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18 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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5.3

The Neighbourhood

I Love You

Debut album from the LA-based band combining indie rock and rap

Added: 22/04/2013
5.3

Katy Perry

Smile

Sixth album from the Californian pop star working with a number of producers including Ian Kirkpatrick (Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Dua Lipa) and Max Martin

Added: 28/08/2020
5.3

Example

Live Life Living

Fifth album of poppy electro house from Elliot John Gleave, produced in part with Grammy-winning producer Stuart Price

Added: 06/07/2014
5.3

DJ Khaled

Grateful

Tenth studio album from the Miami producer, with guests including Future, Travis Scott, Rick Ross, Migos and Chance the Rapper

Added: 07/07/2017
5.3

Delphic

Collections

Follow-up to the much-praised debut Acolyte from the Manchester indie electro trio

Added: 24/01/2013
5.3

Cast

Troubled Times

Comeback album from the one-time Britpop outfit, their first release in 10 years

Added: 29/02/2012
5.3

Tired Pony

The Place We Ran From

Album of country-tinged music from supergroup including Gary Lightbody and Peter Buck

Added: 08/07/2010
5.3

Peace

Happy People

Second album from the West Midlands indie rock quartet

Added: 08/02/2015
5.3

Craig David

The Time Is Now

Studio album number seven from the English r&b artist

Added: 26/01/2018
5.3

The Courteeners

Falcon

Manchester-based Indie rock band with their second album

Added: 19/02/2010
5.3

Lupe Fiasco

Lasers

Third hip-hop album from Chicago rapper and record producer

Added: 09/03/2011
5.3

Cold War Kids

Mine Is Yours

Third album from the Long Beach, California indie rock quartet

Added: 17/01/2011
5.3

We Are Enfant Terrible

Explicit Pictures

Debut album of lo-fi elctro pop from the French trio

Added: 23/05/2011
5.3

The Whitest Boy Alive

Rules

Stripped down indie rock from ex-Kings of Convenience guitarist Erlend Øye and his band

Added: 30/03/2009
5.3

The View

Cheeky For A Reason

Fourth album from the Dundee indie rock quartet produced by Angelo Petraglia (Kings Of Leon)

Added: 05/07/2012
5.3

The Hoosiers

The Illusion of Safety

Second collection of old-fashioned pop rock anthems from the Anglo-Swedish outfit

Added: 15/08/2010
5.3

Starsailor

All The Plans

Fourth album of emotional rock from the northern English outfit

Added: 06/03/2009
5.3

Snow Patrol

A Hundred Million Suns

Fifth studio album of audience-friendly pop/rock

Added: 26/10/2008
5.3

Penguin Prison

Penguin Prison

Debut album of electro-pop from New York producer Chris Glover know for his remixes for Goldfrapp and Passion Pit

Added: 02/09/2011
5.3

New York Dolls

'Cause I Sez So

The reformed protopunks, reunited with Todd Rundgren, producer of their 1973 debut, with their fourth studio album

Added: 03/05/2009
5.3

MSTRKRFT

Operator

The Canadian producers & DJs Jesse F. Keeler and Alex Puodziukas with their third album of electro house

Added: 19/07/2016
5.3

Morcheeba

Blood Like Lemonade

Chilled-out trip hop, pop soul and electronica on the latest from the London band, with singer Skye back in the fold

Added: 21/06/2010
5.3

Lewis Capaldi

Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent

Debut album from the Scottish singer-songwriter who was nominated for the Brit Critics' Choice Award for 2019

Added: 17/05/2019
5.3

Bullet For My Valentine

Temper Temper

The big-selling Welsh metal quartet with album No.4

Added: 08/02/2013
5.3

The Shins

The Worm's Heart

The James Mercer led indie rock sextet release a "flipped" version of their 2017 album Heartworms, with loud songs played quietly and vice versa

Added: 29/01/2018
5.3

Linkin Park

Living Things

The Californian six-piece mix up nu metal, rap metal and electro stomp on their 5th album

Added: 26/06/2012
5.3

Gwen Stefani

Bouquet

Fifth full-length solo release from the former No Doubt singer featuring a guest appearance from Blake Shelton

Added: 16/11/2024
5.3

Flight Facilities

Down To Earth

First album under this name from Australian disco/house duo Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell

Added: 15/11/2014
5.3

Dido

Girl Who Got Away

The big-selling modern MOR singer-songwriter returns after a five year gap with album No.4, produced by brother Rollo Armstrong

Added: 01/03/2013
5.3

Bastille

VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt. III)

Third mixtape of collaborations from the Brit Award winning English synth rock act

Added: 12/12/2014

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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)

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)

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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.