>LOVE GOD MURDER Johnny Cash (Legacy) "These songs are just for listening and singing," Cash writes in notes for Murder, one of three CDs in this inventive, thematically organized retrospective. "Don't go out and do it."

AFTERGLOW Crowded House (Capitol) Aussie pop maestro Neil Finn has culled the Crowded House archives for a baker's dozen of unreleased tracks and B-sides. Typically flavorful songcraft, piping hot.

ROYAL The Amazing Crowns (Time Bomb) Loud, raucous rockabilly performed at punk speed by Yanks who studied at the amps of the Clash, with shouted choruses patterned after English football chants.