The Listening Room: Justin Timberlake, AWOLNATION, Simple Minds, Big K.R.I.T. and more...

Checking out this week’s new music releases...

• Album of the Week: As if performing during Super Bowl LXII’s halftime isn’t enough, Justin Timberlake drops his fifth solo album -- and first in nearly five years -- “Man Of The Woods” (RCA), featuring collaborations with Alicia Keys, Chris Stapleton, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and the Neptunes and more.

• Album Title of the Week: AWOLNATION, “Here Come The Runts” (Red Bull);

• New & Noteworthy: Big K.R.I.T., “4eva Is A Mighty Long Time” (BMG); Field Music, “Open Here” (Memphis Industries); James Hunter Six, “Whatever It Takes” (Daptone); Migos, “Culture II” (Quality Control); Montgomery Gentry, “Here’s To You” (Average Joe’s); John Oates & the Good Road Band, “Arkansas” (PS); Simple Minds, “Walk Between Worlds” (BMG); The Wood Brothers, “One Drop Of Truth” (Honey Jar);

• Also Out: Bernard Allison, “Let It Go” (Ruf); Autopsy, “Puncturing The Grotesque” (Peaceville); Bat Fans, “Bat Fangs” (Don Giovanni); Anna Burch, “Quit The Curse” (Polyvinyl); Joseph Calleja, “Verdi” (Decca); Kyle Craft, “Full Circle Nightmare” (Sub Pop); Fruition, “Watching It All Fall Apart” (LoHi); Hookworms, “Microshift” (Domino); Sebastien Izambard, “We Came Here To Love” (eOne); King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, “Polygondwanaland” (Blood Music); Julian Lage, “Modern Love” (Mack Avenue); Midnight, “Sweet Death & Ecstasy” (Hell’s Headbangers); Muddy Gurdy, “Muddy Gurdy” (VizzTone); Nai Palm, “Needle Paw” (Sony Masterworks); Raven and Red, “We Rise Up” (Line Crossing); Steve Reich, “Pulse/Quartet” (Nonesuch); Rhye, “Blood” (Loma Vista); Saxon, “Thunderbolt” (Militia Guard); Tyler Morris Band, “Next In Line” (VizzTone); Various Artists, “NOW That’s What I Call Music, Vol. 65” (CMG); Sonya Yoncheva & the Munich Radio Orchestra, “The Verdi Album” (Sony Classical)

• From The Vaults: Bee Gees, “One For All Tour Live In Australia 1989” (Eagle Vision); Grateful Dead, “Road Trips Vol. 4, No. 3 -- Denver ‘73” (Real Gone); Lou Reed, “Waltzing Matilda” (Easy Action); Roxy Music, “Roxy Music: Super Deluxe” (Virgin/UMe); W.A.S.P., “Re-Idolized” (Napalm); Frank Zappa, “The Roxy Performances” (Zappa)

• Soundtracks: Charlie Clouser, “Saw Anthology, Vol. 1” (Lakeshore); Johann Johannsson, “The Mercy” (Deutsche Grammophon); Jeff Russo, “Star Trek: Discovery Original Series Soundtrack” (Lakeshore); Various Artists, “Lady Bird: Soundtrack From The Motion Picture” (Sony Legacy)