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* Face to Face, “Reactionary,” Lady Luck/Beyond Music. The songs on the punk band’s fifth album were selected by fans via Internet poll.

* k.d. lang, “Invincible Summer,” Warner Bros. Lang stays closer to the mainstream with music that lulls and caresses rather than shakes or rattles.

* Jack Lukeman, “Metropolis Blue,” Razor & Tie. Back in Dublin the singer has drawn comparisons to Morrissey, Bono and Tim Buckley.

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* Next, “Welcome II Nextasy,” Arista. The R&B; hip-hop group’s 1997 debut went double platinum.

* Todd Rundgren, “One Long Year,” Artemis. The 12 singles that the Wizard released each month last year on his subscription Web site.

* Sunny Day Real Estate, “The Rising Tide,” Time Bomb. The enigmatic Seattle band switches to a new label for its fourth album.

* The Young Dubliners, “Red,” Higher Octave. Bernie Taupin is the lyricist on the title track of the fourth album from the L.A.-based Irish-American hybrid.

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