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4 July 2025

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Kesha. [Period]

". isn't just a good album, it's a decisively great one, full stop" (9/10 - All Music). "A buffet of pop styles and only rare hints of her highly-publicised trauma" (8/10 - The Guardian)

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Kae TempestSelf Titled

"Instinctive and raw, yet tender to the touch, his most powerful statement yet demands to be heard" (9/10 - musicOMH). "A beefy, self-assured celebration of newfound identity" (8/10 - NME)

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Rival ConsolesLandscape From Memory

"A reset of sorts brings forth an album full of positive energy, showcasing electronic music at its most instinctive" (8/10 - musicOMH). "The record's best tracks are exceptional" (7/10 - All Music)

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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)

carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

StereolabInstant Holograms On Metal Film

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

Tune-YardsBetter Dreaming

"May just be their most uplifting and inspiring work" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "May emerge as one of the Oakland duo’s all-time great records after a few years’ passage" (7.8/10 - Paste)

Ezra FurmanGoodbye Small Head

"A record of unflinching honesty and unparalleled vulnerability" (9/10 - DIY). "There’s an urgency coursing through this startling album’s veins that confirms its creator to be one of the most exciting songwriters around" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Jenny HvalIris Silver Mist

"A personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments" (10/10 - The Guardian. "An immersive album of beguiling charms about memories, isolation and dislocation" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Self EsteemA Complicated Woman

"Her most concentrated and burning record" (10/10 - DIY). "takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10" (10/10 - musicOMH)

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6.3

Jarvis Cocker

Further Complications

Second solo offering from the former Pulp leader

Added: 15/05/2009
6.3

Interpol

Interpol

New York's prime purveyors of gloom return to their old label for their fourth outing.

Added: 02/09/2010
6.3

Half-handed Cloud

As Stowaways in Cabinets of Surf We Liveout in Our Members a Kind of Rebirth

Fifth studio album of indie folk from John Ringhofer, sometime trombonist with Sufjan Stevens

Added: 06/12/2010
6.3

Guillemots

Walk The River

Third album from the Birmingham BRIT Award-nominated indie rock quartet fronted by Fyfe Dangerfield

Added: 14/04/2011
6.3

FM Belfast

How To Make Friends

Debut album of dancefloor-friendly offbeat electro-pop from the Icelandic three piece

Added: 05/02/2010
6.3

Dent May

Do Things

The Mississippi purveyor of quirky pop abandons his ukelele in favour of a synth-driven disco feel on his 2nd album

Added: 12/06/2012
6.3

Daniel Merriweather

Love & War

Second album from the Australian R&B singer/songwriter and Mark Ronson collaborator

Added: 01/06/2009
6.3

Dan Mangan

Nice, Nice, Very Nice

Second LP from the indie folk singer-songwriter, based in Vancouver

Added: 22/11/2010
6.3

Big Boi

Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

The OutKast rapper's second solo release, with a guest list including Killer Mike, Ludacris, Wavves, A$AP Rocky and Little Dragon

Added: 11/12/2012
6.3

Art Brut

Brilliant! Tragic!

Fourth album from the South London-based indie rock five-piece produced by Frank Black

Added: 18/05/2011
6.3

Alice in Chains

Black Gives Way to Blue

First release in 14 years from the US grunge act, following the death of singer Layne Staley

Added: 01/10/2009
6.3

Zayn

Room Under The Stairs

Fourth solo album from former One Direction singer Zayn Malik working with various producers including Dave Cobb, Gian Stone and James Ghaleb

Added: 19/05/2024
6.3

Yusuf

Tell 'Em I'm Gone

Album number fourteen from the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens is co-produced by Rick Rubin

Added: 27/10/2014
6.3

Yung Lean

Stranger

Third studio album from Swedish rapper Jonatan Leandoer Håstad

Added: 10/11/2017
6.3

Young Dreams

Between Places

Multi-man, Bergen based ensemble release debut album of psychedelic indie rock

Added: 05/03/2013
6.3

Tropics

Rapture

A sophmore LP with more emphasis on vocals from London-based chillwave musician Chris Ward

