BON JOVI Bounce (Island/Def Jam) Bon Jovi wrote a CD with songs about 9/11 too, but if you think they'll get a two-day slot on Letterman, you're livin' on a prayer.
JURASSIC 5 Power in Numbers (Interscope) The alt-hip-hop collective collaborated with Nelly Furtado and Big Daddy Kane on their second LP.
SOFT CELL Cruelty Without Beauty (Cooking Vinyl/spinART) The synth outfit that gave us ''Tainted Love'' can expect the same in response to its first CD in 18 years.
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS The Last DJ (Warner Bros.) Lindsey Buckingham and original Heartbreakers guitarist Ron Blair make appearances.
GIMME FIVE Choice cuts for your mix tape
DAVID BAERWALD ''Hellbound Train'' (from Here Comes the New Folk Underground) Baerwald insists we're all on a southbound caboose -- and between reading the news and the cheerfully frantic tone here, who's to argue?
DIXIE CHICKS ''Tortured, Tangled Hearts'' (from Home) Another blessing on the damned -- here, anyone fickle enough in love to leave before the tattoos are dry.
BECK ''Guess I'm Doing Fine'' (from Sea Change) No you're not, you slurring fool!
SAM COOKE ''Tennessee Waltz'' (from Plenty Good Lovin') This chestnut never sounded less like a waltz than it does attached to a Memphis soul groove.
JOHN HIATT ''Where Nobody Knows My Name'' (from the Country Bears sound-track) It's possible to listen to this road anthem and not picture it being lip-synched by a guy in a mammoth bear costume...though not nearly as satisfying.
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