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11 July 2026

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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The Rolling StonesForeign Tongues

The new Rolling Stones album is freewheeling, frisky and fabulous. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood make growing old sound like the best fun ever" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

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MadonnaConfessions II

"After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back? nicely into? old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York" (8/10 - The Guardian)

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mary in the junkyardRole Model Hermit

"A magnificent feat in angry, sad and fantastical folk-rock" (10/10 - The Skinny). The complex instrumental layerings and weaving storylines will entrance you (8/10 - Clash)

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Vince StaplesCry Baby

"An urgent manifesto against American injustice and complacency" (9.1/10 - Consequence of Sound). "The Long Beach lyricist delivers his most passionately political release to date" (8/20 - NME)

Boards of CanadaInferno

"The elusive Scottish electronic duo return after over a decade away with an immersive, multi-dimensional album that is both evocative and ambitious" (10/10 - musicOMH)

Ed O’BrienBlue Morpho

"The guitarist’s album might be the most Radiohead side project yet to emerge from the mother ship" (8/10 - The Irish Times). "Works that move and grow like the building blocks of life itself" (8/10 - Clash)

Kevin MorbyLittle Wide Open

"A masterpiece of simple and, at times, epic proportions that will linger deep within one’s soul" (9/10 - PopMatters). "The eight-minute-long title track is arguably Morby’s greatest song to date" (8/10 - Mojo)

Aldous HardingTrain On The Island

"A spellbinding listen, the high water mark of Harding's singular career" (9/10 - Exclaim. "It’s an oblique character study of herself, and the best album of her career so far" (9/10 - Pitchfork)

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7.2

Fruit Bats

The Landfill

Latest release from Eric D. Johnson's indie folk band recorded at Washington's Bear Creek Studios with the full band

Added: 26/06/2026
7.2

Freakwater

Scheherazade

Album number 10 and first since 2005 from the alt.country Louisville, Kentucky

Added: 12/02/2016
7.2

Francis Lung

Miracle

Second solo album from the Manchester-based singer-songwriter and ex-Wu Lyf bassist recorded in rural Wales

Added: 18/06/2021
7.2

Flohio

Out Of Heart

Debut full-length release from the Nigerian-born, London-based hip-hop artist features a guest appearance from HAWA

Added: 09/10/2022
7.2

Fionn Regan

The Bunkhouse Vol. I: Anchor Black Tattoo

Fourth release from the Irish folk singer-songwriter recorded to four-track with one mic

Added: 25/01/2013
7.2

Femi Kuti

Journey Through Life

Latest full-length release from the London-born, Lagos-raised saxophonist who is the oldest son of the late Afrobeat artist Fele Kuti

Added: 28/04/2025
7.2

Esben And The Witch

Older Terrors

Fourth album from the English indie rock trio recorded in Berlin, their new base

Added: 06/11/2016
7.2

Enumclaw

Home Is Another Life

Second album from the Tacoma, Washington indie rock quartet

Added: 30/08/2024
7.2

Eleanor Friedberger

Rebound

Fourth studio album from the American singer-songwriter and Fiery Furnaces member

Added: 30/04/2018
7.2

E.m.m.a.

Blue Gardens

Debut album from Liverpool-born, London-based producer with contributions from Sully and Rebel MC

Added: 21/08/2013
7.2

Dutch Interior

Moneyball

Debut full-length release from the slowcore, country-rock California collective who rotate singer/songwriters

Added: 21/03/2025
7.2

Duke Special

Oh Pioneer

Album number ten from the Irish singer-songwriter and pianist Peter Wilson

Added: 09/07/2012
7.2

Doug Paisley

Constant Companion

Second album of Alt country from the Toronto-based singer-sonwriter

Added: 21/01/2011
7.2

Devendra Banhart

Ma

Tenth studio album of alt indie folk from the Texas-born singer-songwriter/guitarist

Added: 10/09/2019
7.2

Denai Moore

Modern Dread

Third album from the British-Jamaican soul/R&B singer

Added: 06/07/2020
7.2

Deerhoof

Noble And Godlike In Ruin

Album number nineteen from the experimental San Francisco indie rock quartet featuring a guest appearance from Saul Williams

Added: 25/04/2025
7.2

Death In Vegas

Death Mask

Sixth album and first for nine years from the English psych-rock / electronica band led by original member Richard Fearless

Added: 06/06/2025
7.2

Danny L Harle

Cerulean

Second full-length release from THE pop producer featurING guest appearances from Clairo, Kacha, Dua Lipa, Pinkpantheress and Caroline Polachek

Added: 13/02/2026
7.2

Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles

Second self-titled album from the Toronto-based electro duo

Added: 07/05/2010
7.2

Creep Show

Yawning Abyss

Second collaboration between John Grant, Wrangler's Stephen Mallinder, Phil Winter and Benge

Added: 22/06/2023
7.2

Courtney Marie Andrews

Honest Life

Third album from the Phoenix, Arizona indie-folk singer-songwriter

Added: 29/01/2017
7.2

Corinne Bailey Rae

The Sea

Second soul/R&B album from Leeds singer-songwriter informed by death of her husband Jason Rae

Added: 26/01/2010
7.2

Conquering Animal Sound

Kammerspiel

Debut album of experimental pop and ambient textures from the Glasgow duo

Added: 25/03/2011
7.2

Conquering Animal Sound

On Floating Bodies

Second album of experimental pop and ambient electro from Glasgow duo James Scott and Anneke Kampman

Added: 18/03/2013
7.2

Connie Constance

Miss Power

Second album from the Watford-born indie-pop singer-songwriter Constance Power

Added: 06/11/2022
7.2

Coliseum

Anxiety's Kiss

Fifth album of metal tinged pop-punk from the Louisville, Kentucky three-piece

Added: 12/05/2015
7.2

Chubby and the Gang

The Mutt’s Nuts

Second album from the London-based punk rock five-piece produced by Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco

Added: 01/09/2021
7.2

Calexico

Edge of the Sun

Ninth album from the Tucson indie band with Latin and jazz-funk influences, featuring contributions from the Greek instrumental group Takim

Added: 10/04/2015
7.2

Brigid Mae Power

The Two World

Second album from the Irish folk singer-songwriter, featuring her husband Peter Broderick

Added: 12/02/2018
7.2

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

Pond Scum

A collection of career-spanning tracks recorded for the late Radio 1 DJ John Peel over a period of 8 years

Added: 26/01/2016

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