New Music This Week - U2, Björk, Chris Stapleton and More

[The AllMusic New Release Newsletter]( New Releases for the Week of December 01, 2017 Here are our editors' picks for this week's most noteworthy new releases. Check out a specific album or visit our [New Releases page]( for more information. [Songs of Experience]( [U2]( [Songs of Experience]( Interscope Pop/Rock AllMusic Avg User U2 find themselves at a crossroads on the long-delayed sequel to Songs of Innocence. [Utopia]( [Björk]( [Utopia]( One Little Indian / Wellhart Alternative Pop/Rock AllMusic Avg User The Icelandic artist rebounds from Vulnicura's despair with lighter-than-air songs about thriving after loss. [Versatile]( [Van Morrison]( [Versatile]( Exile Records / Legacy Recordings / Sony Music Standards AllMusic Avg User Less than three months after Roll with the Punches, the Celtic soul man delivers a convincing program of jazz standards and originals. [Who Built the Moon?]( [Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds]( [Who Built the Moon?]( Caroline Alternative/Indie Rock AllMusic Avg User Gallagher revives his noisy, psychedelic glam side. [From a Room, Vol. 2]( [Chris Stapleton]( [From a Room, Vol. 2]( Decca / Mercury Nashville Country AllMusic Avg User Another modest, winning collection of straight-ahead, old-fashioned country. [On Air]( [The Rolling Stones]( [On Air]( Universal Pop/Rock AllMusic Avg User The first official release of the Rolling Stones' BBC sessions from 1963-1965. [The AllMusic New Release Newsletter]( [A-Sides 1978-2016]( [The Fall]( [A-Sides 1978-2016]( Cherry Red Alternative/Indie Rock [War & Leisure]( [Miguel]( [War & Leisure]( Bystorm / RCA R&B [Rocket to Russia [40th…]( [Ramones]( [Rocket to Russia [40th…]( GC / Rhino American Punk [The Visitor]( [Neil Young]( [The Visitor]( Reprise / Warner Bros. Pop/Rock [The Greatest Gift]( [Sufjan Stevens]( [The Greatest Gift]( Asthmatic Kitty Alternative/Indie Rock [Halftime for the Holidays]( [Dude York]( [Halftime for the Holidays]( Hardly Art Alternative/Indie Rock [A Farewell to Kings]( [Rush]( [A Farewell to Kings]( Mercury / Virgin EMI Album Rock [Hotel California]( [Eagles]( [Hotel California]( Asylum / Elektra / Rhino Album Rock [In an Open Field]( [Nick Krgovich]( [In an Open Field]( Tin Angel Alternative Singer/Songwriter [Xenoula]( [Xenoula]( [Xenoula]( Weird World Indie Electronic [Greatest Hits]( [Jake Owen]( [Greatest Hits]( Nashville / RCA / Sony Music Entertainment Neo-Traditionalist Country [Dear December]( [The Minus 5]( [Dear December]( Yep Roc Adult Alternative Pop/Rock [The Complete Atlantic…]( [Wilson Pickett]( [The Complete Atlantic…]( Atlantic / Rhino R&B [Mayhem]( [Steve Moore]( [Mayhem]( Relapse Records Soundtracks [The Moon and the Village]( [Nick Garrie]( [The Moon and the Village]( Tapete Records Indie Pop [Silverlake]( [Pugwash]( [Silverlake]( Lojinx Alternative/Indie Rock [The Way Is Read]( [The Staves]( [The Way Is Read]( Nonesuch Alternative/Indie Rock [Singles 1978-2016]( [The Fall]( [Singles 1978-2016]( Cherry Red Alternative/Indie Rock [All on the First Day]( [Tony, Caro and John]( [All on the First Day]( Gaarden / Tapete Records British Folk [Prins Thomas, Vol. 5]( [Prins Thomas]( [Prins Thomas, Vol. 5]( Prins Thomas Musikk Alternative Dance [The Graveyard and the…]( [A Certain Ratio]( [The Graveyard and the…]( Mute Post-Punk [Change]( [Cindy Wilson]( [Change]( Kill Rock Stars Alternative/Indie Rock [Ella at Zardi's](