14 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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First solo album from the former Supergrass frontman recorded in his own Oxford studio
7.1
This isn't conventional pop, but Coombes has pulled off the tricky job of being accessible while losing none of the intrigue Read Review
A rewarding and substantial offering. Read Review
The sound of Gaz testing himself; by plunging into a world filled with drum machines, synths and computers Read Review
Going solo always opens new vista’s for a singer and on ‘Here Come The Bombs’ Gaz Coombes has grasped the opportunity to do something a little bit different with a very impressive debut Read Review
Offering cleat evidence that there is much musical life left in Coombes. Print edition only
As robustly melodic as anything he released with Supergrass Read Review
Does a surprisingly adept job of retaining the band's oddball pop Read Review
Fresh and stylish and marks Coombes’ finest work in over a decade. A triumph Read Review
He clearly isn’t resting on his laurels, but stepping from his comfort zone with a new found confidence and remaining as infectious as ever Read Review
An eclectic and interesting record Read Review
If taking a break from the big noises is going to conjure up this sort of result, let the “indefinite break” continue Read Review
When he abandons the electro tricks like on Sub Divider, Coombes reminds us of his skills – it’s just a pity that we needed reminding Read Review
The result is like a Supergrass album with the seams showing plus some weird quirky touches in the shape of synth noises and electro flourishes Read Review
An interesting listen and worthwhile endeavour Read Review
Not exactly left field, but on the right track. Print edition only
While some of these missiles find their target, he is back with less of a bang than he might have hoped. Print edition only
He can't escape his gift for writing songs with hooks you can hang a coat on. His debut solo album is packed with them Read Review
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Gaz Coombes: Here Come The Bombs
U2 Carnaval de Luz
This is not a radical reinvention of Rattle And Hum-to-Achtung Baby magnitude, or even a wilful evolution akin to that from How To Dismantle An Atom Bomb to No Line On Th Horizon. The ghosts of U2's past are summoned in numbers, though they are frequently mischievously partnered to interestingly incongruous effect. Print edition only Uncut
The Irish legends' best work in 25 years homages their eras, brings Brian Eno to bear on keys and even wheels out the late Dolly Parton musicOMH
Royal Blood Dead Company
It’s a record that sounds exactly like you would hope a new Royal Blood album would sound like, it’s little wonder that they are as big as they are, a consistently fine listen God Is In The TV
Kings Of Leon O My Beloved
With Carnaval De Luz they are not reinventing themselves or trying to be the current flavour of the month. What they do with this album is revisit their older glories and create new music and sound Spill Magazine
U2 return with a defiant and celebratory record that captures them still at the height of their powers Hot Press
This is Lorelei The Singer In My Band
Nate Amos fills his latest album with other people’s stories: some linger, others get lost in the scenery Still Listening
Out for blood! Brighton bruisers Royal Blood blast back-to-basics on fifth album Kerrang!
Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher floor the accelerator and embark on another collision course of energised and uncompromising riff-rock for album number five NME
Dead Company is arguably the best album they’ve released since their debut, but doesn’t exactly come close to topping it Sputnik Music (staff)
Royal Blood's latest album is competently made and frequently enjoyable, but almost entirely foreseeable The Skinny
There are no frills on this fifth set, once again self-produced by Kerr and Thatcher; instead, it provides a brisk hard rock assault that should please the faithful and entice newcomers to dig into their back catalog All Music
Bono and co. return to full strength with a celebration of hope over despair Mojo
Twisted Teens The Holy Cross Tigers
They revamp the work of their progenitors while at the same time transcending it. Never wandering too far from the music that inspires them, Twisted Teens occupy a space that is distinctly theirs Beats Per Minute
Shygirl Swallow!
The UK electronica figurehead takes a sentimental turn on her tender but assured sophomore release Paste Magazine
The Irish stadium legends’ latest is pedantic and ambiguous, rife with centrist pandering that ends up saying nothing at all Paste Magazine
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
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways