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25 October 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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Lily AllenWest End Girl

"Her best album in 16 years, an incisive diary of a marriage in freefall" (10/10 - The Independent). "A hard-hitting pop exposition, while also providing an endless supply of hooks" (8/10 - Clash)

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The LemonheadsLove Chant

"Cleverly, it retains a rough-shod production and avoids digital polish" (7/10 - Far Out). "The sound overall mostly evokes the primordial, punky, pre-grunge Lemonheads" (8/10 - Uncut)

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Demi LovatoIt’s Not That Deep

"Feels like a homecoming to her electronic-pop roots" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "It’s not that deep, but it might just be Lovato’s best effort yet" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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BrògealTuesday Paper Club

"2026 is there for Brogeal’s taking, they’re gonna be a lot of people’s new favourite band" (8/10 - God Is In The TV). "This is what it sounds like when a band get it right the first time" (10/10 - Dork)

Jay SomBelong

"With ‘Belong’ serving notice of Jay Som’s continued abilities" (8/10 - Clash). "Will undoubtedly solidify her reputation as your favourite pop singer's favourite pop singer" (8/10 - Exclaim"

IdlewildIdlewild

"The fact they are producing some of their best work seems almost absurd, and yet here we are" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Idlewild is no nostalgic LP—it’s the sound of a band rejuvenated" (10/10 - XS Noize)

WednesdayBleeds

"Karly Hartzman has delivered a record that’s lean, confrontational and lived-in" (10/10 - NME). "A monumental statement from one of the most exciting bands today" (9/10 - PopMatters)

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)

Big ThiefDouble Infinity

"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)

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)

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

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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7.4

Madi Diaz

Fatal Optimist

Seventh studio album fromm the Connecticut-born singer-songwriter produced with Gabe Wax

Added: 13/10/2025
7.3

Soulwax

All Systems Are Lying

Latest full-lenght album and first in eight tyears from the Flemish alternative rock/electronic band

Added: 16/10/2025
7.3

Doja Cat

Vie

Fifth full-length album from the Los Angeles rapper featuring a guest appearance from SZA

Added: 01/10/2025
7.2

AFI

Silver Bleeds the Black Sun...

Twelfth studio album from the Californian pop-punk quartet produced by the band's guitarist Jade Puget

Added: 07/10/2025
7.1

Demi Lovato

It’s Not That Deep

Ninth album from the Albuquerque-born actor and pop singer-songwriter executive produced by Zhone

Added: 24/10/2025
7.1

Bar Italia

Some Like It Hot

Fifth full-length album from the London-based trio Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton

Added: 17/10/2025
7.0

Skullcrusher

And Your Song is Like a Circle

Second full-length album from the New York indie folk singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine

Added: 19/10/2025
7.0

Lola Young

I'm Only F**king Myself

Third studio album from the London-born indie pop artist

Added: 18/09/2025
6.9

Nine Inch Nails

Tron: Ares Soundtrack

Soundtrack for third film in the TRON franchise from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s cult industrial rock band

Added: 20/09/2025
6.9

Hannah Jadagu

Describe

Second album from the Texas-born, NYC-based bedroom pop musician

Added: 24/10/2025
6.9

Mariah Carey

Here For It All

Sixteenth studio album and first in seven years from the American pop icon featuring guest appearances from Anderson .Paak, Kehlani, Shenseea and The Clark Sisters

Added: 01/10/2025
6.9

Tortoise

TOUCH

Eighth full-length release and first for nine years from Chicago post rock group

Added: 24/10/2025
6.7

Cardi B

AM I THE DRAMA?

Second full-length studio release from the New York hip hop artist featuring guest appearances by Summer Walker, Selena Gomez, Kehlani, Lizzo, Cash Cobain, Lourdiz, Janet Jackson, Tyla and Megan Thee Stallion

Added: 22/09/2025
6.6

The Lemonheads

Love Chant

First album of original songs since 2006 from Evan Dando featuring contributions from Bryce Goggin, The Moldy Peaches' Adam Green, Juliana Hatfield and J Mascis

Added: 23/10/2025
6.0

Taylor Swift

The Life of a Showgirl

Album number twelve from the singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Sabrina Carpenter and was produced with Max Martin and Shellback

Added: 03/10/2025
5.9

Tame Impala

Deadbeat

Fifth album from the Australian psych-rock multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker

Added: 17/10/2025

Latest Reviews

Dave The Boy Who Played the Harp

Returning with his first album in four years, the arena-filling UK rapper is still such a smart, sharp lyricist as he explores a series of existential crises The Guardian

Dave The Boy Who Played the Harp

This is a staggeringly powerful record. Continually evading easy descriptors, Dave pushes his art to higher levels Clash

Demi Lovato It’s Not That Deep

Whether she’s sticking her neck out into newer territory or playing faithful to her roots, one thing’s clear: Lovato’s at her best when it comes easy Clash

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Fresh stuff

From The Pyre by The Last Dinner Party

"Insanely rich with ideas, hooks, smart artifice and real emotion, From The Pyre is a feast of giddy raptures" (10/10 - Record Collector). "Both thematically and sonically richer" (10/10 - DIY)

Sudan ArchivesThe BPM
"A vibrant, energetic atmosphere on her bustling house party of a third album" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Pulses with the kind of euphoria that comes from letting loose on the dance floor" (8/20 - Slant)

Militarie GunGod Save the Gun
"The California band pushes its post-hardcore sound into something both raw and exciting" (8.5/10 - Paste). "the California band pushes its post-hardcore sound into something both raw and exciting" (8/10 - NME)

Taylor SwiftThe Life of a Showgirl
"Swift hits all her marks — from new, exciting sonic turns to incisive storytelling" (10/10 - Rolling Stone). "Has its moments, but lacks the consistency of Taylor’s recent work" (6/10 - Clash)

The AntlersBlight
"Silberman and co. deliver that incredible depth and meaning, with an earnestness like only they can muster" (9/10 - Sputnik). "Electric glitches and intriguing lyrics add to a quietly seductive package" (8/10 - Uncut)

AgricultureThe Spiritual Sound
"It will have you levitating with joy" (10/10 - The Guardian). "Wraps you in screams and distortion, pummelling while blanketing, devastating amidst the uplift" (9/10 - Exclaim)

SprintsAll That Is Over
"There’s no shortage of noise in 2025, but precious little of it says something worth hearing. Sprints do" (10/10 - Dork). "The anger remains palpable, the lyrics ever relatable" (10/10 - DIY)

Olivia DeanThe Art of Loving
"‘The Art Of Loving’ is Olivia Dean’s ascension to the very top of Mount Pop" (10/10 - Dork). "Love in all its conflicted forms is explored on Olivia Dean's brilliant second record" (8/10 - Rolling Stone UK)

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.

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