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Donna Summer, “Crayons” (Burgundy)
Donna Summer invented producer-driven dance music with her 1970s collaborations with Giorgio Moroder. She’s back after 17 years, this time with a few of today’s hottest hit-making gurus working behind the scenes. A fun update of those classic sounds.
3 Doors Down, “3 Doors Down” (Republic)
Mainstream rock rarely gets more shiny, overproduced and predictable than this, but longtime fans will find plenty to sink their teeth into on 3 Doors’ fourth album.
Mudhoney, “The Lucky Ones” (Sub Pop)
Twenty years in, and these grunge pioneers are as thorny and riff-obsessed as ever. “The Lucky Ones” presents the band in a stripped-down form that harkens to its mid-’90s discs like “My Brother the Cow.”
