James TaylorCoversHear MusicGrade: BJames Taylor is back with his first sudio album since 2002’s “October Road.” “Covers” showcases songs Taylor has covered in concert along with a few of his personal favorites. Fans will be pleased with Taylor’s soulful covers such as Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” and his own spin on Elvis Presley’s famous “Hound Dog.” This album promises to be a pleasant listening experience for any James Taylor fan.J. CHENIER- – – -Ben FoldsWay To NormalSony RecordsGrade: C+If there’s one thing Ben Folds knows how to do, it’s produce rollicking piano pop songs with catchy hooks and angry revenge-of-the-nerds-type     lyrics. This album is no real deviation from that norm, but the quality does not lack. Both the toe-tapping, up-tempo songs like “Hiroshima” and “Dr. Yang” and the mournful ballads like “Cologne” demonstrate Folds’ talent for intelligent song-writing. If only his 42 years on earth had taught him enough subtlety to not title songs about his ex-wife “Bitch Went Nuts.”L. WALCK- – – -Tom Morello The NightwatchmanThe Fabled CityThe Nightwatchman Music (BMI)Grade: C+The last thing anyone expected from Rage Against the Machine’s guitarist, Tom Morello, was a folk album. With 2007’s “One Man Revolution,” Morello proved that he could do more than just fancy guitar tricks. With his new release “The Fabled City,” Morello refines his punk-folk songs by adding cello and pedal steel guitars. Morello’s voice may put off some Rage fans, but on “City,” he establishes himself as a competent folk songwriter.B. LEJEUNE- – – -Paris Hilton’s My New BFFMTVGrade: F-Paris HIlton has created a show in which she can glorify herself over and over. Pathetic yet adoring girls — and two boys — try to win her affections. In the first episode, Hilton immediately sent four girls to the airport to head home. The next day, all the other people were succumbed to a full makeover because they weren’t hot enough for Hilton. Her manipulating ways have finally hit a new low.A. NORSWORTHY- – – -ChokeFox Searchlight PicturesGrade: B+It’s hard to make a vile, vulgar sex addict likeable. And it is even harder to make a con-artist with mother issues relatable. But the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s bestseller accomplishes both. From time to time, the acting seems forced, and the flashbacks become monotonous. But once audiences stop laughing at the relentless jabs at religion and relationships, they may realize becoming an emotionally numb cynic searching for his identity wouldn’t be that much of a stretch.D. ZERBY- – – -Miracle at St. AnnaTouchstone PicturesGrade: CAfter chastising Clint Eastwood for excluding black soldiers from his World War II films, Spike Lee presents the story of four black U.S. soldiers who rescue a young Italian boy while serving in WWII. Their internal battle with the thought of risking their lives for a country that treats them as subhuman is poignant. The movie is not. An over-indulgent Lee beats the message to the ground early on and later loses the viewer in a web of irrelevant subplots and unanswered questions.J. GUTIERREZ- – – -Editor’s Pick: T.I.Paper TrailAtlantic RecordsFor Fans of: Young Jeezy, Big Boi, Jay-ZWritten under house arrest, “Paper Trail” is the newest offering from Atlanta’s T.I. The album shows few signs of the jail time for a federal weapons conviction that could await the rapper. Instead, the album brags and boasts with songs such as “I’m Illy” and the M.I.A.-sampling “Swagga Like Us.” It hits a few low points with “Porn Star” and “My Life Your Entertainment,” but overall the album is a solid effort from the “Jay-Z of the South.”S. AYCOCK- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s entertainment staff at [email protected]