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26 January 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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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

Amyl And The SniffersCartoon Darkness

"It's a truly glorious rock’n’roll album that is forceful without being simplistic and lairy while maintaining a good sense of humour" - 10/10 - The Arts Desk).

Christopher OwensI Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

"Potentially one of the year’s best records" (10/10 - DIY). "A must-listen for anyone who’s ever been in the type of love that doesn’t always get a light shone on it" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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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Bad Bunny

Debí Tirar Más Fotos

Latest full-length release from Puerto Rican rapper featuring guest appearances from Chuwi, Omar Courtz, Dei V, & Los Pleneros de la Cresta and RaiNao.

Added: 14/01/2025
8.4

Cameron Winter

Heavy Metal

Debut solo album from New York-based Geese frontman

Added: 13/01/2025
8.2

FKA Twigs

Eusexua

Third album of trip hop / alternative R&B from the London-based singer and dancer Tahliah Barnett working with producers Eartheater, Koreless, Ojivolta, Stargate, Marius de Vries and North West

Added: 24/01/2025
8.1

Mogwai

The Bad Fire

Eleventh studio album from the Glaswegian post-rock band produced by John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, St Vincent, The Killers)

Added: 21/01/2025
8.0

jasmine.4.t

You Are The Morning

Debut full-length release from British indie rock artist featuring production by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus (aka boygenius)

Added: 17/01/2025
8.0

Victoria Canal

Slowly, It Dawns

Debut album from the German-born Spanish-American singer songwriter

Added: 19/01/2025
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

The Weather Station

Humanhood

Seventh studio album of indie folk from the Canadian outfit led by actress and musician Tamara Lindeman

Added: 16/01/2025
7.7

Songhoy Blues

Héritage

Fourth album from the Northern Mali band working with producer Paul Chandler

Added: 21/01/2025
7.7

Moonchild Sanelly

Full Moon

Third full-length release from the South African artist Sanelisiwe Twisha produced by Johan Hugo

Added: 09/01/2025
7.7

Ethel Cain

Perverts

Second album from the Florida-born dream pop artist Hayden Silas Anhedönia

Added: 06/01/2025
7.5

Mac Miller

Balloonerism

Second posthumous release from the Pittsburgh rapper featuring guest appearances from Delusional Thomas and SZA

Added: 20/01/2025
7.4

Rose Gray

Louder, Please

Debut album from the London musician is homage to dance music and club culture

Added: 21/01/2025
7.2

Anna B Savage

You And I Are Earth

Third full-length album from the Dublin-based, London-born singer-songwriter

Added: 24/01/2025
7.1

Ringo Starr

Look Up

Twentyfirst album from the former Beatles drummer is a country record produced by T Bone Burnett and featuring guest appearances from Alison Krauss, Larkin Poe, Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle

Added: 11/01/2025
6.8

Franz Ferdinand

The Human Fear

Sixth album from the Scottishindie rock band and first since with drummer Audrey Tait, who replaced original member Paul Thomson in 2021

Added: 06/01/2025
6.7

David Gray

Dear Life

Thirteenth studio album from the English singer-songwriter produced by Ben De Vries

Added: 21/01/2025

Latest Reviews

Mogwai The Bad Fire

‘The Bad Fire’ might not cure your January blues entirely but it’ll at least provide a glimmer of hope to get you through the bleakest of months. All in all, an utterly enthralling 11th studio effort from these avant rock stalwart Clash

Rose Gray Louder, Please

The up-and-coming British artist shines on her vibrant, hedonistic debut album musicOMH

FKA Twigs Eusexua

Twigs’ third album brings club music into her sensual, supernatural world. It’s a masterful pop-star moment for the artist Pitchfork

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