CDs: music makes the perfect stocking stuffer no matter whom you're buying for, so check out these new releases for all tastes.

Melissa Etheridge Melissa Etheridge--Deluxe Edition (Island/UMe/Universal)

Fifteen years "later rids career-launching debut still holds up as one of the lesbian icon's best. Digital remastering makes it shine, but the real draw is the bonus disc containing two previously unreleased concert performances from 1988: a five-song acoustic show for the BBC and one at Los Angeles's famous Roxy.

David Bowie Sound + Vision boxed set reissue (Virgin)

Capitalizing on the success of his most recent album Reality (Columbia), Virgin rereleases the long-out-of-print 1989 retrospective with a new fourth disc, adding 23 more hits, B-sides, and rarities from the 1980s and '90s.

Cyndi Lauper At Last (Epic/Columbia)

Timeless standards from a timeless voice. Lauper tackles 13 classics with a little help from crooner Tony Bennett ("Makin' Whoopee") and Stevie Wonder on harmonica ("Until You Come Back to Me").

DJ Keoki, Kill The DJ: A Non-stop Mash-up Mix by Keoki (Hypnotic/Cleopatra)

The flamboyant superstar DJ now immortalized in the indie film hit Party Monster mixes the old with the new wave in an outstanding set, assembling 29 tracks from artists as diverse as Ladytron, the Ramones, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, and Felix da Housecat.

"Who Are These Strangers?" CD single (on behalf of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS; $3.99): This soaring anthem, performed by Michael Feinstein and produced by music veteran Billy Terrell, was written as a valentine to the gay community by legendary (heterosexual) songwriter Ervin Drake--he of "Good Morning Heartache," "It Was a Very Good Year," and "I Believe" fame, plus many more. In the lyrics, Drake--who at age 84 still gets riled about intolerance--drops a litany of famous gay names from Michelangelo to DeGeneres, arguing that each has made the world better.

Of course, Drake reminds us, not every gay name made his list. "At the recording session, Michael came out with a devilish glint in his eye and said, 'What about [a certain closeted movie star]?' I said, 'If he ain't out, he ain't in!'"

The single, which also includes Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor (performed by the Republic of Georgia's Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra), will be available by phone order through record label and distributor BCI Eclipse; a Web site as well as print and radio ads should surface by the time you read this. All proceeds--100% of the writer's, publisher's, and artists' royalties--will go to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Janis Ian, Live: Working Without a Net (Oh Boy) This double-disc compilation serves as a stellar career retrospective for the legendary lesbian singer-songwriter who's never been afraid to tell it like it is. It's available on her own Web site as well.

Reba McEntire Room to Breathe (MCA Nashville) In her first album since 1999, the Oklahoma diva displays her mastery not just of the songs she sings but of the stories they tell. No wonder she killed in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway.

Pet Shop Boys PopArt (Parlephone/EMI-UK) There was no U.S. release date set at press time, but die-hard fans won't mind the import price for this greatest-hits double disc featuring 33 of the dynamic queer duo's U.K.-charting singles since 1985, plus two new songs.

DJ Tracy Young White Party 2003: Flash Back--Fast Forward (Ferosh) Lesbian DJ-producer extraordinaire Young launches her own label with a mix that benefits South Florida's HIV-AIDS organization Care Resource, featuring circuit hits from Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Ceevox, and Alan T.

Wig in a Box: Songs From & Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Off) This benefit album for the Hetrick-Martin institute's Harvey Milk High School for queer teens adds to the legend of Hedwig, with notable collaborations between Sleater-Kinney and the B-52's Fled Schneider, Yoko Ono and Yo La Tengo, and Cyndi Lauper and the Minus 5, among others.

Madonna Remixed and Revisited (Maverick/Time Warner) Our bet for the hot stocking stuffer of the season is Madonna's new seven-song EP, mostly remixes from American Life--but also including the infamously raunchy MTV Video Music Awards version of "Like A Virgin" with Britney, Christina, and Missy Elliott, plus one previously unreleased Bedroom Stories-era track.

Stephen Merritt, Stephen Merritt-Pieces of April (Nonesuch) Queer songwriter Merritt previews not only four new Magnetic Fields tracks as the soundtrack of this film festival favorite but also the solo "(One April Day," penned specifically for the film.

Jane Siberry Sushan the Palace (Hymns of Earth) (Sheeba) From her own record label Canada's most intriguing diva offers lush seasonal soundscapes featuring traditional hymns by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn-Battholdy, and Holst.

Grease soundtrack, deluxe edition (Polydor/UMe/Universal) To celebrate 25 years of Grease being the word, this digitally remastered reissue offers a bonus disc of unreleased instrumentals, dance megamixes, and remixes for your sing-along pleasure.