14 September 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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The San Francisco psych-rock three-piece are back with their sixth studio album
5.6
Beat The Devil's Tattoo can hold its head high as their most compulsive body of work to date Read Review
An album that places B.R.M.C. in a similar position they were in at the start of the last decade: hungry, fearsome and covered head to toe in dead animals Read Review
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BRMC still seemingly pick their songwriting styles by throwing darts at a rock'n'roll genre chart Read Review
The songs do everything you would expect, the classic blues-tinged psychedelic garage band rock that B.R.M.C. are known for. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this new offering really doesn’t give us anything we haven’t already heard before Read Review
BRMC’s sixth album cements their place as the nearly-men of rock Read Review
Devil's Tattoo is unremittingly grim, and undeniably fun. Few bands wear their frowns so well Read Review
Mostly enjoyable and mostly problem free. It’s their most consistent outing since their debut, but it’s never much better than average Read Review
San Francisco’s most famous stoners return with a sixth album that growls and fuzzes like the intermediation since 2005’s ‘Howl’ never happened Read Review
There's a fine line, however, between "big dumb fun" and "insulting your intelligence." Read Review
Nearly 10 years after their debut album, they STILL think they are the most badass bunch of outlaws in town Read Review
An often muddled and inconsistent work and its defining characteristic is how irritating it is that they get so close and yet fall so short Read Review
For all their bluster and feedback, though, it seems that BRMC are still making albums as predictable as they come Read Review
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Beat The Devil's Tattoo
David Byrne Who Is The Sky
The artist’s new album of bright, bustling pop is positioned as a celebration of reasons to be cheerful. Often its fountain of optimism feels like a firehose of forced positivity Pitchfork
Ed Sheeran Play
On the enjoyably moreish Play, the ‘culturally Irish’ star sounds as if he’s back on form. Although we’ve only had time for a quick listen The Irish Times
Baxter Dury Allbarone
This record plays like his shot for glory, and with tracks as hooky and well-constructed as "Mockingjay" or the title track, there's no reason he shouldn't hit the big time All Music
Parcels Loved
While not for cynics, LOVED is a late-summer delight that comes at audiences with open arms. Comfortable dancing shoes recommended for listening All Music
Parcels have built something contagious here, with a joy that leaves you feeling that little bit lighter when you’re done with it Dork
Loved is a departure for Parcels but one that is constantly invigorating, the group are clearly incredibly relaxed and that is reflected in the calming, and highly enjoyable soundscape they have created on this record The Line Of Best Fit
The star of this entire record is without question the harmonies. They are razor sharp, technically astounding and forever charming, leaving you wanting more of them at the close of every song Far Out
Maruja Pain To Power
They really have taken a complicated moment and made it into a fantastic piece of music Far Out
Incredible lead single Look Down On Us is just one of three tunes here that capture Maruja’s free-flowing approach by stretching out to the 10-minute mark Kerrang!
The Manchester jazz-punks let loose on their savage debut album through cathartic outpourings of fury, despair and love NME
The thrill of this band is the extremes. From moshpits one minute and silence the next, they are in command with their music, unifying the crowd God Is In The TV
This band and this record want you to punch a hole in the wall, ask if you're willing to step through it – and then beckon others to do the same The Line Of Best Fit
Maruja emerge from the studio with raucous rap-rock and meandering jam music in tow, resulting in an album full of the same songs several times over. By the end, listeners may feel they have deja vu. Fans may feel they have dementia The Quietus
Rage-infused music of dissolution Clash
Jade That's Showbiz Baby!
Debut solo album by Little Mix singer is packed with incident and a multitude of musical styles musicOMH
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.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
