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14 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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David Byrne and Fatboy Slim

Here Lies Love

Concept dance album about Imelda Marcos, featuring an array of guests including Florence Welch, Tori Amos, Martha Wainwright

Added: 04/04/2010
6.0

Dan Black

((un))

Debut solo album from Paris based British singer-songwriter more at home with samples and beats

Added: 13/07/2009
6.0

Damon Albarn

Dr Dee

The musical polymath's latest excursion is an 18-track studio soundtrack to his second opera, described by Albarn as "strange pastoral folk”

Added: 02/05/2012
6.0

Chrissie Hynde

Stockholm

The 62 year old Pretenders frontwoman releases her debut solo record

Added: 06/06/2014
6.0

Bombay Bicycle Club

I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose

Debut album from youthful London based indie four piece

Added: 05/07/2009
6.0

Blink-182

Neighborhoods

First album in 6 years from the pop punk trio

Added: 27/09/2011
6.0

Twenty One Pilots

Scaled And Icy

Sixth album from the Columbus, Ohio indie pop duo Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun

Added: 21/05/2021
6.0

The Darkness

Hot Cakes

Third album and first since their 2011 reunion from the English hard rock quartet

Added: 17/08/2012
6.0

Shout Out Louds

Work

Third album of indie rock from Stockholm five-piece

Added: 26/02/2010
6.0

Post War Years

Galapagos

Second album of 80s influenced alt.rock from London quartet

Added: 26/02/2013
6.0

Poor Moon

Poor Moon

Indie folk side project for Fleet Foxes members Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott

Added: 28/08/2012
6.0

Peter Bjorn And John

Breakin' Point

Seventh album from the Swedish indie poppers, released via their own artist collective/record label INGRID

Added: 09/06/2016
6.0

OMD

History of Modern

First album in 14 years from the Liverpool synthpop veterans who first emerged in the late 70s

Added: 17/09/2010
6.0

Lady Gaga

ARTPOP

Third album from the all-pervading NY pop singer, the follow-up to 2011's massive-selling Born This Way

Added: 07/11/2013
6.0

Foxes

All I Need

Second album of electronic pop from the Southampton-born singer-songwriter Louisa Rose Allen

Added: 05/02/2016
6.0

Estelle

All Of Me

The latest album of R&B and soul from the Grammy award winning London singer

Added: 06/03/2012
6.0

Elvis Costello

Secret, Profane And Sugarcane

Largely acoustic album produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded in 3 days in Nashville

Added: 29/05/2009
6.0

Dinosaur Pile-Up

Growing Pains

Debut album of grunge-inspired rock from the Leeds outfit.

Added: 01/10/2010
6.0

Crystal Fighters

Star of Love

Upbeat folktronica and electro-pop married to Balearic house from the Basque outfit on their debut album

Added: 30/09/2010
6.0

Big Sean

I Decided.

Fourth studio album from the Detroit, Michigan hip hop artist featuring appearances from Jeremih, Migos, The-Dream, Jhené Aiko

Added: 09/02/2017
6.0

Badly Drawn Boy

Is There Nothing We Could Do?

Damon Gough with his second soundtrack album for Caroline Aherne's TV film

Added: 13/12/2009
6.0

Augustines

Augustines

The Brooklyn indie trio's second album sees them revert to their original name after being known as We Are Augustines for their first album

Added: 03/02/2014
6.0

Atmosphere

The Family Sign

Latest collection from Minneapolis independent hip hop duo, rapper Slug and DJ/producer Ant

Added: 12/04/2011
6.0

Amy Winehouse

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Posthumous release comprising outtakes, covers, demos and a handful of new tracks from the soul / R&B singer

Added: 28/11/2011
6.0

Amy Millan

Masters of the Burial

Second solo album from the Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist and Broken Social Scene member

Added: 30/11/2009
6.0

Adventure

Lesser Known

Second album of 80s influenced retro-pop from Baltimore-based Benny Boeldt

Added: 25/03/2011
6.0

The Cult

Hidden City

Tenth studio album from the British alt rock outfit, the final part of the trilogy started with 2007's Born into This

Added: 05/02/2016
6.0

Stevie Jackson

(I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson

Debut album from the Belle and Sebastian songwriter, indulging in his 60s pop sensibilities

Added: 27/10/2011
6.0

Maps

Turning The Mind

Synth-dominated indie rock on the follow up to his Mercury-nominated debut from Northampton's James Chapman

Added: 27/09/2009
6.0

Laura Welsh

Soft Control

Debut album from the British electro-pop artist, five years in the making and featuring input from Dev Hynes, John Legend, Babydaddy and others

Added: 08/03/2015

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Latest Reviews

David Byrne Who Is The Sky

The artist’s new album of bright, bustling pop is positioned as a celebration of reasons to be cheerful. Often its fountain of optimism feels like a firehose of forced positivity Pitchfork

Ed Sheeran Play

On the enjoyably moreish Play, the ‘culturally Irish’ star sounds as if he’s back on form. Although we’ve only had time for a quick listen The Irish Times

Baxter Dury Allbarone

This record plays like his shot for glory, and with tracks as hooky and well-constructed as "Mockingjay" or the title track, there's no reason he shouldn't hit the big time All Music

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Fresh stuff

Fresh stuff

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.