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2 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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CMATEURO-COUNTRY

"Who else could combine soul, yodelling, Jamie Oliver and Calpol into such charming songs about the messy modern psyche? Only Europe’s best new breakout star" (10/10 - The Guardian)

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The HivesThe Hives Forever Forever The Hives

"It’d take a cold, cold heart not to be energised by this" (8/10 - DIY). "Humour, imagination, and an impeccable musicianship that few can rival" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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Blood OrangeEssex Honey

"It takes in all the avant-garde and otherwise out-there influences Hynes has encountered along his meandering way" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "A remarkable album" (9/10 - All Music)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

Wolf AliceThe Clearing

"Their boldest, most striking record yet" (10/10 - DIY). "Frankly, soft-rock has not sounded this grand in a long time, and only Wolf Alice could have crafted it" (8.7/10 - Northern Transmissions)

The New EvesThe New Eve Is Rising

"Velvets-style drone rock, trad folk, anarcho-punk and hippy whimsy are all discernible in the Brighton quartet’s debut album – all played with white-knuckle intensity" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Wet Legmoisturizer

"Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact" (8/10 - Slant)

LordeVirgin

"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

last 12 months

The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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7.0

Central Cee

Can't Rush Greatness

Debut studio album from the London-born rapper Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su featuring guest appearances from Young Miko, 21 Savage, Dave, Lil Durk, Skepta and Lil Baby

Added: 24/01/2025
6.9

Beirut

A Study Of Losses

Seventh studio album from the indie folk group led by Zach Condon was created for the Swedish circus Kompani Giraff

Added: 18/04/2025
6.9

The Waterboys

Life, Death, & Dennis Hopper

Album number sixteen from the Edinburgh-born Mike Scott covers the life of the cult actor includes contributions from Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple and Steve Earle

Added: 04/04/2025
6.9

Snapped Ankles

HARD TIMES FURIOUS DANCING

Latest full-length album for the London post-punk, electronica band

Added: 02/04/2025
6.9

Ok Go

And The Adjacent Possible

Fifth studio album, and first in eleven years, from the Chicago indie rock band produced with Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Mogwai, The Flaming Lips)

Added: 14/04/2025
6.9

Larkin Poe

Bloom

Seventh album from the Georgia roots rock band led by Rebecca and Megan Lovell

Added: 30/01/2025
6.9

Aesop Rock

Black Hole Superette

Eighth album from the San Francisco-based hip hop artist and producer Ian Matthias Bavitz feuturing guest appearances from Hanni El Khatib, Armand Hammer, Lupe Fiasco and Open Mike Eagle

Added: 02/06/2025
6.9

Biig Piig

11:11

Debut full-length album from the London-based Irish dance-pop artist Jessica Smyth who switches between English and Spanish

Added: 07/02/2025
6.9

Mac DeMarco

Guitar

Sixth full-length release from the Los Angeles-based Canadian multi-instrumentalist

Added: 21/08/2025
6.9

Rival Consoles

Landscape From Memory

Latest release from the Leicester electornic producer Ryan Lee West

Added: 04/07/2025
6.8

FLO

Access All Areas

Debut full-length album from the London-based R&B trio featuring guest appearances from Cynthia Erivo and Glorilla

Added: 15/11/2024
6.8

Sabrina Carpenter

Man’s Best Friend

Seventh full-length album from pop the singer-songwriter co-produced with Jack Antonoff

Added: 29/08/2025
6.8

Playboi Carti

Music

Third album from the Atlanta rapper Jordan Terrell Carter, with guests including Travis Scott, the Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar and Ty Dolla Sign

Added: 17/03/2025
6.8

Lady Gaga

Harlequin

The latest album from the New York pop singer is a companion album to the film "Joker: Folie et Deux" that she stars in

Added: 27/09/2024
6.8

Pixies

The Night the Zombies Came

Ninth album from the the Boston alt.rock legends and fifth since they reformed and first with Band of Skulls' Emma Richardson as bassist

Added: 24/10/2024
6.8

SPELLLING

Portrait Of My Heart

Fifth full-length album of experimental art-pop from the Bay Area artist Chrystia Cabral

Added: 02/04/2025
6.8

Indigo De Souza

Precipice

Fourth album from the North Carolina-based indie rock musician recorded in Los Angeles with Elliott Kozel

Added: 24/07/2025
6.7

Franz Ferdinand

The Human Fear

Sixth album from the Scottishindie rock band and first since with drummer Audrey Tait, who replaced original member Paul Thomson in 2021

Added: 06/01/2025
6.7

Tennis

Face Down In The Garden

Seventh album of surf pop from husband and wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley

