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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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Energy

Third album of garage and house inspired dance music from the Surrey brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence includes collaborations with Kelis, Aminé, Slowthai and Common

Added: 27/08/2020
7.1

Dinosaur Jr

Farm

The US noise-rock specialists' second release since reforming, now back to the original lineup.

Added: 19/06/2009
7.1

Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland

Black Is Beautiful

Experimental electronica, dub and pop from the two producers who otherwise record as Hype Williams

Added: 16/04/2012
7.1

Dawn Richard

Second Line

Sixth album from the New Orleans electronic/R&B artist and former member of Danity Kane and Dirty Money

Added: 29/04/2021
7.1

Dananananaykroyd

Hey Everyone!

Glasgow six-piece with a debut blast of fast and furious pop-punk

Added: 16/04/2009
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Dan Sartain

Too Tough to Live

Speed pop, lo-fi punk and fuzzy new wave on the 6th album from the Alabama retro rocker

Added: 26/01/2012
7.1

Dan Deacon

Mystic Familiar

Fifth album from the Baltimore, Maryland electronica producer

Added: 28/01/2020
7.1

Crystal Antlers

Tentacles

Debut LP by Californian noise-rock freaks

Added: 07/04/2009
7.1

Crocodiles

Sleep Forever

Second album from Sand Diego-based indie rock / noise pop duo

Added: 15/09/2010
7.1

Converge

Axe To Fall

Massachusetts hardcore four piece with their seventh studio album. It's loud. Very.

Added: 29/10/2009
7.1

Comet Gain

The Howl Of The Lonely Crowd

The seventh studio album from these veterans of the British indie scene sees them continue their lo-fi, northern soul influenced sound

Added: 15/06/2011
7.1

Chuck Berry

Chuck

18th studio album and first since 1979 from the rock n roll legend, recorded just before his death

Added: 09/06/2017
7.1

Cherry Glazerr

Stuffed and Ready

Third studio album from the LA indie garage rock trio led by Clementine Creevy and produced by Carlos de la Garza

Added: 01/02/2019
7.1

Chairlift

Moth

Third album from Brooklyn-based synthpop duo Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly

Added: 22/01/2016
7.1

Boris

Attention Please

Seventeenth studio album from Japanese experimental band, released simultaneously with it's sister album 'Heavy Rocks'

Added: 25/05/2011
7.1

BNQT

Volume 1

Collaboration between members of Band Of Horses, Franz Ferdinand, Travis, Midlake and Grandaddy

Added: 21/04/2017
7.1

Blouse

Blouse

Debut album of dream-pop with an 80s synth edge to it from the Portland trio

Added: 07/11/2011
7.1

Blink-182

One More Time...

Ninth full-length album from the pop-punk trio produced and first with guitarist Tom DeLonge since 2011

Added: 20/10/2023
7.1

Black Mountain

IV

The fourth album from the Polaris-nominated Vancouver, BC psych/stoner rock band

Added: 28/03/2016
7.1

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Cobra Juicy

The latest collection of songs from this Pennsylvania psychedelic pop group

Added: 24/10/2012
7.1

Beth Ditto

Fake Sugar

Debut solo album from the former Gossip lead singer produced by Jennifer Decilveo

Added: 13/06/2017
7.1

BEAK>

BEAK>

Experimental album from Bristol trio led by Portishead's Geoff Barrow

Added: 24/10/2009
7.1

Bardo Pond

Bardo Pond

Eighth studio album from the Philadelphia based veteran psych-rock collective

Added: 13/12/2010
7.1

AU

Both Lights

Fourth release of experimental folk pop from the Portland, Oregon-based duo Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka

Added: 29/03/2012
7.1

Ash

A-Z Vol.1

The Northern Irish alt.rock trio with the first half of their singles series, released digitally every fortnight

Added: 09/04/2010
7.1

Archie Bronson Outfit

Coconut

The London trio's third album, a mix of blues rock, psych-rock, garage, and probably more

Added: 24/02/2010
7.1

Annie Lennox

A Christmas Cornucopia

A collection of traditional festive songs by the veteran Scottish pop singer

Added: 29/11/2010
7.1

Alice in Chains

Rainier Fog

Sixth album from the Seattle hard rock band, recorded in Seattle with Nick Raskulinecz (Mastodon, Deftones)

Added: 24/08/2018
7.1

Alias

Fever Dream

Latest album from the Portland, Maine hip hop artist and producer Brendon Whitney

Added: 24/08/2011
7.1

Algiers

Shook

Fourth album from the Atlanta, Georgia experimental post-rock band features contributions from Backxwash, Big Rube and Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)

Added: 24/02/2023

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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)

The HivesThe Hives Forever Forever The Hives
"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)

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.