The "House" actor is hardly a Dr. John or Irma Thomas, as a jazzy-blues singer -- but bringing them on for prominent guest spots ups the good will on an enjoyable vanity project

Game was off his game with a still-charttopping 98,000 in album sales, while Streisand's Bergman-esque tribute sold 66,000 to bow at No. 4

New guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has no problem fitting in, but isn’t featured nearly enough in the band's 10th album

The country hunk can't rise above the idealized clichés of backroads romance on his determinedly upbeat third album

With fellow '90s indie-rock icon Beck producing, Malkmus has an album captivating enough to make you forget about his old band ... again

The songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman alternate schmaltz and profundity, but Barbra's unerring phrasing makes every line sound like buttery holy writ

Meanwhile, “Glee 3D” entered the album chart at No. 16 with a shockingly modest 20,000 copies

The album offers a case study in what can go right and wrong when dark work is shelved for commerciality

If you're burned out on "Glee" and "American Idol" soundtracks, the less predictable choices on the first "Voice" album could cure your aversion to TV-bred cover songs

They'd be the first to tell you how great (even Grammy-deserving) their new collaboration is -- and it's a pretty reasonable claim