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14 July 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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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)

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GwennoUtopia

"Gwenno roams the cities of her youth on her vivid fourth album" (8/10 - The Skinny). "Gwenno’s songwriting matures compellingly on Utopia" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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Barry Can’t SwimLoner

"A gorgeous and varied album that will surely soundtrack countless summers" (8/10 - Clash). "trades sun-soaked bliss for emotional introspection – without losing the big drops" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Highest Recent Ratings

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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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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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5.2

James Iha

Look to the Sky

It's been fourteen years since solo album number one for the Smashing Pumpkins guitarist. This record features guest appearances from members of the Cardigans and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Added: 13/11/2012
5.2

James Bay

Chaos And The Calm

Debut album from the Hertfordshire singer songwriter, recorded in Nashville with producer Jacquire King

Added: 20/03/2015
5.2

Ed Sheeran

Autumn Variations

Sixth studio album from the English popstar produced by The National's Aaron Dessner

Added: 29/09/2023
5.2

Coldplay

Moon Music

Tenth album from the British alternative rock band features contributions from Jon Hopkins, Burna Boy, Little Simz, Elyanna, Tini and Ayra Starr

Added: 02/10/2024
5.2

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Balcony

Debut LP from the Llandudno, North Wales indie rock five piece

Added: 16/09/2014
5.2

Backstreet Boys

In A World Like This

The big-selling 90s boy band, now in their 40s, with album No.8 to mark their 20th anniversary

Added: 30/07/2013
5.2

Placebo

Loud Like Love

7th helping of industrial alt.rock from the London-based trio led by vocalist Brian Molko

Added: 17/09/2013
5.2

Morrissey

Low in High School

Eleventh solo studio album from the former Smiths frontman produced by Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, The Killers, U2)

Added: 15/11/2017
5.2

Avril Lavigne

Head Above Water

Sixth studio album from the Canadian singer, drawing inspiration from her battle with Lyme disease

Added: 14/02/2019
5.2

Youngblood Hawke

Wake Up

Debut indie pop album from LA duo Sam Martin and Simon Katz, formerly of Iglu & Hartly

Added: 02/08/2013
5.2

Weezer

Death to False Metal

Album of previously unreleased songs from the LA pop punk quartet

Added: 08/11/2010
5.2

Tinchy Stryder

Third Strike

Third album from the Ghana-born London-based hip hop vocalist and producer

Added: 12/11/2010
5.2

The Wombats

This Modern Glitch

Second full-length of indie rock from the wacky Liverpudlians

Added: 20/04/2011
5.2

The Wombats

Glitterbug

Third LP from the Liverpudlian indie rock trio

Added: 09/04/2015
5.2

Nina Nesbitt

Peroxide

The young Scottish pop star with a penchant for taking photos of herself releases her first album

Added: 14/02/2014
5.2

Howling Bells

Radio Wars

Aussie indie rock band's second album, recorded with producer extraordinaire Dan Grech-Marguerat

Added: 04/03/2009
5.2

Busta Rhymes

Back On My B.S.

Album number eight from the big-selling rapper, with a host of guests

Added: 19/07/2009
5.2

Brilliant Colors

Again & Again

Second album from the San Francisco indie pop trio

Added: 19/07/2011
5.2

Reverend And The Makers

A French Kiss In The Chaos

2nd album from the Jon McClure-fronted English indie rock band, the follow up to 2007's The State of Things

Added: 24/07/2009
5.2

The Dandy Warhols

Why You So Crazy

Tenth album from Portland, Oregon's psychedelic pop quartet, led by Courtney Taylor-Taylor

Added: 28/01/2019
5.2

Robbie Williams

The Heavy Entertainment Show

Album number eleven from the Stoke-born pop icon

Added: 03/11/2016
5.2

Linkin Park

The Hunting Party

Sixth studio album from the Californian nu metal rap rock six-piece self-produced by band members Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson

Added: 16/06/2014
5.2

Leona Lewis

Echo

Second album from X Factor winner and Grammy Award nominee

Added: 15/11/2009
5.2

Jeff Buckley

You And I

A compilation of recordings by the American singer-songwriter/guitarist, who passed away in 1997 after releasing just one album

Added: 10/03/2016
5.2

Hurts

Surrender

Third album from the English synthpop duo, produced by Sweden's Jonas Quant

Added: 09/10/2015
5.2

Bullet For My Valentine

Venom

Album number five from the Welsh thrash metal quartet and first since the departure of bassist Jason "Jay" James

Added: 14/08/2015
5.2

50 Cent

Animal Ambition

Fifth studio album from the New York City rapper and actor

Added: 05/06/2014
5.2

Khalid

Free Spirit

Second full-length release from the Texas R&B artist with guest appearances from John Mayer and SAFE

Added: 05/04/2019
5.2

Hard Fi

Killer Sounds

Third album of laddish rock from the Staines group

Added: 19/08/2011
5.2

Joss Stone

LP1

Fifth studio album for the English soul / R&B singer-songwriter produced by Dave Stewart

Added: 22/07/2011

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Latest Reviews

Wet Leg moisturizer

After the whirlwind of their debut album, the Isle Of Wight band could have capitulated to the pressure. Instead, they return smarter, sexier and altogether stronger NME

Wet Leg moisturizer

There’s also a fluidity to the entirety of Moisturizer that ventures beyond the limitations of the debut and everything Wet Leg signalled in their early stages Far Out

Barry Can’t Swim Loner

Loner is an easy improvement over Barry Can't Swim's debut album, and he retains his ability to craft reflective, sentimental material while strengthening his skills at making airtight tracks designed to ignite the dancefloor All Music

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Fresh stuff

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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)

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)

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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"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)

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)

Hotline TNTRaspberry Moon
"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

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.