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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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7.8

Saint Etienne

I’ve Been Trying To Tell You

Tenth studio album from the London alternative dance trio formed in 1990

Added: 10/09/2021
7.8

Russian Circles

Guidance

Sixth album of instrumental post-rock and metal from the Chicago trio produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou

Added: 04/08/2016
7.8

Riz Ahmed

The Long Goodbye

The first album under his own name from the London-born rapper and actor (The Four Lions, Star Wars, The Night Of)

Added: 08/03/2020
7.8

Richard Thompson

Still

Solo album No.16 from the venerable folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, produced by Jeff Tweedy

Added: 24/06/2015
7.8

Patterson Hood

Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

Latest solo album from the Drive-By Truckers frontman featureing guest appearances from Lydia Loveless and Waxahatchee, produced by The Decemberists' Chris Funk

Added: 24/02/2025
7.8

No Joy

Motherhood

Fourth album from the Montreal shoegaze artist Jasamine White-Gluz produced by Jorge Elbrecht

Added: 24/08/2020
7.8

Nine Inch Nails

Ghosts VI: Locusts

Surprise release from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s cult industrial rock band with Ghosts V: Together also released at the same time

Added: 01/04/2020
7.8

Mount Kimbie

Crooks And Lovers

Much anticipated post-dubstep debut album from British duo Dominic Maker and Kai Campos

Added: 14/07/2010
7.8

Metz

Up On Gravity Hill

Fifth release from the Toronto post-hardcore trio featuring contributions by Owen Pallett and Black Mountain's Amber Webber

Added: 15/04/2024
7.8

Margo Price

Hard Headed Woman

Fifth studio album from the Nashville-based country singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Tyler Childers and Jesse Welles

Added: 29/08/2025
7.8

Lime Garden

One More Thing

Debut full-length album from the Brighton indie rock band produced by Ali Chant

Added: 15/02/2024
7.8

Lawrence English

Wilderness of Mirrors

Latest release by the prolific English-born Brisbane-based ambient electronic musician and sound artist

Added: 28/07/2014
7.8

Laurie Anderson

Amelia

Eighth studio album from the experimental performance artist is a fictionalized retelling of Amelia Earhart’s final voyage

Added: 04/09/2024
7.8

Lambrini Girls

Who Let The Dogs Out

Debut album from the Brighton punk duo Phoebe Lunny (vocals/guitar) and Lilly Macieira (bass)

Added: 08/01/2025
7.8

Keeley Forsyth

The Hollow

Third album from the Manchester singer-songwriter and actress features contributions from producer Ross Downes, Matthew Bourne and Colin Stetson

Added: 17/05/2024
7.8

Katy Kirby

Cool Dry Place

Debut full-length album from the Texas-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter produced by Alberto Sewald and Logan Chung

Added: 19/02/2021
7.8

Kae Tempest

The Book Of Traps And Lessons

Third album of spoken word hip-hop/poetry from the London-born artist produced by Rick Rubin

Added: 13/06/2019
7.8

Kacy & Clayton

Plastic Bouquet

Collaboration between Canadian duo Kacy & Clayton and New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams recorded in 2019 in Saskatoon, Canada

Added: 14/12/2020
7.8

Jessie Reyez

Before Love Came To Kill Us

Debut album from the Toronto-born R&B singer-songwriter

Added: 01/04/2020
7.8

Jay-Z

4:44

Album number thirteen from the New York hip hop giant produced by No I.D. and featuring guest appearances from Frank Ocean, Damian Marley and Beyoncé

Added: 02/07/2017
7.8

Jason Isbell

Foxes in the Snow

The first full-length solo release in ten years fromthe Alabama-born ex Drive-By Truckers member featuring only his acoustic guitar and vocals

Added: 05/03/2025
7.8

Hop Along

Bark Your Head Off, Dog

Third album from Philadelphia indie-rock quartet which began life as Frances Quinlan’s solo project Hop Along, Queen Ansleis

Added: 06/04/2018
7.8

Hayden Pedigo

I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away

Latest album from the Texas-born avant-garde musician produced and mixed by former Hiss Golden Messenger member Scott Hirsch

Added: 11/06/2025
7.8

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Woodland

Seventh studio album from the Bluegrass singer-songwriter and her partner Dave Rawlings

Added: 23/08/2024
7.8

Gaz Coombes

Matador

Second self-produced solo album from the former Supergrass frontman

Added: 22/01/2015
7.8

Field Music

Open Here

Sixth studio album from the indie art rock outfit from Sunderland, led by brothers David and Peter Brewis

Added: 30/01/2018
7.8

Ezra Collective

You Can't Steal My Joy

Debut full-length release from the five-piece British jazz collective featuring guest appearances from Loyle Carner, KOKOROKO and Jorja Smith

Added: 26/04/2019
7.8

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

May Our Chambers Be Full

Collaboration between the Louisville, Kentucky-based post rock singer-songwriter and sludge metal band

Added: 02/11/2020
7.8

Dwight Yoakam

Second Hand Heart

Latest release from the Kentucky-born country rock legend

Added: 14/04/2015
7.8

Dr. Dre

Compton

First album for sixteen years from the influential hip hop artist and producer Andre Young is a companion piece to the new N.W.A biopic

Added: 10/08/2015

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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

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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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"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)

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"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)

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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.

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