10 November 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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Eighth studio album from the New Orleans-born rapper released while in jail in Rikers Island
6.8
He is so prolific he sometimes spreads himself a lil' thinly. Not here Read Review
Lil Wayne is pop's most reliable deliverer of unadulterated fun. He's also the greatest rapper alive Read Review
His languid, nasal style nods to his southern roots and the massive productions of the highlights Right Above It and What's Wrong With Them make the man who calls himself Weezy sound like the hip-hop grandee he's fast becoming Read Review
Weezy dominates every track and the end result is a lot stronger than Tha Carter III Read Review
Print edition only
The Lil Wayne who could make masterpieces out of autobiography...seems to be on temporary retirement Read Review
An interim album while he prepares to work on 'Tha Carter IV'. Print edition only
Wayne has already done better versions of almost every song on I Am Not a Human Being Read Review
Serves as a potent reminder that Wayne is still capable of both greatness and awfulness Read Review
Acts as a reminder to people that despite being behind bars he’s still here, not necessarily at the top of his game, but definitely present Read Review
Human Being is a primer for his planned post-prison album Read Review
The best tracks are those which pair Wayne with his protegé Drake, especially the single Right Above It Read Review
Though this is a flawed and scattershot project, Wayne remains an artist who makes music like a pâtissier--his songs are frivolous, delicious, and meant to be relished for just a moment Read Review
An average record that delivers and fails to do so simultaneously, while serving as a reminder that Lil Wayne is dedicated to his continued improvement as a premier MC Read Review
This is a fun record, but Lil Wayne at his peak was a world-beater. It would feel great to welcome that version of Wayne home again Read Review
This isn’t a terrible album, it’s simply a weak one; especially considering the heights Lil Wayne is capable of reaching Read Review
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Lil Wayne: I Am Not a Human Being
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
Print edition only Uncut
Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
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