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16 September 2025

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

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JadeThat's Showbiz Baby!

"She’s now finally concocted a recipe for success on her own terms - and it’s anything but vanilla" (10/10 - DIY). "Chaotic, intense, with a bit of everything thrown in" (8/10 - NME)

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Baxter DuryAllbarone

"It’s not often you’ll hear of an artist making the best work of their career by their eighth album" (10/10 - The Skinny). "This is a record that wants you to dance" (8/10 - Far Out)

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MarujaPain To Power

"The thrill of this band is the extremes. From moshpits one minute and silence the next, they are in command with their music, unifying the crowd" (10/10 - God is in the TV)

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CMATEURO-COUNTRY

"Who else could combine soul, yodelling, Jamie Oliver and Calpol into such charming songs about the messy modern psyche? Only Europe’s best new breakout star" (10/10 - The Guardian)

Wolf AliceThe Clearing

"Their boldest, most striking record yet" (10/10 - DIY). "Frankly, soft-rock has not sounded this grand in a long time, and only Wolf Alice could have crafted it" (8.7/10 - Northern Transmissions)

The New EvesThe New Eve Is Rising

"Velvets-style drone rock, trad folk, anarcho-punk and hippy whimsy are all discernible in the Brighton quartet’s debut album – all played with white-knuckle intensity" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Wet Legmoisturizer

"Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact" (8/10 - Slant)

LordeVirgin

"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

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7.3

RP Boo

I'll Tell You What

Third studio album and first featuring nothing but original material from Kavain Space, the Chicago-based electronic DJ and producer

Added: 09/07/2018
7.3

Polar Bear

In Each And Every One

Fifth album of experimental acoustic jazz from Mercury nominated London five-piece led by drummer Seb Rochford

Added: 20/03/2014
7.3

PinkPantheress

Fancy That

Second mixtape from the London singer, songwriter and record producer inspired by Basement Jaxx's 1999 album Remedy

Added: 09/05/2025
7.3

Nick Hakim

Green Twins

Debut full-length album from the Brooklyn-based R&B singer-songwriter and Berklee College graduate

Added: 21/05/2017
7.3

Moderat

III

Third studio album of minimal techno/electronica from the collaboration between Apparat (Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary)

Added: 01/04/2016
7.3

Metallica

72 Seasons

Eleventh studio album from the metal stalwarts produced by Greg Fidelman (Slipknot, Slayer)

Added: 13/04/2023
7.3

Maya Hawke

Chaos Angel

Third full-length album from Stranger Things actres and singer-songwriter is the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman

Added: 03/06/2024
7.3

Mark Eitzel

Hey Mr Ferryman

Tenth solo album and his first in three years from the American Music Club frontman

Added: 25/01/2017
7.3

Los Bitchos

Let The Festivities Begin!

Debut full-length album for the London-based instrumental quartet Los Bitchos produced by Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos

Added: 04/02/2022
7.3

Les Savy Fav

OUI, LSF

Sixth album and first since 2010 from the New York indie rock / art punk outfit

Added: 10/05/2024
7.3

Laura Gibson

La Grande

The latest album of gothic americana from the one-time Decemberist

Added: 04/01/2012
7.3

Jimmy Eat World

Surviving

Tenth studio album from the Arizona rockers, produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Paramore, M83, Nine Inch Nails)

Added: 17/10/2019
7.3

Janelle Monáe

The Age of Pleasure

Fourth album of funk, R&B and pop soul from the Atlanta artist and actress includes contributions from Amaarae, Ckay, Doechii, Grace Jones, Nia Long, and Sister Nancy

Added: 08/06/2023
7.3

Jamie T

The Theory Of Whatever

Fifth album from the London-born singer-songwriter and first for six years

Added: 21/07/2022
7.3

James Blake

Friends That Break Your Heart

Fifth album from the London-born singer-songwriter and electronic producer includes guest appearances from SwaVay, JID and Monica Martin

Added: 08/10/2021
7.3

Jack White

Entering Heaven Alive

Fifth solo album and second of two in 2022 from the former The White Stripes leader and Raconteur member

Added: 19/07/2022
7.3

Illuminati Hotties

Power

Third album from the Los Angeles indie pop band led by Sarah Tudzin was co-produced by John Congleton