Added: 01/05/2025
6.7

Rico Nasty

Lethal

Third solo album from the Maryland-born rapper

Added: 16/05/2025
6.7

Tate McRae

So Close To What

Third album from the Canadian pop singer featuring guest appearances from Flo Milli and The Kid LAROI

Added: 24/02/2025
6.6

The Weeknd

Hurry Up Tomorrow

Sixth full-length album from the Canadian alternative R&B singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Justice, Anitta, Travis Scott, Florence and the Machine, Future, Playboi Carti, Giorgio Moroder and Lana Del Rey

Added: 01/02/2025
6.6

Suki Waterhouse

Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin

Second full-length release from the London-born singer-songwriter, actress and model

Added: 13/09/2024
6.6

The Wombats

Oh! The Ocean

Sixth full-length album from the indie rock trio formed in Liverpool was recorded in Los Angeles with producer John Congleton

Added: 14/02/2025
6.6

Olly Alexander

Polari

Debut full-length solo album from the Years & Years singer produced with Danny L Harle

Added: 09/02/2025
6.6

David Gray

Dear Life

Thirteenth studio album from the English singer-songwriter produced by Ben De Vries

Added: 21/01/2025
6.5

Miley Cyrus

Something Beautiful

Ninth studio album from the pop singer-songwriter executive produced with Shawn Everett featuring songs from the short film of the same name

Added: 01/06/2025
6.5

The Black Keys

No Rain, No Flowers

Thirteenth studio album from the Akron Ohio garage rock duo Dan Auerback and Patrick Carney recorded at Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee

Added: 08/08/2025
6.5

Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts

Talkin To The Trees

The 48th full-length studio album from Neil Young is the first with his new backing band

Added: 13/06/2025
6.5

Sophie

Sophie

Posthumous release of the second solo album from the Scottish-born experimental art pop musician was finalised by her brother Benny Long

Added: 27/09/2024

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Latest Reviews

Sabrina Carpenter Man’s Best Friend

Her lyrical ability to write a double entendre needs to be studied in a lab Evening Standard

Sabrina Carpenter Man’s Best Friend

Can an old dog learn new tricks? Maybe, but Carpenter performs the same ones. “You think that I’m gonna fuck with your head?” she asks at the start of one song, “Well, you’re absolutely right.” Not a great joke if you already know the punchline Northern Transmissions

Sabrina Carpenter Man’s Best Friend

It tells you over and over again who she is — horny, playful and confident — without giving the listener the thrill of really feeling much of anything at all Exclaim

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Fresh stuff

The Clearing by Wolf Alice

"Their boldest, most striking record yet" (10/10 - DIY). "Frankly, soft-rock has not sounded this grand in a long time, and only Wolf Alice could have crafted it" (8.7/10 - Northern Transmissions)

Water From Your EyesIt’s A Beautiful Place
"One of indie’s most unique duos embrace sci-fi sounds, frightening existentialism and a newfound heaviness on their new album" (8/10 - NME).

LaufeyA Matter Of Time
"Laufey conjures a fairytale world woven from jazz, pop and a ticking clock" (10/10 - Laufey). "It makes for the boldest chapter in her artistic story yet" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Cass McCombsInterior Live Oak
"US indie’s steadfast storyteller makes a wonderfully unhurried double album his best yet" (10/10 - The Guardian). "At its best when it leans into the reverie with a riff that calls upon a relaxed stroll" (8/10 - Far Out)

Alison GoldfrappFlux
"Think of Flux as an elegant evolution. She’s still dancing, but this time with her heart closer to the surface" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Floats in an elegant yet directionless orbit" (6/10 - The Skinny)

Marissa NadlerNew Radiations
"It confirms her strength as a vulnerable storyteller in an era of frequent isolation" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Nadler still shines as a spell-weaver and mistress of moods" (6/10 - Mojo)

The Black KeysNo Rain, No Flowers
"After a career hiccup, the reliable rock duo ground themselves with a smooth, solid LP" (7/10 - Rolling Stone). "A pleasant, straightforward collection of reliably rocking jams" (7/10 - All Music)

BabymetalMetal Forth
"There are moments of genius here. In forging new bonds and attempting to break new ground," (8/10 - Kerrang!). "Proves once again that BABYMETAL are in a league of their own" (8/10 - Dork)

Reneé RappBite Me
"Hell-raising rocker parties her troubles away on her uproarious second album" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "It’s a record that is cut from her very core, completely on her own terms" (10/10 - Dork)

Tyler, The CreatorDon't Tap the Glass
"Half an hour of early 80s rhythms and slick one-liners with the IDGAF attitude of his early years" (8/10 - The Guardian). "A crate-digging party project that favours feel over formula" (8/10 - NME)

All-time top 10

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.

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