The covers-heavy set includes Roth's renditions of the Doors' "Soul Kitchen," the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows," Jimi Hendrix's "If 6 Was 9," the Hombres' "Let It All Hang Out," and three Savoy Brown cuts: "You Got the Blues, Not Me," "Made Up My Mind" and "Stay While the Night Is Young."

Also included is the Steve Miller Band's "Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma," a music video for which will be released soon, according to a label spokesperson.

In addition to its bevy of cover tracks, the album also features several original tracks, including "Thug Pop," which Roth co-wrote with his one-time guitarist John Lowery (now John 5 of Marilyn Manson).

Guests on the album include saxophonist Edgar Winter and guitarist Niles Rodgers, both of whom appear on Roth's revamped version of the 1969 John Brim track "Ice Cream Man," which Roth first covered on Van Halen's 1978 self-titled debut.

Streaming audio samples of most of the new album's 14 tracks are posted at Magna Carta's website.

Over the course of his career, Roth has had a penchant for cover songs; during his six-album tenure with Van Halen, the group recorded eight covers (five of which appear on 1982's "Diver Down"), and all four tracks on his 1985 solo debut, "Crazy from the Heat," are covers.

Roth's live show has, in recent years, also been heavy on covers; nearly every song in the singer's set has been culled from his Van Halen days. To that end, Roth's current band--which backed him on his 2002 co-headlining tour with fellow ex-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar--features guitarist Brian Young, whose previous gig had him impersonating guitarist Eddie Van Halen in a popular VH-tribute outfit known as the Atomic Punks.

Longtime drummer Ray Luzier and former White Lion bassist James Lomenzo round out Roth's lineup.

Last year, Roth made the news not only for his outing with Hagar, but also for filing a lawsuit against his former Van Halen bandmates, whom he claims owe him thousands in royalties. Fans, in postings on various Internet sites, have widely adopted the viewpoint that the suit has extinguished any hope for a Van Halen-Roth reunion.