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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)

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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7.5

Alison Krauss and Union Station

Arcadia

Eighth studio album from the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass country singer-songwriter and first in fourteen years with Union Station

Added: 02/04/2025
7.5

The Murder Capital

Blindness

Third full-length album from the Dublin post-punk five-piece

Added: 21/02/2025
7.5

Lady Gaga

Mayhem

The latest album from the New York pop singer features guest appearances by Gesaffelstein and Bruno Mars and was recorded in Rick Rubin's studio

Added: 07/03/2025
7.5

The Horrors

Night Life

Sixth studio album from the goth rock band and first with a change of line-up that includes Millie Kidd of Glaswegian band The Ninth Wave

Added: 20/03/2025
7.5

Deep Sea Diver

Billboard Heart

Fourth album from the Seattle indie rock band led by Jessica Dobson and produced Andy D. Park

Added: 03/03/2025
7.4

Andy Bell

Pinball Wanderer

Third full-length solo release from the Ride and Oasis guitarist featuring contributions from Dot Allison and Neu's Michael Rother

Added: 27/02/2025
7.4

Throwing Muses

Moonlight Concessions

Album number eleven and first in seven years from the Newport, Rhode Island alt.rock trio produced by band co-founder Kristin Hersh

Added: 17/03/2025
7.4

Saya Gray

Saya

Debut full-length release from the Canadian alt.pop singer-songwriter

Added: 25/02/2025
7.3

Nao

Jupiter

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

Added: 23/02/2025
7.3

Panda Bear

Sinister Grift

Seventh solo album from Animal Collective founding member Noah Lennox

Added: 26/02/2025
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

Dutch Interior

Moneyball

Debut full-length release from the slowcore, country-rock California collective who rotate singer/songwriters

Added: 21/03/2025
7.2

My Morning Jacket

is

Tenth album from the psychedelic indie rock Kentucky veterans led by Jim James

Added: 24/03/2025
7.2

Lucy Dacus

Forever Is A Feeling

Fourth album from the Richmond, Virginia indie rock artist featuring contributions from Hozier, Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Blake Mills and Bartees Strange

Added: 26/03/2025
7.2

Brian D’Addario

Till The Morning

Debut full-length release from The Lemon Twigs' member produced with his brother Michael D'Addario and Daryl Johns

Added: 21/03/2025
7.2

Darkside

Nothing

Third full-length album from ambient producer Nicolas Jaar and jazz guitarist Dave Harrington

Added: 28/02/2025
7.1

SASAMI

Blood On the Silver Screen

Third album from LA-based singer-songwriter Sasami Ashworth featuring a guest appearance from Clairo and was co-produced with Jenn Decilveo and Rostam

Added: 07/03/2025
7.0

Mandrake Handshake

Earth-Sized Worlds

Debut album from the art-pop Oxford-based band

Added: 21/02/2025
6.9

Snapped Ankles

HARD TIMES FURIOUS DANCING

Latest full-length album for the London post-punk, electronica band

Added: 02/04/2025
6.8

Playboi Carti

Music

Third album from the Atlanta rapper Jordan Terrell Carter, with guests including Travis Scott, the Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar and Ty Dolla Sign

Added: 17/03/2025
6.6

Tate McRae

So Close To What

Third album from the Canadian pop singer featuring guest appearances from Flo Milli and The Kid LAROI

Added: 24/02/2025
6.5

SPELLLING

Portrait Of My Heart

Fifth full-length album of experimental art-pop from the Bay Area artist Chrystia Cabral

Added: 02/04/2025
6.3

Architects

The Sky, The Earth And All Between

Album number eleven from the Brighton metal core band produced by Jordan Fish

Added: 10/03/2025
6.0

Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco

I Said I Love You First

Collaboration between the US popstar and record producer featuring guest appearances from Gracie Abrams, J Balvin and Tainy

Added: 24/03/2025
3.4

Will Smith

Based On A True Story

First full-length album in 20 years from the actor/rapper featuring guest appearances from Big Sean, Fridayy, Jaden, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Joyner Lucas, Marcin, India Martínez, OBanga, Jac Ross, Russ, B. Simone and Teyana Taylor

Added: 02/04/2025

Latest Reviews

Alison Krauss and Union Station Arcadia

Russell Moore steps in for Dan Tyminski on the bluegrass band’s first new album in 14 years. On these songs, Krauss sounds ageless and the musicians around her are clearly enjoying themselves Paste Magazine

Alison Krauss and Union Station Arcadia

The bluegrass star and band reconvene with a new co-vocalist on this slick yet understated set drawing on old-time roots and more recent concerns The Observer

Alison Krauss and Union Station Arcadia

Sometimes all you need is the sound of old friends reuniting to perform some expertly played music musicOMH

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Fresh stuff

For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) by Japanese Breakfast

"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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