24 September 2024
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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Seventh album from the Californian pop star featuring guest appearances from 21 Savage, Doechii J.I.D, and Kim Petras
3.8
NEW With Chappell Roan’s tour sparking Beatlemania-esque scenes of adoration and Sabrina Carpenter maintaining a stranglehold on the charts, you struggle to see where this playful yet unsatisfying record fits into pop’s firmament Read Review
NEW There are a few bright spots on the album, though none of them reach the singer’s peak output Read Review
NEW Following disastrous comeback singles and videos prompting environmental investigation, Perry’s seventh album isn’t the calamity expected – but it isn’t good, either Read Review
NEW The ‘Teenage Dream’ singer reconnects with her old collaborators for her seventh album, but fails to recreate the magic Read Review
NEW The sense of fun that propelled Perry to international stardom has been replaced by a weariness (or perhaps wariness) of the industry she once dominated Read Review
NEW Signals a career nosedive from which her reputation might not survive Read Review
NEW The maximalist productions she used to lord over feel as dated as a Vine Read Review
NEW 143 rings the death knell for Perry for no other reason than it commits pop music’s ultimate sin: it’s boring Read Review
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Jamie xx In Waves
In Waves sounds like the music Jamie xx needed to make at this point in his career - its love letter to the communal healing power of dance music is often more purposeful, and more satisfying, than his instant-classic debut All Music
The UK producer’s first solo release in seven years delivers only moments of euphoria The FT
Katy Perry 143
Signals a career nosedive from which her reputation might not survive The Line Of Best Fit
The maximalist productions she used to lord over feel as dated as a Vine Rolling Stone
The sense of fun that propelled Perry to international stardom has been replaced by a weariness (or perhaps wariness) of the industry she once dominated The Independent
The ‘Teenage Dream’ singer reconnects with her old collaborators for her seventh album, but fails to recreate the magic NME
143 rings the death knell for Perry for no other reason than it commits pop music’s ultimate sin: it’s boring All Music
Following disastrous comeback singles and videos prompting environmental investigation, Perry’s seventh album isn’t the calamity expected – but it isn’t good, either The Guardian
There are a few bright spots on the album, though none of them reach the singer’s peak output Slant Magazine
With Chappell Roan’s tour sparking Beatlemania-esque scenes of adoration and Sabrina Carpenter maintaining a stranglehold on the charts, you struggle to see where this playful yet unsatisfying record fits into pop’s firmament Clash
Miranda Lambert Postcards From Texas
Her ninth album is a tribute to her native state, with a personal touch Rolling Stone
Very much in the tradition of Dolly Parton, she inhabits an empowered, don’t-give-a-damn feminine persona The Arts Desk
The style and substance Miranda Lambert has delivered with each successive album is as present as ever on Postcards from Texas — this time paying tribute to her home state and its musical diversity Spectrum Culture
The country star shares poignant life lessons told through vignettes of a roadtrip across the Lone Star state on her charming tenth album NME
Blossoms Gary
Blossoms have arguably beaten themselves at their own game with Gary, a collection of arrestingly catchy, carefree pop songs that are sure to steal the hearts of fans and newcomers alike God Is In The TV
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