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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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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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7.3

Six Organs of Admittance

Asleep on the Floodplain

Latest album of new folk in the epic discography of band leader Ben Chasny

Added: 18/02/2011
7.3

Shelby Lynne

Revelation Road

Album number eleven from the Grammy Award-winning country / pop singer-songwriter

Added: 17/10/2011
7.3

Shearwater

Animal Joy

Eighth album from the Austin, Texas indie rock band fronted by former Okkervil River member Jonathan Meiburg

Added: 08/02/2012
7.3

Robyn

Body Talk Pt. 1

The first of three new albums in 2010 from the Swedish electro-pop singer-songwriter

Added: 09/06/2010
7.3

Peter Matthew Bauer

Liberation!

First solo album from The Walkmen's multi-instrumentalist as the band enter an "extreme hiatus"

Added: 23/06/2014
7.3

Oh Sees

Smote Reverser

Twentieth album of psyched-out garage rock from the San Francisco band and second under the abbreviated moniker

Added: 15/08/2018
7.3

NZCA Lines

Infinite Summer

Second album of electronic R&B from Michael Lovett, now with guitarist Charlotte Hatherley (Bat For Lashes, Ash) and drummer Sarah Jones (Hot Chip)

Added: 22/01/2016
7.3

Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats

Tearing at the Seams

Second studio album with the Night Sweats from the Denver singer-songwriter

Added: 08/03/2018
7.3

Micah P Hinson

And The Pioneer Saboteurs

The American alt.country singer-songwriter and guitarist with his follow-up to last year's covers double album

Added: 24/06/2010
7.3

Laurie Anderson

Homeland

The long-serving experimental performance artist returns, with contributions from Lou Reed and Keiron Hebden

Added: 20/06/2010
7.3

Lana Del Rey

Honeymoon

Fourth studio album from the singer-songwriter, including a cover of Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"

Added: 18/09/2015
7.3

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Let's Turn It Into Sound

Eighth album from the Orcas Island-born, Los Angeles-based electronic producer

Added: 23/08/2022
7.3

John Prine

The Tree Of Forgiveness

First album of new songs in 13 years from the American country folk singer-songwriter produced by Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit,Chris Stapleton, Ashley Monroe)

Added: 13/04/2018
7.3

Jim James

Regions Of Light And Sound Of God

Debut solo album from frontman of Louisville, Kentucky psych-rock band My Morning Jacket

Added: 31/01/2013
7.3

Japandroids

Near To The Wild Heart Of Life

Third album from Canadian duo Brian King and David Prowse

Added: 19/01/2017
7.3

J Mascis

Tied To A Star

The third solo album from the Dinosaur Jr alt.rock mainman is another stripped back affair

Added: 22/08/2014
7.3

I Am Kloot

Let It All In

Album No.6 from the Manchester indie rock trio, again produced by Elbow's Guy Garvey and Craig Potter

Added: 15/01/2013
7.3

Field Music

Commontime

Fifth album of alternative pop from Sunderland band led by brothers David and Peter Brewis

Added: 02/02/2016
7.3

Etienne Jaumet

Night Music

French electronic producer with a debut solo album of avant garde low key dance tracks

Added: 09/12/2009
7.3

Engineers

Three Fact Fader

Second album from London based dream pop shoegazers

Added: 01/08/2009
7.3

Emmy The Great

Virtue

Second album from London based, Hong Kong-born indie/folk singer-songwriter Emma-Lee Moss

Added: 03/06/2011
7.3

Dum Dum Girls

I Will Be

Former frontwoman with post-punk act Grand Ole Party, Dee Dee, with her garage pop debut in her new guise

Added: 23/03/2010
7.3

Deradoorian

Find The Sun

Second solo album from LA-based experimental alt.rock musician Angel Deradoorian and former Dirty Projectors singer

Added: 18/09/2020
7.3

Dark Dark Dark

Who Needs Who

Album number three from this Minneapolis eight-piece, who deal in chamber pop

Added: 01/10/2012
7.3

Crystal Castles

III

The third album by the Canadian experimental synth noise duo

Added: 08/11/2012
7.3

Cornershop

Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast

First album in seven years from the British indie ethnic fusion outfit

Added: 26/07/2009
7.3

Chastity Belt

Chastity Belt

Fourth album from the Walla Walla, Washington indie rock four piece led by Julia Shapiro and co-produced by Jay Som

Added: 19/09/2019
7.3

Charli XCX

Sucker

Second LP from the English popstar, cowritten with, among others, Rivers Cuomo & Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij

Added: 14/12/2014
7.3

Calexico

Algiers

Americana and alt country with a Latin flavour on album No.6 from the Arizona based band led by Joey Burns and John Convertino

Added: 03/09/2012
7.3

BTS

Be

Fifth Korean-language album (ninth overall) from seven-member South Korean boy band

Added: 20/11/2020

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"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)

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"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)

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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
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All-time top 10

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.