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3 April 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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Perfume GeniusGlory

"A glorious album that beguiles and enchants, all while insecurity and vulnerability lurk underneath" (10/10 - music OMH). "Perhaps his most musically expansive record to date" (9/10 - DIY)

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DeafheavenLonely People With Power

"Deafheaven’s best album yet, and one that serves as a snapshot of a band at the peak of their powers" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "As singular and engrossing as heavy albums get" (8/10 - DIY)

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DestroyerDan's Boogie

"The mercurial Canadian’s perspective and lavish instrumentation are a reminder of beauty’s potential" (10/10 - The Guardian). "Dan’s Boogie is Bejar’s most graceful album yet" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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Edwyn CollinsNation Shall Speak Unto Nation

"A fine album overflowing with excellent musical moments" (8/10 - Clash). "All of this music is a blast, an affecting display of the emotional textures which Collins has always dealt in so confidently, regardless of his health issues" (8/10 - Record Collector)

DivorceDrive To Goldenhammer

"Early contender for album of the year, Divorce are jumping to the front of the next-big-thing-queue" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Rare to find a debut album that exudes as much honesty" (9/10 - Clash)

Sam FenderPeople Watching

"Every song on People Watching is carefully crafted to remain with the listener" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Sam Fender is no longer just a vital voice in UK rock; he’s perhaps the most essential one" (10/10 - Dork)

Youth LagoonRarely Do I Dream

"This is a record you won’t forget in a hurry" (8/10 - Far Out). "The album represents a more mature development of Powers’ vision" (8.3/10 - Beats Per Minute). "Vital and exciting" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar)

John GlacierLike A Ribbon

"A captivating honest offering from a generational artist" (9/10 - Dork). "On one of the most accomplished debuts of recent times" (9/10 - musicOMH). "You’ll be repeating it again and again" (10/10 - The Guardian)

Sharon Van EttenSharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

"Songs which are anthemic in feel and universal in their lyricism" (10/10 - DIY). "It’s a bold step that suggests even bigger, better things to come" (8/10 - Dork)

last 12 months

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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7.4

Bring Me The Horizon

Post Human: NeX Gen

Seventh album from the Sheffield rock band features guest appearances from Aurora, Lil Uzi Vert, Glassjaw's Daryl Palumbo and Underoath

Added: 24/05/2024
7.4

Bnny

One Million Love Songs

Debut full length release from the Chicago indie rock band led by Jessica Viscius

Added: 01/05/2024
7.4

Jon Hopkins

Ritual

Seventh studio album of ambient techno from the English composer is one continuous piece divided into eight chapters

Added: 29/08/2024
7.3

Kelly Lee Owens

Dreamstate

Fourth album from the Welsh-born, London-based electronic artist featuring contributions from The 1975's George Daniel and Tom Rowlands from The Chemical Brothers

Added: 18/10/2024
7.3

Wishy

Triple Seven

Debut full-length release of indie-pop / shoegaze from the Indianapolis five-piece led by Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites

Added: 19/08/2024
7.3

Public Service Broadcasting

The Last Flight

Fifth studio album from London krautrock / synthpop band covers the Amelia Earhart story

Added: 10/10/2024
7.3

Nao

Jupiter

Third studio album from the British R&B artist Neo Joshua

Added: 23/02/2025
7.3

Maya Hawke

Chaos Angel

Third full-length album from Stranger Things actres and singer-songwriter is the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman

Added: 03/06/2024
7.3

Les Savy Fav

OUI, LSF

Sixth album and first since 2010 from the New York indie rock / art punk outfit

Added: 10/05/2024
7.3

Illuminati Hotties

Power

Third album from the Los Angeles indie pop band led by Sarah Tudzin was co-produced by John Congleton

Added: 23/08/2024
7.3

Fat Dog

WOOF.

Debut full-length release from the eclectic London quintet

Added: 06/09/2024
7.3

Juanita Stein

The Weightless Hour

Fourth solo album from the Melbourne-born Howling Bells frontwoman produced by Ben Hillier (Nadine Shah, Depeche Mode, Graham Coxon)

Added: 01/12/2024
7.3

Bat For Lashes

The Dream of Delphi

Sixth album from baroque pop singer-songwriter Natasha Khan featuring contributions from Brad Oberhofer, Mary Lattimore and Jack Falby

