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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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5.8

Tom McRae

The Alphabet of Hurricanes

Latest collection of melancholic folk from the banjo and mandolin playing English singer-songwriter

Added: 19/02/2010
5.8

Theophilus London

Timez Are Weird These Days

Second hip hop album from the Trinidad-born, Brooklyn-based rapper

Added: 19/07/2011
5.8

Sam Duckworth

The Mannequin

The Southend indie-folk singer-songwriter drops his Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly monicker for album No.4

Added: 26/08/2011
5.8

Paul Smith

Margins

First solo album from the Maximo Park frontman includes Field Music's David Brewis

Added: 10/10/2010
5.8

Oneida

Absolute II

This Brooklyn group conclude their "Thank Your Parents" triptych with this experimental, psychedelic record

Added: 08/06/2011
5.8

Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon

Wu Massacre

Latest hip hop offering from three of the We-Tang Clan's senior members

Added: 09/04/2010
5.8

Kids In Glass Houses

Dirt

Second album from Welsh indie rock quintet

Added: 12/04/2010
5.8

Kassidy

Hope St

Debut album from Glasgow-based blues / folk quartet

Added: 21/03/2011
5.8

Juliette Lewis

Terra Incognita

Following two albums with garage band the Licks, this first solo outing marks a step forward

Added: 31/08/2009
5.8

Hockey

Mind Chaos

Debut album from these hotly-tipped Oregon new wave / soul bike-riding vegans

Added: 26/09/2009
5.8

Gyratory System

New Harmony

Second collection of highly experimental electronica from producer and trumpeter Dr Andrew Blick and colleagues

Added: 20/04/2011
5.8

EAR PWR

Ear Pwr

This North Carolinan duo release their latest album of eclectic pop, disco and electronca

Added: 08/06/2011
5.8

Dido

Safe Trip Home

Smooth trip hop tracks on the singer-songwriter's third album

Added: 25/11/2008
5.8

David Guetta

One Love

Electro-pop and house boasting a plethora of guest stars on the French DJ and producer's album

Added: 24/08/2009
5.8

Zac Brown Band

Jekyll + Hyde

The country rock/pop band's fourth album features a guest appearance from Chris Cornell and production by CeeLo Green, among others

Added: 04/05/2015
5.8

Van She

Idea Of Happiness

Second album from the Sydney-based electropop quartet fronted by Matt Van Schie

Added: 15/07/2012
5.8

Todd Rundgren / Emil Nikolaisen / Lindstrom

Runddans

66-year-old rocker Rudgren teams with the leader of alt-rock Serena-Maneesh and nu-disco producer Lindstrøm

Added: 07/05/2015
5.8

The Strokes

Future Present Past

A surprise EP and first release since the end of their RCA contract from the New York indie rock quintet on singer Julian Casablancas’ Cult Records

Added: 03/06/2016
5.8

The Cranberries

Roses

After eleven years off, the Irish alternative rock group release their fifth album, produced by Stephen Street

Added: 28/02/2012
5.8

Texas

The Conversation

First album in eight years from the Scottish band, with pop rock and melodic Americana aided by co-songwriters Richard Hawley and Bernard Butler

Added: 20/05/2013
5.8

Teen Daze

The Inner Mansions

The second album this year from this Canadian chillwave producer

Added: 07/11/2012
5.8

Robbie Williams

Take the Crown

Ninth studio album from the pop giant, and his first solo effort since reuniting with Take That in 2010

Added: 03/11/2012
5.8

Paloma Faith

A Perfect Contradiction

Third album from the London-born pop / soul singer-songwriter recorded in New York City and including production duties by Pharrell Williams

Added: 07/03/2014
5.8

Moby

All Acceptable Objects

Seventeenth studio album from the American electronic musician featuring contributions from Apollo Jane, Linton Kwesi Johnson and D.H. Peligro (Dead Kennedys)

Added: 15/05/2020
5.8

Mark Kozelek

Sings Favorites

An album of piano and voice only cover versions from the Sun Kil Moon man including Bowie, Modest Mouse and Bob Seger

Added: 01/06/2016
5.8

Karima Francis

The Remedy

Second album from the Blackpool-born singer-songwriter produced by Flood (U2, Nine Inch Nails)

Added: 10/08/2012
5.8

Joshua James

From The Top Of The Willamette Mountain

Third album of americana from the Utah alt.folk singer-songwriter

Added: 10/12/2012
5.8

Jason Derulo

Everything Is 4

Fourth studio album from the Miami-born dance-pop / R&B singer-songwriter and dancer

Added: 03/06/2015
5.8

Interpol

A Fine Mess

Five-track EP from the New York indie rock band produced by Dave Fridmann (MGMT, OK Go, The Flaming Lips)

Added: 18/05/2019
5.8

Ice Spice

Y2K!

Debut full-length album from rapper the New York-born rapper Isis Naija Gaston featuring guest appearances from Central Cee, Gunna and Travis Scott

Added: 26/07/2024

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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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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)

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"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.