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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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4.9

Arcade Fire

Pink Elephant

Seventh album from the Canadian indie rock band co-produced by Daniel Lanois and band members Win Butler and Régine Chassagne

Added: 08/05/2025
4.9

Maroon 5

Red Pill Blues

Sixth LP from the LA pop rock group, with producers including John Ryan, Noah Passavoy and OzGo Phil Paul

Added: 03/11/2017
4.9

Fall Out Boy

MANIA

Seventh studio album from the Illinois-based pop-rock four-piece

Added: 19/01/2018
4.9

Wiz Khalifa

O.N.I.F.C.

Fourth studio album from the Pennsylvanian hip hop artist

Added: 04/12/2012
4.9

T-Pain

rEVOLVEr

Fourth album of hip hop / R&B from the Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer

Added: 08/12/2011
4.9

Machine Gun Kelly

Mainstream Sellout

Sixth album from the Texas-born pop-punk rapper produced by Travis Barker and featuring guest appearances from Landon Barker, Bring Me The Horizon, Lil Wayne, Willow and Young Thug

Added: 25/03/2022
4.9

Devlin

A Moving Picture

Second album from the East London-based grime mc James Devlin

Added: 04/02/2013
4.9

Bruno Mars

Doo Wops and Hooligans

Debut album of pop rock from Hawaiian Bruno Mars, whose singles have topped charts in the UK and the US

Added: 20/01/2011
4.9

Alphabeat

The Beat Is

Second album from Danish indie pop band influenced by 80s and 90s pop

Added: 27/02/2010
4.9

The Ting Tings

Sounds From Nowheresville

Follow-up to their two million-selling debut from the Salford, Manchester indie-pop duo recorded in Berlin

Added: 19/02/2012
4.9

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Make A Scene

First album in four years of dance pop from the English songstress

Added: 09/06/2011
4.9

Ray Davies

See My Friends

The Kinks frontman reinterprets some of their classics with the help of Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Mumford and Sons among others

Added: 29/10/2010
4.9

Jessie J

Who You Are

Debut album of pop from the Cornish winner of the BBC Sound of 2011 poll

Added: 25/02/2011
4.9

David Guetta

Nothing But the Beat

An array of big name guests feature on the latest offering from the huge-selling French producer & DJ

Added: 26/08/2011
4.9

Britney Spears

Britney Jean

Eighth studio album from the Grammy award-winning pop singer and first where she is credited as a co-writer

Added: 28/11/2013
4.9

Beyoncé

I Am... Sasha Fierce

The third bootylicious pop/R&B album

Added: 20/11/2008
4.9

Weezer

Weezer (Teal Album)

Twelfth studio album from the LA-based power pop four-piece consists of covers of songs by a-ha, Black Sabbath, Electric Light Orchestra, The Eurythmics, Michael Jackson and more

Added: 28/01/2019
4.9

The D.O.T.

Diary

Second post-Streets album from Mike Skinner and The Music frontman Robert Harvey

Added: 03/05/2013
4.9

Cold War Kids

LA Divine

Sixth album of soulful, indie rock from Long Beach, California band produced by Lars Stalfors (HEALTH, Matt And Kim, Deap Valley)

Added: 10/04/2017
4.9

Twin Atlantic

Free

Second album from the Glaswegian alt.rock quartet

Added: 02/05/2011
4.9

Korn

The Path of Totality

The nu - metal pioneers veer in a dubstep direction on their 10th studio album

Added: 02/12/2011
4.9

Herbie Hancock

The Imagine Project

Latest project from the legendary Chicago-born jazz / funk musician includes Pink, Chaka Khan and Toumani Diabaté

Added: 02/08/2010
4.9

Kanye West

Jesus Is King

Ninth studio album from the rapper features guest appearances from Clipse, Ty Dolla Sign, Kenny G, Fred Hammond, Ant Clemons, and Sunday Service

Added: 27/10/2019
4.8

Tribes

Wish to Scream

The London quartet decamped to LA to add a blues & Americana sheen to their indie rock sound for their 2nd album

Added: 24/05/2013
4.8

Post Malone

beerbongs & bentleys

Second studio album from the controversial American rapper, with guest appearances from 21 Savage, Ty Dolla Sign, Nicki Minaj, and more

Added: 02/05/2018
4.8

Parquet Courts

Monastic Living

A mainly instrumental EP from the Brooklyn garage rock / post-punk band led by Austin Brown and Andrew Savage

Added: 25/11/2015
4.8

Mona

Mona

Debut album from Dayton, Ohio alt.rock quartet named Brand New for 2011 by MTV

Added: 17/05/2011
4.8

Imagine Dragons

Origins

Fourth studio album from the Las Vegas pop rock four-piece

Added: 09/11/2018
4.8

Good Charlotte

Youth Authority

Sixth studio album from the Maryland alt.rock five-piece produced by John Feldmann (Blink 182, 5 Seconds of Summer, Biffy Clyro)

Added: 18/07/2016
4.8

Flo Rida

Only One Flo Vol.1

Third album from the Florida-based hip hop artist

Added: 10/12/2010

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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)

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.