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Falling Down by Scarlett Johansson, from the forthcoming Anywhere I Lay My Head (Atco/Warner)
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She's not a singer, she just plays one — credibly and understatedly — on her debut album of Tom Waits's covers. Against a cinematic cloud of tinkles, white noise and David Bowie background vocals, the platinum-blond-voiced ScarJo passes her audition on the unhurriedly waltzing "Johanssonian" first single.
(Doin' the) Boom Boom by Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves, from Roll With You (Q Division)
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From a sharp-suited white boy improbably from Boston comes a Stax-soaked dance with a Hendrix ("let me stand next to your fire") breakdown. The "Paperboy" delivers one of the hardest working songs in show business.
Living Well is the Best Revenge by R.E.M, from Accelerate (Warner)
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A riled Michael Stipe snarls his way through punkish jangle-rock, calling out churchy conservatives on their sanctimony. And speaking of getting the last word in, R.E.M. silences naysayers with its best album in years.
That Kind of Man by the Heavy, from Great Vengeance and Furious Fire (Counter/Outside)
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A bruising Brit band called the Heavy pumps out soul-rock that's unyielding and fatly grooved, and the dude with a Mayfield-falsetto lets his lady know just what will and won't fly.
