A look at some of the summer's album releases

Sugar Ray. 50 Cent. Moby.
This summer promises so many new releases from old faces it might leave you asking, "What year is it again?"

JUNE

Jonas Brothers, "Lines, Vines and Trying Times" (June 16)
Lil Wayne, "Rebirth" (June 23)
The Mars Volta, "Octahedron" (June 23)
The Roots, "How I Got Over" (June 23)
Regina Spektor, "Far" (June 23)
Spinal Tap, "Back From the Dead" (June 23)
Tortoise, "Beacons of Ancestorship" (June 23)
Moby, "Wait for Me" (June 30)
Rob Thomas, "Cradlesong" (June 30)
Wilco, "Wilco (The Album)" (June 30)
Damien Marley and Nas, TBD (June)

JULY

Maxwell, "BLACKsummers'night" (July 7)
Queen Latifah, "Persona" (July 7)
Daughtry, "Leave This Town" (July 14)
The Dead Weather, "Horehound" (July 14)
Jordin Sparks, TBD (July 14)
Sugar Ray, "Music for Cougars" (July 21)
50 Cent, "Before I Self-Destruct" (July)
The Flaming Lips, TBD (July)

AUGUST

Imogen Heap, "Ellipse" (Aug. 4)
Sean Paul, "Imperial Blaze" (Aug. 18)
Colbie Caillat, "Breakthrough" (Aug. 25)
David Guetta, "One Love" (Aug. 25)
Willie Nelson, "American Classic" (Aug. 25)
Jet, "Shaka Rock" (Aug. 25)

(E-mail Aidin Vaziri at avaziri(at)sfchronicle.com.)

(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)
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