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“Metals,” Feist’s album that is to be released Oct. 4, ignores all the glossy, computerized, impersonal pop of the 21st century. It’s made for intimacy, not for mass-market broadcast.

It was supposed to be a comeback of sorts, this strange, disjointed album, Sly Stone’s first release of new material since 1982. “I’m Back! Family & Friends” is part star-studded collaborations disc meant to evoke Carlos Santana’s career-reinvigorating “Supernatural,” part remix disc and part redone greatest hits, with a few new tracks tacked on near the end.

Singer Amy Winehouse's new album is expected to be completed next year, according to her record label Island.