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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Fifth album of dreamy indie rock from the Wellington, New Zealand band
6.3
Fandango changes mood and style seamlessly, like a five-day cricket match moving through its phases Read Review
The line between progression and self-indulgence in music is largely a flimsy one. However, The Phoenix Foundation walk it beautifully Read Review
Another set of all-killer no-filler songs that sees their psych-flecked indie pop rolled into 75 minutes of madness Read Review
It's a record steeped in classicism that perfectly fits the concept of the rock double album Read Review
A verdant, imaginative, lush, and occasionally unsettling work that hits the sweet spot more often than it misses its mark Read Review
A grander sense of scope and ambition Read Review
There are pop diamonds that would have made a sharp and spectacular single LP. Print edition only
Cloaked in fuzzy melancholy, Fandango is one for dreamers. Print edition only
The band’s fondness for psychedelic reels has greatly influenced Fandango , with nearly every song coated in panoramic, kaleidoscopic hues Read Review
Had The Phoenix Foundation left, say, a third of this on the cutting room floor, we’d all be better off Read Review
A lot of stuff is thrown into the pot, but what, exactly, is cooking? Read Review
There are some lovely moments scattered throughout these dozen tracks but virtually every piece is too leisurely extended beyond its natural span Read Review
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The Phoenix Foundation: Fandango
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