13 May 2026
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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Fourth solo album from the Houston rapper featuring guest appearances from Bon Iver, Sampha, Drake, Playboi Carti, Beyoncé, 21 Savage, the Weeknd, Yung Lean, Young Thug, James Blake, Kid Cudi, Bad Bunny, Future and SZA
6.2
UTOPIA sees Scott stay true to his style, his preferences, and his principles, going against the grain of the tendencies in the viral-hungry world that is 2023 ra Read Review
Lead single ‘K-POP’ remains a titanic moment, but its immediacy is perhaps a misnomer on a record dominated by misdirection, about-turns, and sudden revelations Read Review
The album operates less as a cohesive body of work and more as a series of show-stopping set pieces Read Review
The Houston rapper's first album since 2018 teases a brave new sonic world, but has little to say about what might happen if we get there Read Review
In an attempt to give the world a true blockbuster rap album, the Houston rapper delivers a shiny, empty spectacle loaded with pop superstars who rarely make an impact Read Review
The reality is that while Scott is a masterful curator, he’s just an OK rapper. Those two realities are discordant for too many moments on Utopia Read Review
Returning with a long-awaited fourth album in the wake of the Astroworld disaster, Scott’s rhyming isn’t strong enough to distinguish him from his A-list guests Read Review
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Kacey Musgraves Middle of Nowhere
Kasey Musgraves’ latest shows that, sometimes, the Hallmark movies are right: once in a great while, you can go home again and have it all work out Spectrum Culture
Kneecap FENIAN
Kneecap double down on a lyrical outlook that sees no stove as being too hot to touch, and FENIAN brings the beats and delivery to pull their listeners closer Under The Radar
Cola Cost Of Living Adjustment
The third album from the Montreal trio breaks free with restless energy and earnest, worldweary songwriting Pitchfork
The lushest, most fleshed-out Cola record so far DIY
As the Montreal outfit Cola release their third album, the former Ought members are steadfastly standing on their own terms The Skinny
Cost of Living Adjustment hits like piping hot, full-bodied espresso right to the heart, and it's the band's best work yet Exclaim
It’s another album of subtlety and intriguing songwriting choices from Cola, not reinventing their sound by any means, but bringing in new ideas that keep things engaging and confounding in equal measure All Music
The Canadian art-punk trio bring dynamic passion and determination — and actual melodies — on their excellent third album Rolling Stone
The Lemon Twigs Look for Your Mind!
While their performances sparkle, Look For Your Mind! exposes the songwriting limitations of The Lemon Twigs. They would do well to remember that their pioneering heroes — the Wilson brothers, Lennon and McCartney, Chilton, Rundgren — rarely stayed in the same place for long No Ripcord
Aldous Harding Train On The Island
The album is rare in that it feels like it grows stronger as it progresses Hot Press
They give it all on Look For Your Mind! – and it all sounds like they have found what they were looking for Beats Per Minute
Lykke Li The Afterparty
Just like a big night out, or indeed its afters, the record is dizzying but flies by too fast and leaves you wanting just a tiny bit more to savour DIY
MUNA Dancing On The Wall
In equal parts as celebratory, uplifting and outright horny as they are aware and angry DIY
A beautiful album that offers out tantalising strands begging to be put together DIY
Whatever your view on their schtick, the songs will win you over in the end DIY
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