Added: 17/02/2015
6.3

Tricky

ununiform

Thirteenth studio album from the English trip hop artist includes Kazakhstan rapper Scriptonite, Martina Topley-Bird and is co-engineered by Jay-Z

Added: 25/09/2017
6.3

The Phoenix Foundation

Fandango

Fifth album of dreamy indie rock from the Wellington, New Zealand band

Added: 25/04/2013
6.3

The Dears

Times Infinity Volume Two

Second album this year from the Montreal indie rock group led by husband and wife duo Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak

Added: 18/07/2017
6.3

Teen Daze

Morning World

First full band studio album from the chillwave project of the British Columbian known simply as Jamison

Added: 12/08/2015
6.3

Stars

No One Is Lost

Seventh album from the Montreal indie rock / dream pop band

Added: 17/10/2014
6.3

Snoop Dogg

Missionary

latest full-length release from rapper featuring guest appearances from 50 Cent, Dr. Dre (who also produced), Eminem, Fat Money, Jelly Roll and Sting.

Added: 13/12/2024
6.3

Sleigh Bells

Bunky Becky Birthday Boy

Sixth full-length album from the Brooklyn noise pop duo Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller

Added: 04/04/2025
6.3

Skrillex, Diplo

Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü

A surprise release from the two producers, featuring guest spots from the likes of Justin Bieber and Kiesza

Added: 05/03/2015
6.3

Shonen Knife

Free Time

Seventeenth album from Japanese pop / punk trio formed in 1981 and fronted by original member Naoko Yamano

Added: 11/07/2011
6.3

Shakira

Shakira.

Tenth album from Columbian-born pop star, her first English language album since 2009's She Wolf

Added: 26/03/2014
6.3

Seasick Steve

Sonic Soul Surfer

Seventh album from the 74 year old blues man, produced and written by himself and recorded in the front room of his farm

Added: 25/03/2015
6.3

Ricked Wicky

I Sell the Circus

Latest lo-fi project from Guided by Voices main man Robert Pollard

Added: 03/02/2015
6.3

Public Image Ltd

End Of World

Eleventh studio album from the John Lydon fronted experimental rock outfit and first for eight years

Added: 10/08/2023
6.3

Popcaan

Forever

Second album from the Jamaican dancehall artist Andrae Hugh Sutherland

Added: 22/07/2018

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Virgin by Lorde

"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)

Frankie CosmosDifferent Talking
"A tight 17-track, 38-minute album that should be welcomed by all fans" (8/10 - All Music). "A warm blanket of bedroom pop vignettes, Frankie Cosmos's sixth album is a comforting listening" (6/10 - The Skinny)

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"It’s perhaps the finest release of his career from start to finish, and that’s beating some stiff competition" (9/10 - Far Out). "An outstanding album — ambitious, honest, and unpredictable" (9/10 - XS Noize)

HaimI quit
"This sublime collection of breakup bangers could well be the soundtrack to your summer" (10/10 - Rolling Stone UK). "Rarely works up a sweat yet maintains a jiggling, low-level funk" (8/10 - The Arts Desk)

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"Guitar hero epics and riffs galore are abundant across the tracklist" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "A newly collaborative approach is a good look on the NYC outfit" (8/10 - The Skinny)

LifeguardRipped And Torn
"Chicago trio put their own fresh twist on classic art-punk" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "A blast of circular-saw guitars, baffling lyrics and effervescent melody" (8/10 - The Guardian)

TurnstileNever Enough
"On their exceptional new album, the US band double down on the vibrant eccentricity of 2021’s ‘Glow On’" (10/10 - NME). "It’s nothing short of a masterpiece" (10/10 - Dork

GarbageLet All That We Imagine Be The Light
"Shirley Manson’s gang channel a more optimistic outlook, and display some of their most profound songwriting to date" (10/10 - NME)

Matt BerningerGet Sunk
"Retains the signature charm of The National while highlighting Berninger’s strengths as a writer" (8/10 - Dork). "A subtly textured delight that feels both playful and emotional" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Sports TeamBoys These Days
"This might be the most Sports Team they’ve ever sounded, and somehow, it’s also the best" (8/10 - Dork). "Sharp, funny, and sometimes sobering soundtrack to young adulthood in freefall" (8/10 - XS Noize)

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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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