Strangers to Ourselves is the upcoming sixth album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse, which will be released on March 17, 2015, two weeks after its initially announced release date of March 3, 2015. The album was leaked to the internet on March 7, 2015.
It will be the band's first studio album since We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, released in 2007, marking the longest gap between studio albums in their career. Modest Mouse actually recorded two albums worth of material in their sessions, though the second album still has several songs incomplete.
The album's cover features an aerial image of Venture Out RV Resort, located in Mesa, Arizona.

Froot is the third studio album by Welsh recording artist Marina Diamandis, professionally known as Marina and the Diamonds. It was released on 13 March 2015 by Neon Gold and Atlantic Records, although the release date was originally April 3, preceded by the individual releases of five songs, one released each month to promote the album. David Kosten produced the album alongside Diamandis.

Madness is the upcoming fourth full-length studio album by American post-hardcore band Sleeping With Sirens. The album was released on March 13, 2015 through Epitaph Records. The entire album was self-produced by Sleeping With Sirens with John Feldmann. The album is the band's first release following their departure from Rise Records in 2014. It's also the first record to feature guitarist Nick Martin who replaced former guitarist Jesse Lawson. Madness was preceded by lead single "Kick Me" as well as a string of digital singles released in the days leading up to the album's release. The album continues the band's progression to a more pop rock sound, but retains some post-hardcore influences on tracks.

Strangers to Ourselves is the upcoming sixth album by American alternative rock band Modest Mouse, which will be released on March 17, 2015, two weeks after its initially announced release date of March 3, 2015. The album was leaked to the internet on March 7, 2015.
It will be the band's first studio album since We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, released in 2007, marking the longest gap between studio albums in their career. Modest Mouse actually recorded two albums worth of material in their sessions, though the second album still has several songs incomplete.
The album's cover features an aerial image of Venture Out RV Resort, located in Mesa, Arizona.

Tailgates & Tanlines is the third studio album by the American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 9, 2011, via Capitol Nashville. Bryan co-wrote eight of the album's thirteen tracks, including its first single, "Country Girl." American Songwriter called Tailgates & Tanlines "a soundtrack for fun and sun, along with an instantaneous cure for the summertime blues." The song "Too Damn Young" was originally performed by Julie Roberts on her 2006 album Men & Mascara.

The Hunting Party is the sixth studio album by American rock band Linkin Park. The album, self-produced by band members Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 13, 2014. It is the first album since Meteora not to be produced with Rick Rubin, after producing the band's previous three studio albums. The title The Hunting Party is a contextual metaphor: Linkin Park is the party that is hunting to bring back the energy and soul of rock.
The Hunting Party is a departure from the electronic rock sound of the band's previous two studio albums. The album, described by Shinoda as simply "a rock record", serves a statement by the band against contemporary mainstream and active rock bands, accused by Shinoda as "trying to be other bands and playing it safe". Packaged by an artwork by Brandon Parvini based off an original drawing by James Jean, the album took under a year to record and produce, with material being improvisationally written in the studio by the band.

Journals is the second compilation album by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber as the follow-up to My Worlds: The Collection. Journals was released only as a digital download on iTunes on December 23, 2013 by Island Records. A ten-week digital download campaign entitled Music Mondays, in which one new song was released every Monday night, was held from October 7, 2013 to December 9, 2013. Journals includes five previously unreleased songs in addition to the ten Music Monday releases. Despite promotions of the album that helped Bieber reach number one on the Social 50 chart and the release planned to capitalize the sales rush before Christmas, the album did not fare well commercially, thus it did not chart on the Billboard 200 due to its first week sales going unreported. It was met with mixed to negative reviews from critics.

Songs of Love and Hate is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album was released on March 19, 1971, through Columbia Records.

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987 on Geffen Records. It was well received by critics and topped the Billboard 200 chart. By September 2008, the album has been certified 18× platinum by the RIAA, making it the best-selling record released on Geffen and best-selling American debut.
The album has sold 30 million copies worldwide.

Giant Steps is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader, released in 1960 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1311. His first album for his new label Atlantic, it is the breakthrough album for Coltrane as a leader, and many of its tracks have become practice templates for jazz saxophonists. In 2004, it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.

