Lambert vows to show fans his naked self, but ditching rock to overemphasize electronic dance production leaves his musical personality undetermined 

Snoop Dogg, Sheryl Crow and Merle Haggard all show up on Willie's mostly satisfying new album, but it's really a torch-passing exercise 

White's first solo album has a bit of a bad attitude about women, even as his all-female band helps drive the diversified rockers home

Jason Mraz abandons all attempts at pop-rap playfulness in favor of trying to revive easy-listening as an artform

On her first album in seven years, Raitt splits the difference between quiet covers of Dylan's most depressing ballads and reviving that greasy, slide-guitar-fueled, "Thing Called Love" spirit

Black Keys' Dan Auerbach produced Dr. John's "Locked Down," an album rife with late '60s flourishes and a Big Easy vibe

Reaching for maturity on an uneven fourth album, the former pop-punk band All-American Rejects sacrifices too much spunk