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30 January 2026

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Joyce ManorI Used to Go to This Bar

"The Californian trio’s exhilarating, bittersweet seventh album marks a vital evolution" (8/10 - musicOMH). "They keep up their uninterrupted streak of never releasing a bad album" (8/10 - Under The Radar)

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Tyler BallgameFor The First Time, Again

"Mark it down as the first great album of 2026" (10/10 - Record Collector). "Ballgame's got the goods and the charisma" (8/10 - All Music). "Often startlingly brilliant" (8/10 - Mojo)

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CastYeah Yeah Yeah

"Sounding comfortable and confident. Songs are strong, the production is polished" (8/10 - XS Noize). "Sound of a band determined to prove they’re more than a Britpop legacy act" (7/10 - musicOHM)

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Dove EllisBlizzard

"With shades of Jeff and Tim Buckley, the Galway-born artist writes tunes so strong they seem as familiar as old friends" (10/10 - The Guardian). "The sound is entirely his" (8/10 - DIY)

SnocapsSnocaps

"They are back playing pop that is pretty darn unmatched" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A hailstorm of warm, exceptionally-written country-rock bangers backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook" (8.5/10 - Paste)

Florence + The MachineEverybody Scream

"Florence Welch enlists horror and magic to harness hope" (10/10 - NME). "An urgent and vital testimony to survival and rebirth, Florence Welch’s sixth album is a defiant middle finger to doubters" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Lily AllenWest End Girl

"Her best album in 16 years, an incisive diary of a marriage in freefall" (10/10 - The Independent). "A hard-hitting pop exposition, while also providing an endless supply of hooks" (8/10 - Clash)

The Last Dinner PartyFrom The Pyre

"Insanely rich with ideas, hooks, smart artifice and real emotion, From The Pyre is a feast of giddy raptures" (10/10 - Record Collector). "Both thematically and sonically richer" (10/10 - DIY)

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

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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Dry Cleaning

Secret Love

Third album from the South Lodon post-punk quartet produced by Cate Le Bon recorded at Black Box Studios in the Loire Valley, France

Added: 08/01/2026
7.9

Westside Cowboy

So Much Country ‘Till We Get There

Second extended play from the Manchester indie rock quartet who won Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition in 2025

Added: 16/01/2026
7.7

The Cribs

Selling A Vibe

Ninth album of indie rock from the Jarman brothers is their first in five years produced by Patrick Wimberly (Solange, MGMT, Caroline Polachek)

Added: 09/01/2026
7.7

Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore

Tragic Magic

Debut full-length collaboration between the ambient musician Barwick and harpist Lattimore co-produced by Trevor Spencer

Added: 14/01/2026
7.6

Lucinda Williams

World's Gone Wrong

Sixteenth studio album from the Grammy award-winning Americana legend working with producers Tom Overby and Ray Kennedy

Added: 22/01/2026
7.4

Sleaford Mods

The Demise of Planet X

Album number thirteen from the Nottingham-based post-punk duo Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn

Added: 12/01/2026
7.3

Jenny on Holiday

Quicksand Heart

Debut full-length solo album from Let's Eat Grandma's Jenny Hollingworth

Added: 09/01/2026
7.2

Joyce Manor

I Used to Go to This Bar

The California quartet's sventh studio album of pop/rock produced by Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz

Added: 30/01/2026
7.2

Courtney Marie Andrews

Valentine

The ninth full-length release from the Nashville-based indie-folk singer-songwriter co-produced with Jerry Bernhardt

Added: 19/01/2026
7.2

Robbie Williams

Britpop

Album number thirteen from the Stoke-born pop icon featuring guest appearances from Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and Jesse & Joy

Added: 16/01/2026
7.1

Tyler Ballgame

For The First Time, Again

Debut full-length album from Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter produced by Foxygen's Jonathan Rado and Ryan Pollie

Added: 30/01/2026
7.1

Kula Shaker

Wormslayer

Eighth studio album from the English psych rock band led by Crispian Mills and first formed in 1995

Added: 30/01/2026
6.9

Dead Dads Club

Dead Dads Club

Debut full-length release from Chilli Jesson's music project produced by Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O’Connell

Added: 25/01/2026
6.9

Cast

Yeah Yeah Yeah

Eighth full-length release from the Liverpool indie rock band features a guest appearance by P.P. Arnold

Added: 28/01/2026
6.9

Searows

Death in the Business of Whaling

Second album of indie folk from the Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Alec Duckart

Added: 28/01/2026
6.8

A$AP Rocky

Don't Be Dumb

Fourth studio album from the New York rapper featurubg guest appearances from Jon Batiste, BossMan Dlow, Gorillaz, Jessica Pratt, Thundercat, Tyler, The Creator and will.i.am

Added: 19/01/2026
6.7

Madison Beer

Locket

Third full-length release from the Jericho, New York pop singer-songwriter

Added: 20/01/2026
6.7

Zach Bryan

With Heaven On Top

Sixth full-length album from the Oklahoma country artist features 25 tracks. An acoustic 24-track version was released three days later

Added: 15/01/2026
6.3

Louis Tomlinson

How Did I Get Here?

Third album from the Doncaster-born One Direction member working with producers Joseph Cross, Nicolas Rebscher and Mathias Wang

Added: 23/01/2026
5.9

Megadeth

Megadeth

Sventeenth and final full-length studio release from the Los Angeles thrash metal band

Added: 23/01/2026

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Kula Shaker Wormslayer

This is a thoughtful, confident record from a band still following its own instincts — and doing so with conviction rather than nostalgia XS Noize

Kula Shaker Wormslayer

It’s an album that will mesmerise both long-time fans and newcomers alike. Each track unfolds like its own universe, bursting with vibrant colour, cosmic storytelling, and hypnotic energy Clash

Kula Shaker Wormslayer

A return to the band’s heyday of indie guitar rock, heavily influenced by psychedelia and eastern mysticism musicOMH

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So Much Country Till We Get There by Westside Cowboy

"So Much Country ‘Till We Get There is barely 15 minutes long; it is scarcely believable how much promise they’ve packed into it. Believe the hype" (10/10 - The Skinny)

The AnyDecentMusic top 10 of 2025 is the most reliable guide to what earned the most extensive overall praise from reviewers

Lucinda WilliamsWorld's Gone Wrong
"While burning with barely suppressed anger, her 16th album shows that, even in the darkest of times, there’s hope to be found" (8/10 - musicOMH). "The music is straight and soothing" (8/10 - Uncut)

Courtney Marie AndrewsValentine
"An earnest, aching set carried by dazzling vocal performances and rich, chamber-folk production" (7.4/10 - Pitchfork). "Brims with rich orchestration and incisive lyrics" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Dead Dads ClubDead Dads Club
"Imbued with a real sense of healing and closure" (8/10 - DIY). "Produced by Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell, the record turns a period of grief into triumph" (8/10 - NME)

Oneohtrix Point NeverTranquilizer
"An impossibly dense and transportive electronic album that takes impermanence as its inspiration" (8.6/10 - Pitchfork). "A demonstration of Daniel Lopatin’s mastery of structural tension" (9/10 - Slant)

Melody’s Echo ChamberUnclouded
"The music is immaculate and interesting throughout" (8/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A record that is just as impressively crafted as anything she has done" (9/10 - All Music)

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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