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14 December 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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Dove EllisBlizzard

"With shades of Jeff and Tim Buckley, the Galway-born artist writes tunes so strong they seem as familiar as old friends" (10/10 - The Guardian). "The sound is entirely his" (8/10 - DIY)

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Melody’s Echo ChamberUnclouded

"The music is immaculate and interesting throughout" (8/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A record that is just as impressively crafted as anything she has done" (9/10 - All Music)

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Oneohtrix Point NeverTranquilizer

"An impossibly dense and transportive electronic album that takes impermanence as its inspiration" (8.6/10 - Pitchfork). "A demonstration of Daniel Lopatin’s mastery of structural tension" (9/10 - Slant)

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SnocapsSnocaps

"They are back playing pop that is pretty darn unmatched" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A hailstorm of warm, exceptionally-written country-rock bangers backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook" (8.5/10 - Paste)

Florence + The MachineEverybody Scream

"Florence Welch enlists horror and magic to harness hope" (10/10 - NME). "An urgent and vital testimony to survival and rebirth, Florence Welch’s sixth album is a defiant middle finger to doubters" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Lily AllenWest End Girl

"Her best album in 16 years, an incisive diary of a marriage in freefall" (10/10 - The Independent). "A hard-hitting pop exposition, while also providing an endless supply of hooks" (8/10 - Clash)

The Last Dinner PartyFrom The Pyre

"Insanely rich with ideas, hooks, smart artifice and real emotion, From The Pyre is a feast of giddy raptures" (10/10 - Record Collector). "Both thematically and sonically richer" (10/10 - DIY)

BrògealTuesday Paper Club

"2026 is there for Brogeal’s taking, they’re gonna be a lot of people’s new favourite band" (8/10 - God Is In The TV). "This is what it sounds like when a band get it right the first time" (10/10 - Dork)

Jay SomBelong

"With ‘Belong’ serving notice of Jay Som’s continued abilities" (8/10 - Clash). "Will undoubtedly solidify her reputation as your favourite pop singer's favourite pop singer" (8/10 - Exclaim"

IdlewildIdlewild

"The fact they are producing some of their best work seems almost absurd, and yet here we are" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Idlewild is no nostalgic LP—it’s the sound of a band rejuvenated" (10/10 - XS Noize)

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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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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

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

Circa Waves

Death & Love Pt.1

Sixth album from the Liverpool indie rock quartet

Added: 10/02/2025
6.4

Justin Bieber

Swag

Surprise release from the Canadian pop singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Eddie Benajamin, Cash Cobain, Dijon, Druski, Gunna, Lil B and Sexyy Red

Added: 12/07/2025
6.4

Sleep Token

Even In Arcadia

Fourthfull-length album from London-based masked black metal collective

Added: 09/05/2025
6.4

Ghost

Skeletá

Sixth album from the Swedish rock band produced by Gene Walker

Added: 24/04/2025
6.3

Alison Goldfrapp

Flux

Second solo album from the London-born singer and one half of electronic duo Goldfrapp co-produced with Stefan Storm and Richard X

Added: 14/08/2025
6.3

Sleigh Bells

Bunky Becky Birthday Boy

Sixth full-length album from the Brooklyn noise pop duo Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller

Added: 04/04/2025
6.3

Kesha

. [Period]

Sixth album from the Nashville, Tennessee pop singer working with producers Nova Wav, Jonathan Wilson, Morten Ristorp, Pink Slip and Rick Rubin

Added: 04/07/2025
6.3

Architects

The Sky, The Earth And All Between

Album number eleven from the Brighton metal core band produced by Jordan Fish

Added: 10/03/2025
6.0

Taylor Swift

The Life of a Showgirl

Album number twelve from the singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Sabrina Carpenter and was produced with Max Martin and Shellback

Added: 03/10/2025
6.0

Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco

I Said I Love You First

Collaboration between the US popstar and record producer featuring guest appearances from Gracie Abrams, J Balvin and Tainy

Added: 24/03/2025
6.0

Tame Impala

Deadbeat

Fifth album from the Australian psych-rock multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker

Added: 17/10/2025
5.9

Mumford & Sons

Rushmere

Fifth full-length studio release from the London alt-folk quartet produced with Dave Cobb (John Prine, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell)

Added: 01/04/2025
5.5

Ed Sheeran

Play

Eighth studio album from the English popstar working with a number of producers including Andrew Watt, Blake, Slatkin, Cirkut, Elvira Anderfjärd and Fred Again

Added: 12/09/2025
4.9

Arcade Fire

Pink Elephant

Seventh album from the Canadian indie rock band co-produced by Daniel Lanois and band members Win Butler and Régine Chassagne

Added: 08/05/2025
4.8

Justin Bieber

SWAG II

Second surprise release from the Canadian pop singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances by Bakar, Eddie Benjamin, Hurricane Chris, Lil B and Tems

Added: 10/09/2025
4.6

Maroon 5

Love Is Like

Eighth album from the LA pop rock group featuring guest appearances from Lisa, Lil Wayne and Sexyy Red

Added: 22/08/2025
3.2

Will Smith

Based On A True Story

First full-length album in 20 years from the actor/rapper featuring guest appearances from Big Sean, Fridayy, Jaden, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Joyner Lucas, Marcin, India Martínez, OBanga, Jac Ross, Russ, B. Simone and Teyana Taylor

Added: 02/04/2025

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