11 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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Ninth studio album from the pop giant, and his first solo effort since reuniting with Take That in 2010
5.8
It's not going to win over anyone who doesn't already own at least a couple of Robbie Williams albums, but that isn't what it sets out to do Read Review
Producer Jacknife Lee and primary writers Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis have concentrated on pure pop. Print edition only
The most wildly entertaining album Robbie Williams has released in years Read Review
Features Robbie doing what Robbie does best -- writing and performing effortless pop music -- but not at his best Read Review
If you loved Williams the way he was, rejoice. If you didn't, it may be time to switch off the radio and television for a few months, and bury your head in a bucket of calamine lotion Read Review
He has showbiz genes tempered with unpredictability and a fascinating, unlikely openness Read Review
Imperial return from deposed pop emperor and new dad. Print edition only
Not the triumphant comeback he'd planned, but still, here's to the next one. Print edition only
Flawed, funny and full of hits, this is something of a return to form Read Review
More epic rock than playground pop, with echoing guitar lines and “oh-way-oh” backing vocals directly lifted from Coldplay Read Review
A well-crafted ode in honour of self-obsession Read Review
It’s safe, something of a retreat from past endeavours to a sound more suited to commercial returns in the present Read Review
A largely by-the-numbers exercise and seems almost certain to quickly fall off the public consciousness Read Review
Williams has a long way to go if he is to surpass the mature pop peak of Feel Read Review
As is his custom, many songs here are littered with contrite musings – not least Hunting for You, a song that tries epic U2 stadium balladry on for size. But even revelations like "I am the wreckage of my past" are trumped by Take the Crown's riveting closer, Losers Read Review
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Robbie Williams: Take the Crown
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
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