Added: 29/05/2024
7.3

Porter Robinson

SMILE! :D

Third full-length studio album from the Atlanta-based electronic producer

Added: 29/07/2024
7.3

Los Bitchos

Talkie Talkie

Second album for the London-based pan-continental instrumental quartet

Added: 30/08/2024
7.3

DITZ

Never Exhale

Second full-length studio album from Brighton post-punk band

Added: 24/01/2025
7.3

Panda Bear

Sinister Grift

Seventh solo album from Animal Collective founding member Noah Lennox

Added: 26/02/2025
7.3

Charly Bliss

Forever

Thurd full-length album from the Brooklyn power pop four-piece produced by Hippo Campus' Jake Luppen

Added: 16/08/2024
7.3

Cola

The Gloss

Second album from the post-punk Canadian trio

Added: 14/06/2024
7.2

Kylie Minogue

Tension II

Album number seventeen from Australian-born pop singer-songwriter featureing contributions from Diplo, Tove Lo, Bebe Rexha, Orville Peck, Sia and The Blessed Madonna

Added: 18/10/2024
7.2

Walt Disco

The Warping

Second album from the Glasgow-based synth-indie/rock band six-piece

Added: 19/06/2024
7.2

Rizzle Kicks

Competition is for Losers

Third release of urban pop and hip hop from the Brighton duo, graduates of the Brit School

Added: 19/02/2025
7.2

Hana Vu

Romanticism

Second full-length album from the Los Angeles DIY singer-songwriter produced with Jackson Phillips

Added: 03/05/2024
7.2

Hamilton Leithauser

This Side of the Island

Latest solo album from The Walkman singer recorded at co-producer Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond Studio

Added: 12/03/2025
7.2

Bess Atwell

Light Sleeper

Third album from the Brighton singer-songwriter produced by Aaron Dessner featuring contributions by Big Thief's James Krivchenia, Beirut's Ben Lanz and James McAlister

Added: 19/06/2024
7.2

Beachwood Sparks

Across The River Of Stars

First album in twelve years from the alt country / melodic psychedelia LA band produced by The Black Crows founder Chris Robinson

Added: 25/07/2024
7.2

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Flight b741

Twenty sixth album from the Melbourne psych-rock six-piece marks a return to the band's blues rock and boogie roots

Added: 09/08/2024
7.2

MIKE

Showbiz!

Eighth full-length release from Brooklyn rapper Michael Jordan Bonema featuring guest appearances from 454, duendita and Venna

Added: 04/02/2025
7.2

Kiasmos

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Second full-length release from the techno collaboration between Ólafur Arnalds and Bloodgroup's Janus Rasmussen

Added: 05/07/2024
7.2

Japandroids

Fate & Alcohol

Fourth and final album from Canadian duo Brian King and David Prowse co-produced with Jesse Gander

Added: 18/10/2024

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"Deliciously nuanced songwriting shines" (10/10 - NME). "The album’s production is imbued with a rich sense of depth and warmth" (9/10 - Slant)

BenefitsConstant Noise
"More enveloping, mesmeric and, at times, beautiful in its mannered rage" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Benefits shift between EDM, techno, rave and bleak, apocalyptic sonic wastelands" (8/10 - The Skinny)

The HorrorsNight Life
"Words struggle to capture the magnitude of this mountainous piece of music" (9/10 - Far Out). "Revelling in their history and carving a path for a new future, The Horrors feel as vital as ever" (8/10 - Dork)

Circuit des YeuxHalo On The Inside
"Haley Fohr’s latest is rawer, more physical, an almost visceral exercise in self-discovery and emotional struggle" (10/10 - musicOMH). "There’s an undeniable confidence here" (10/10 - God Is In The TV)

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"It really is an epic masterpiece" (9/10 - DIY). "Put on your headphones, plug yourself in and enter clipping.’s immaculately-crafted cyber world" (9/10 - Clash).

Steven WilsonThe Overview
"This is philosophical space rock for adults, a sumptuous soundtrack for the unthinkable future" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "There is no one doing it quite like Steven Wilson" (8/10 - Clash)

Jason IsbellFoxes in the Snow
"a shoo-in for Isbell’s seventh Grammy – has already set the bar for best Americana album of the year" (10/10 - Mojo). "Jason Isbell is one of the most powerful voices in modern Americana" (7/10 - musicOMH)

Lady GagaMayhem
"Maximalism meets controlled chaos on the superstar’s first pop album in half a decade – and it’s just so much fun" (8/10 - NME). "An album that sounds not retro, but relevant" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Mdou MoctarTears Of Injustice
"No less powerful than the originals" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "If Funeral For Justice was an eruption, here is its ghost, an echo of the same songs, reimagined in a raw, stripped-down form" (10/10 - musicOMH)

BdrmmMicrotonic
"A deep love for dance music and invigorating writing infuses the band’s third record with an incredible vitality" (10/10 - NME). "A eureka moment for bdrmm" (8/10 - Clash)

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.

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