2014 Broken Gargoyles
Embrace \\u2014 How To Be a Person Like Other People
Eyedress \\u2014 Full Time Lover
Ezra Furman \\u2014 All of Us Flames
Ingrid Andress \\u2014 Good Person
Marcus King \\u2014 Young Blood
Muse \\u2014 Will Of The People
Pantha du Prince \\u2014 Garden Gaia
Pianos Become the Teeth \\u2014 Drift
S\\xe9l\\xe9b\\xe9yone \\u2014 Xaybu: The Unseen
Spice \\u2014 Emancipated
William Orbit \\u2014 The Painter
Yellowjackets \\u2014 Parallel Motion

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