New Music Friday: The top 10 albums out on Oct. 29

Published: Oct. 29, 2021, 9 a.m.

NPR Music picks the best new albums out this week, including new releases by Tori Amos, Mick Jenkins, Mon Laferte, The War on Drugs and more.

Featured Albums
1. The War on Drugs \u2014 I Don't Live Here Anymore
Featured Song: "Change"
2. Mick Jenkins \u2014 Elephant in the Room
Featured Song: "Stiff Arm"
3. Tori Amos \u2014 Ocean to Ocean
Featured Song: "Speaking With Trees"
4. Emily Scott Robinson \u2014 American Siren
Featured Song: "Let 'Em Burn"
5. Lily Konigsberg \u2014 Lily We Need to Talk Now
Featured Song: "Alone"
6. Eris Drew \u2014 Quivering in Time
Featured Song: "Show U Love"
7. Mon Laferte \u2014 1940 Carmen
Featured Song: "Algo Es Mejor"
8. Theon Cross \u2014 Intra-I
Featured Song: "40Tude"
9. Lilli Lewis \u2014 Americana
Featured Song: "Wrecking Ball"
10. Johnathan Blake \u2014 Homeward Bound
Featured Song: "Homeward Bound (For Ana Grace)"

Other notable releases for October 29:Ed Sheeran \u2014 =; Migos \u2014 Culture III; J\xf3nsi \u2014 Obsidian; Death Cab for Cutie \u2014 The Photo Album (20th Anniversary Edition); R.E.M. \u2014 New Adventures in Hi-Fi (25th Anniversary Edition); Spice Girls \u2014 Spice (25th Anniversary Edition); Johnny Cash \u2014 Bear's Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash at the Carousel Ballroom, April 24 1968; Maya Jane Coles \u2014 Night Creature; They Might Be Giants \u2014 BOOK; Charlotte Cornfield \u2014 Highs in the Minuses; Hayes Carll \u2014 You Get It All; Sam Evian \u2014 Time to Melt; Marissa Nadler \u2014 The Path of the Clouds; Mastodon \u2014 Hushed and Grim