Hail to the King is the sixth studio album by American band Avenged Sevenfold. It was released on August 23, 2013 in New Zealand and Australia, and was released on iTunes on August 27, 2013 and in North America on the same day. The album was produced by Mike Elizondo. This marks the first album with new drummer Arin Ilejay, who joined the band as a touring drummer in 2011 before becoming an official member in 2013. This is also the first Avenged Sevenfold album without any musical contributions from the band's late drummer, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan, however the bonus track, "St. James", was written in his memory.
The album was a commercial and critical success, reaching number 1 on the Billboard 200. This marks Avenged Sevenfold's second album to top the Billboard chart as well as their first to reach number 1 in the UK, topping the UK Albums Chart. It also topped the Canadian, Brazilian, Finnish and Irish album charts. Also, the album spawned two number 1 singles on Billboard's Mainstream Rock, Hail to the King, and Shepherd of Fire. The former spent 11 weeks on the top of the chart. On July 16, 2014 the album was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.

If there's any record that makes the case for 2Pac as not only rap's most powerful emotional wrecking ball but also a great lyricist in the most traditional sense, it's probably Me Against the World. Where he was still finding his voice on earlier efforts and he completely unhinged from craft in the name of urgency with the later ones, Me Against finds him balancing his usual rage with some of the most tightly constructed writing of his career. Whether he's indulging his increasingly frantic mortality obsession with "Death Around the Corner" or having a heart-to-heart with that special lady on "Dear Mama," every song has a purpose, every word has its place. The production is as thin as it ever was—all G-Funk wheeze cliches, Quiet Storm chords and canned slap bass—and yet none of it detracts from 2Pac's potency. It's hard to imagine any backdrop that could.

Froot is the third studio album by Welsh recording artist Marina Diamandis, professionally known as Marina and the Diamonds. It was released on 13 March 2015 by Neon Gold and Atlantic Records, although the release date was originally April 3, preceded by the individual releases of five songs, one released each month to promote the album. David Kosten produced the album alongside Diamandis.

1989 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on October 27, 2014, through Big Machine Records. 1989 is a pop album that was described by the artist as her "first documented official pop album." As of the week ending March 8, 2015, the album had outsold the accumulated sales of both of Swift's previous two albums, Speak Now and Red, in the U.S. According to Nielsen Music, total U.S. sales were 4.505 million after the week ending March 8, 2015.
Swift began preparing for the album during the same year that Red was released, and, during a significant amount of media scrutiny. Over the course of the two-year songwriting period, she primarily collaborated with producers Max Martin and Shellback—Martin served as the album's executive producer alongside Swift. The album's title was inspired by the pop-music scene of Swift's birth year, and its musical content represents a stylistic departure from the country pop of her previous albums.
In contrast to Swift's previous work, the production of 1989 consists of drum programming, synthesizers, pulsating bass, processed backing vocals, and guitars.

V is the fifth studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on August 29, 2014, by Interscope Records. V was Maroon 5's first album to be released through Interscope after the band's previous label, A&M Octone Records, transferred them along with most of its artists to Interscope. The album also saw the return of keyboardist Jesse Carmichael after his absence from recording, touring and promoting Overexposed. V debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 164,000 copies in the first week.

Montevallo is the debut studio album by American country music artist Sam Hunt. It was released on October 27, 2014, via MCA Nashville. Hunt co-wrote all ten tracks on the album. The album was produced by Zach Crowell and Shane McAnally. "Cop Car" was previously recorded by Keith Urban on his eighth studio album Fuse, who released it as a single in January 2014.

American Beauty/American Psycho is the sixth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 16, 2015 through Island Records as the follow-up to the band's comeback album Save Rock and Roll. The band wrote music while on tour with Paramore mid-2014 and it developed into a new album.
The album's release was preceded by the Platinum top 10 lead single "Centuries", released September 9, 2014 while the album was still being completed. The album's title track was released as the second single in the UK on December 15, 2014, receiving a radio premiere a month before on November 24, 2014. American Beauty/American Psycho debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, selling 218,000 equivalent copies in its first week alone and becoming the band's third No. 1 album.
In support of the record, Fall Out Boy played Soundwave in Australia and are scheduled for a UK tour and a co-headlining U.S. tour, The Boys of Zummer.

In the Lonely Hour is the debut studio album by English recording artist Sam Smith. It was released in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2014 via Capitol Records and Method Records. In the United States, it was released on 17 June 2014. The album includes the hit singles "Money on My Mind" and "Stay with Me", both of which were number one in the UK; the latter becoming a hit worldwide, peaking in the top ten in over 20 countries, including reaching number two in the US. The album's third hit single, "I'm Not the Only One", reached number three in the UK and number five in the US. A deluxe edition of the album contains five bonus tracks, including a solo acoustic version of Disclosure's single "Latch" and Naughty Boy's number-one single "La La La", on both of which Smith provided guest vocals.
Upon its release, In the Lonely Hour received mixed to positive reviews from music critics, who highly praised Smith's vocal ability but criticised the music for being too conventional. The album was a commercial success worldwide, peaking at number one in Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and number two in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the United States.