Also Out This Week

* Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP,” Aftermath/Interscope. More outrageous tales from rap’s top provocateur.

* King Crimson, “The ConstruKcion of Light,” Virgin. Then there were four: Fripp is joined by Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto.

* A Perfect Circle, “Mer de Noms,” Virgin. The much anticipated not-a-side-project from Tool’s Maynard James Keenan and company.

* Sonic Youth, “nyc ghosts & flowers,” Geffen. Cover art by William S. Burroughs adorns the Sonics’ ode to the Apple.

* Pete Townshend, “Lifehouse Elements,” Redline Entertainment. Portions of the Who-meister’s legendary lost opera.

* Various artists, “Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music Volume Four,” Revenant. A “secret volume” of the legendary compendium.

* Various artists, “ ‘Til We Outnumber ‘Em,” Righteous Babe. Springsteen, DiFranco, Brag and others from the Hall of Fame’s 1996 Woody Guthrie tribute concert.

* Widespread Panic, “Another Joyous Occasion Featuring the Dirty Dozen Brass Band,” Widespread Records. Live tracks from last summer’s tour.

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Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent). The albums will be in stores on Tuesday.