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17 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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6.9

My Morning Jacket

Circuital

Sixth album of reverb drenched psychedelic indie from the Kentucky veterans, following up 2008's divisive Evil Urges

Added: 24/05/2011
6.9

Mac DeMarco

Guitar

Sixth full-length release from the Los Angeles-based Canadian multi-instrumentalist

Added: 21/08/2025
6.9

M83

Fantasy

Ninth album of electronic shoegaze from LA-based band led by Frenchman Anthony Gonzalez

Added: 14/03/2023
6.9

Exitmusic

Passage

Debut album of alt-pop from Brooklyn-based couple Devon Church and Aleksa Palladino

Added: 23/05/2012
6.9

Eagulls

Ullages

Follow-up to the well received self-title debut from the Leeds post-punk five-piece

Added: 11/05/2016
6.9

Dry The River

Shallow Bed

Debut album of alt.folk infused rock from the London five-piece produced by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol)

Added: 29/02/2012
6.9

Childhood

Lacuna

Debut album from the London-based lo-fi indie pop quartet produced by Dan Carey (Bat For Lashes, Hot Chip, Steve Mason)

Added: 07/08/2014
6.9

Ariana Grande

Dangerous Woman

Third album from the American pop star, featuring Lil Wayne, Macy Gray and Nicki Minaj

Added: 20/05/2016
6.9

AlunaGeorge

I Remember

Second album from the electronic / R&B duo Aluna Francis and producer George Reid

Added: 16/09/2016
6.9

Adam Green & Binki Shapiro

Adam Green & Binki Shapiro

Debut collaboration from the man behind Moldy Peaches and the Little Joy singer

Added: 25/01/2013
6.9

Wolf People

Tidings

A retro melange of krautrock, psychedelic, fuzz and blues on the debut from the English outfit, the first UK band signed to Jagjaguwar

Added: 04/03/2010
6.9

Willard Grant Conspiracy

Paper Covers Stone

Robert Fisher's much-travelled, much-changing Californian alt country collective, with their 13th album

Added: 20/09/2010
6.9

Whitney

Spark

Fourth album from former Smith Westerns members Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich is produced by John Congleton and Brad Cook

Added: 15/09/2022
6.9

TOY

Clear Shot

Third album from the Brighton-based psychedelic krautrock five-piece produced by David Wrench (Bloc Party, Jamie xx)

Added: 26/10/2016
6.9

Total Slacker

Thrashin

Debut album from the Brooklyn trio specialising in lo-fi garage

Added: 04/10/2011
6.9

Tony Bennett

Duets II

The now 85-year old crooner follows up his 2006 pop duets album with another set, featuring big name guests

Added: 21/12/2011
6.9

Tom Vek

Luck

Third LP from the experimental rock and pop multi-instrumentalist from London

Added: 05/06/2014
6.9

Thomas Truax

Sonic Dreamer

Fifth album of steam punk from experimental musician using home-built percussion and instruments

Added: 08/07/2010
6.9

The Virgins

The Virgins

Debut from the New York dance-punk/garage rock quartet

Added: 26/06/2009
6.9

The Thermals

Personal Life

The Portland based power punks deliver their fifth album

Added: 27/09/2010
6.9

The Parrots

Los Ninos Sin Miedo

Debut full-length release from the Madrid-based garage-rock trio

Added: 26/08/2016
6.9

The Mekons

Ancient and Modern

The long-serving UK post-punk and alt country pioneers focus on the year 1911 in the 26th album of their 35-year career

Added: 27/09/2011
6.9

The Lovely Eggs

This Is Eggland

Fifth album from lo-fi psych duo Holly Ross and David Blackwell

Added: 23/02/2018
6.9

The King Blues

Punk & Poetry

Third album from the politically-active Londoners, blending ska, folk and punk

Added: 18/04/2011
6.9

The History Of Apple Pie

Out Of View

Early 90s shoegaze-inspired indie rock / power pop on the debut from the London quintet, engineered by The Horrors' Josh Hayward

Added: 29/01/2013
6.9

The Golden Filter

Voluspa

Debut album of electro-pop and disco from the Aussie-American duo

Added: 28/04/2010
6.9

The Go! Team

Get Up Sequences Part One

Sixth album of alternative indie dance from the Brighton six-piece led by Ian Parton

Added: 02/07/2021
6.9

The Duke And The King

Long Live The Duke & The King

Second album the New York glam / soul / funk quartet fronted by former Felice Brother, Simone Felice

Added: 08/10/2010
6.9

The Districts

A Flourish And A Spoil

Second album from the Pennsylvania indie-rock four-piece produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Swans, Strand of Oaks)

Added: 06/02/2015
6.9

The Anchoress

Confessions Of A Romance Novelist

Debut album from the Welsh singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Catherine Anne Davies

Added: 17/01/2016

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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)

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.