Added: 23/08/2024
7.3

I Break Horses

Warnings

Third album from Swedish shoegaze / synth pop duo Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck

Added: 07/05/2020
7.3

Hiss Golden Messenger

Heart Like a Levee

Sixth album from MC Taylor's North Carolina-based indie folk ensemble

Added: 07/10/2016
7.3

EL VY

Return to the Moon

First album of funky indie from the duo made up of The National's Matt Berninger and Menomena/Romona Falls' Brent Knopf

Added: 21/10/2015
7.3

Death From Above 1979

The Physical World

Ten years after their debut, the reformed legendary Toronto dance punk duo release their second album

Added: 04/09/2014
7.3

Cowboy Junkies

All That Reckoning

First album for six years from the Toronto alternative blues and country quartet led by Michael Timmins

Added: 13/07/2018
7.3

Buke And Gase

Scholars

Third album of experimental indie pop from Arone Dyer (buke) and Aron Sanchez (gase), named after the handmade instruments they created

Added: 18/01/2019
7.3

Broken Bells

Into The Blue

Third album and the first in eight years from the indie rock duo Danger Mouse and James Mercer of The Shins

Added: 07/10/2022
7.3

Braids

Deep In The Iris

Third album of experimental indie / psych pop from the Canadian trio produced by Damian Taylor (The Killers, Bjork)

Added: 26/04/2015
7.3

Blood Red Shoes

In Time To Voices

Third album of grungey alternative rock by this duo from Brighton

Added: 21/03/2012
7.3

Blanck Mass

IN FERNEAUX

Fifth full-length album of drone-heavy electronica from Fuck Buttons’ Benjamin John Power

Added: 26/02/2021
7.3

Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah

Sour Soul

Collaboration between Canadian jazz instrumental hip hop trio BadBadNotGood and the Wu-Tang Clan member

Added: 16/02/2015
7.3

Autechre

Sign

Fourteenth album from the Rochdale electronic duo Rob Brown and Sean Booth

Added: 16/10/2020
7.3

Animal Collective

Isn't It Now?

Twelfth studio album from the experimental pop collective workinh with producer Russell Elevado

Added: 27/09/2023

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Double Infinity by Big Thief

"Classic melodies, spring water acoustics and pared-back poeticism about living in the moment fill Adrianne Lenker and co’s latest with life" (10/10 - The Guardian). "A gloriously satisfying record" (9/10 - DIY)

SuedeAntidepressants
"Eleven songs of resilience and rebellion that refuse to accept the status quo" (10/10 - musicOMH). "Confrontational, unfiltered and arguably one of their most electrifying releases to date" (8/10 - Clash)

David ByrneWho Is The Sky
"Much like the vast majority of his work these songs are so fun, so triumphant, so full of life that it's easy to feel reassured by them" (8/10 - All Music). "Weirdness and wonder abound at every turn" (8/10 - Mojo)

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"It’d take a cold, cold heart not to be energised by this" (8/10 - DIY). "Humour, imagination, and an impeccable musicianship that few can rival" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Blood OrangeEssex Honey
"It takes in all the avant-garde and otherwise out-there influences Hynes has encountered along his meandering way" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "A remarkable album" (9/10 - All Music)

Water From Your EyesIt’s A Beautiful Place
"One of indie’s most unique duos embrace sci-fi sounds, frightening existentialism and a newfound heaviness on their new album" (8/10 - NME).

LaufeyA Matter Of Time
"Laufey conjures a fairytale world woven from jazz, pop and a ticking clock" (10/10 - Laufey). "It makes for the boldest chapter in her artistic story yet" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Cass McCombsInterior Live Oak
"US indie’s steadfast storyteller makes a wonderfully unhurried double album his best yet" (10/10 - The Guardian). "At its best when it leans into the reverie with a riff that calls upon a relaxed stroll" (8/10 - Far Out)

Alison GoldfrappFlux
"Think of Flux as an elegant evolution. She’s still dancing, but this time with her heart closer to the surface" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Floats in an elegant yet directionless orbit" (6/10 - The Skinny)

Marissa NadlerNew Radiations
"It confirms her strength as a vulnerable storyteller in an era of frequent isolation" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Nadler still shines as a spell-weaver and mistress of moods" (6/10 - Mojo)

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Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.

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