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26 February 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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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)

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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)

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Patterson HoodExploding Trees & Airplane Screams

"The album contains some of Hood’s most impressive and freshest work in years" (8/10 - Slant Magazine). "It's a pleasure to hear him challenge himself with such impressive results" (8/10 - All Music)

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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)

Manic Street PreachersCritical Thinking

"It couldn’t be anyone else making this record in 2025" (8/10 - Under the Radar). "The Welsh rockers’ 15th album finds them in thought-provoking mood" (8/10 - The Guardian)

MogwaiThe Bad Fire

"The Bad Fire proves this legendary group can still produce moving, intelligent and vital work" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Some of the most euphoric music they’ve made in a while" (8/10 - DIY)

Saint EtienneThe Night

"Truly beautiful and moving ambient pop mini-triumph that's sad, nostalgic, and elegiac" (9/10 - All Music). "Conjures images of a city just before dawn rises" (7/10 - musicOMH)

Father John MistyMahashmashana

"Unequivocally stunning" (10/10 -The Arts Desk). "Striking a compelling balance between the epic and the intimate" (9/10 - DIY). "One of his finest albums" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Michael KiwanukaSmall Changes

"A boundless effort that, while revelling in its musical referents stands tall, ceaselessly, beside them" (10/10 - The Skinny). "It's a record built to last" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Laura MarlingPatterns in Repeat

"Both stunningly intimate and endearingly raw" (10/10 - DIY). "A homey, quiet record. It’s one of the best of her career" (8.3/10 - Pitchfork). "Simple, graceful, moving, tender" (9/10 - Uncut)

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Saya Gray Saya

There are some self-consciously experimental moments, but the Toronto musician’s genre-mashing songs of heartbreak are often focused and fresh The Guardian

Saya Gray Saya

On her second album, the Japanese-Canadian musician’s magpie art pop coheres into something like a traditional breakup record, but her perspective and production are far from conventional Pitchfork

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Canadian alt-pop artist's debut matches sonic surrealism with defiantly vulnerable lyrics Rolling Stone

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Sharon Van Etten And The Attachment Theory by Sharon Van Etten

"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)

HorsegirlPhonetics On And On
"A quantum leap, full of poignant restraint and lyrical clarity" (10/10 - The Guardian). "Coming early in the year, this one’s scruffy charm feels like it will age particularly well" (8/10 - Under The Radar)

SquidCowards
"Squid graduate the post-punk revival with an exceptional record" (10/10 - The Skinny). "The five-piece’s experimental third effort reveals more of itself with each enchanting listen" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Bonnie ‘Prince’ BillyThe Purple Bird
"Warm, textured and political, Oldham’s second “Nashville record” is even better his the first" (8/10 - Spectrum Culture). "Another beautifully crafted slice of Americana" (8/10 - musicOMH)

The WeekndHurry Up Tomorrow
"A fitting and astonishingly ambitious final score for his brooding alter ego" (10/10 - The Independent). "Structurally intricate and dazzlingly effective" (9/10 - Clash)

Anna B SavageYou And I Are Earth
"On an album of lush arrangements and vivid emotions, Anna B. Savage gets in the mood for love" (8/10 - Spectrum Culture). "Her best album yet" (8/10 - musicOMH)

FKA TwigsEusexua
"So clearly the work of a fully-realized creative that it would be a victory lap if it did not break so much new ground" (9/10 - Beats Per Minute). "FKA twigs bizarre world-building masterclass" (8/10 - TLoBF)

Snoop DoggMissionary
"Snoop Dogg has a spring in his step on his relentlessly interesting Dr Dre collaboration" (10/10 - The Independent). "Missionary’ is one of rap’s most iconic voices doing what he does best" (7/10 - Clash)

Lauren MayberryVicious Creature
"Expectations were high, but the realisation is stratospheric" (10/10 - Dork). "An album that manages to be poignant and pointed without sacrificing any of its unabashed sparkle" (8/10 - DIY)

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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