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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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7.9

Lucy Rose

This Ain't The Way You Go Out

Fifth album from the English singer-songwriter produced by Kwes (Damon Albarn, Bobby Womack, Solange Knowles)

Added: 19/04/2024
7.9

Leon Vynehall

Rare, Forever

Second full-length album from the Brighton-based deep house producer and DJ

Added: 30/04/2021
7.9

Laura Marling

Short Movie

Album number five from the indie folk singer-songwriter is self-produced and features an electric backing band

Added: 18/03/2015
7.9

Kiwi Jr.

Football Money

Debut album from the Canadian indie rock band produced by Aaron Goldstein and mixed by Holy Fuck's Graham Walsh

Added: 16/01/2020
7.9

King Creosote

I DES

Fiftieth studio album and first in seven years from the eclectic Fife-based alt.folk singer-songwriter & guitarist Kenny Anderson

Added: 14/11/2023
7.9

Kae Tempest

Self Titled

Fifth album of spoken word hip-hop/poetry from the London-born artist featuring contributions from Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers

Added: 04/07/2025
7.9

Jessica Pratt

Quiet Signs

Third album from the San Francisco freak-folk singer-songwriter and her first recorded in a studio

Added: 05/02/2019
7.9

Jazmine Sullivan

Reality Show

Third studio album from the Philadelphia R&B / soul singer

Added: 29/01/2015
7.9

Jazmine Sullivan

Love Me Back

Second studio album from the Philadelphia R&B / Soul singer

Added: 23/12/2010
7.9

Honey Harper

Starmaker

Debut full-length album from the London-based country artist from Atlanta, written with his wife Alana Pagnutti

Added: 10/03/2020
7.9

Helado Negro

Phasor

Eighth full-length album from the Brooklyn-based psych folk and experimental electronica artist Roberto Carlos Lange

Added: 08/02/2024
7.9

Headie One

Edna

Debut album from the London rapper Irving Adjei includes guest appearances from Drake, Skepta and Stormzy

Added: 10/10/2020
7.9

Hannah Peel

Fir Wave

Latest album of indie pop from Northern Irish singer-songwriter and member of Magnetic North and the John Foxx and the Maths

Added: 30/03/2021
7.9

Guy Clark

My Favorite Picture of You

First album in 4 years from the veteran Nashville country singer-songwriter, and first since the death of his wife

Added: 24/07/2013
7.9

Gnod

Mirror

Second release from the Manchester-based drone & psychedelic noise collective

Added: 11/04/2016
7.9

Frazey Ford

U Kin B The Sun

Third solo album from the Canadian singer-songwriter who was a founding member of The Be Good Tanya

Added: 06/02/2020
7.9

Folk Bitch Trio

Now Would Be A Good Time

Debut full-length album from the Melbourne indie folk band recorded in New Zealand by producer Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, the Chills)

Added: 25/07/2025
7.9

Fabiana Palladino

Fabiana Palladino

Debut full-length album from London-based R&B-influenced pop artist featuring a guest appearance by Jai Paul

Added: 09/04/2024
7.9

Elbow

Build A Rocket Boys!

Fifth album from the Manchester alt.rock five-piece and follow up to the Mercury Music Prize winning The Seldom Seen Kid

Added: 25/02/2011
7.9

Earl Sweatshirt

SICK!

Fourth full-length album from LA-based rapper features collaborations from Armand Hammer and Zelooperz and produced by the Alchemist, Black Noi$e, Navy Blue, Samiyam, Alexander Spit, Theravada and Rob Chambers

Added: 14/01/2022
7.9

Dream Wife

Social Lubrication

Third album of angular indie-pop from the London-based trio

Added: 12/06/2023
7.9

Dexys

One Day I'm Going To Soar

First studio release in 27 years from the reformed white soul band led by Kevin Rowland

Added: 28/05/2012
7.9

Dean Blunt

Black Metal 2

Sequel to the 2014 album from the London-born experimental R&B artist and ex-Hype Williams member

Added: 18/06/2021
7.9

Das Racist

Sit Down Man

Second album from Brooklyn alternative hip hop trio

Added: 28/10/2010
7.9

Darren Hayman and the Long Parliament

The Violence

A double concept album about the 17th century Essex witch trials from the prolific English songwriter

Added: 03/11/2012
7.9

Danny Brown

Uknowhatimsayin¿

Fifth full-length album from the Detroit experimental hip hop artist featuring guest appearances from Run the Jewels, Obongjayar, Jpegmafia and Blood Orange

Added: 02/10/2019
7.9

Daniel Rossen

Silent Hour/Golden Mile

The Grizzly Bear member with a first solo outing, a five-track EP of acoustic indie rock tracks, several of which were intended for Veckatimest

Added: 14/03/2012
7.9

Colin Stetson

All This I Do For Glory

Latest release from the innovative Canadian sax player and touring member of Arcade Fire and Bon Iver

Added: 28/04/2017
7.9

Clairo

Sling

Second album from the Atlanta, Georgia-born singer-songwriter Claire Cottrill co-produced with Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift, Lorde, St. Vincent)

Added: 16/07/2021
7.9

Clairo

Charm

Third album from the Atlanta, Georgia-born singer-songwriter Claire Cottrill co-produced with Leon Michels (Lee Fields, Norah Jones, Hanni El Khatib)

Added: 12/07/2024

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David Byrne Who Is The Sky

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