Due in stores Tuesday:

-Eliza Gilkyson, “Beautiful World” (Red House).

-Al Green, “Lay It Down” (Blue Note Records). Features duets with John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae and Anthony Hamilton.

-Andy Griggs, “The Good Life” (Montage Music Group).

-John Hiatt, “Same Old Man” (New West Records). Deluxe version contains bonus DVD with six live performances.

-Cyndi Lauper, “Bring Ya to the Brink” (Epic). “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” singer’s first album of new material in 12 years.

-Sam Phillips, “Don’t Do Anything” (Nonesuch).

-Soundtrack, “Sex and the City: Music from the Original Motion Picture” (New Line Records). Features tracks from Fergie, Nina Simone, India.Arie and Al Green featuring Joss Stone.

-36 Crazyfists, “The Tide and Its Takers” (Ferret Records). Post-hardcore band from Anchorage.

-Usher, “Here I Stand” (Jive). Follow-up to 2004’s nine-times platinum album “Confessions” features the single “Love in This Club.”

By Tamara Warren/Detroit Free Press

DETROIT - When it comes to the dance music charts, Detroit native Quentin Harris seems to have wrapped things up. Harris, who is in mid-30s, lives in New York and is an integral figure in the house music scene.

He’s had a number of remixes that were dance chart hits, including Mariah Carey’s “Don’t Forget About Us” and Floetry’s “Superstar,” while his takes on India.Arie’s “Ready for Love ” and “Cloud 9″ for R&B singer Donnie have caught on in the club scene. On “No Politics” his first full-length album, released last fall, he solidified his stake as an innovator in deep-house territory, with a sound based heavily in programming but featuring added textures from the multi-instrumentalist. Long before he made the move to New York, Harris developed his talent during the mid-’90s in Detroit hip-hop circles.

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