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7 April 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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Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"Her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date" (9/10 - DOY). "Arlo Parks approaches euphoria and vulnerability with a soothing ambivalence" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Sunn O)))Sunn O)))

"An immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington" (8/10 - The Guardian). "The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing" (9/10 - Uncut)

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ThundercatDistracted

"Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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UnderscoresU

"A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre" (10/10 - NME). "Hits all the beats of a classic pop record" (8.3/10 - Paste)

James BlakeTrying Times

"A record that couldn’t be more consistently him" (9/10 - DIY). "Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince BillyThe Marble Downs

"Strengthened by communal tendencies, meeting bombs in Iran and executions in Minneapolis not with clenched fists of protest, but with hugs" (8/10 - PopMaters).

GorillazThe Mountain

"The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive" (10/10 - The Independent). "Powerful reflections on mortality from Damon Albarn and Co" (8/10 - Hot Press)

MobyFuture Quiet

"Moby has created a 14-track state of therapy for his own mind but kindly offered it to the world. It is the offering of one of the genius producers of our time" (8/10 - CLash)

Charli XCXWuthering Heights

"This brilliantly moody soundtrack confirms Charli XCX as a star who makes better art when she’s not trying to deliver a hit" (10/10 - The Irish Times). "At times gorgeous" (8/10 - Clash)

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7.1

Devin Townsend Project

Transcendence

Seventh album in the Devin Townsend Project series from the Canadian metal guitarist and member of Strapping Young Lad

Added: 12/09/2016
7.1

Destroyer

Five Spanish Songs

The latest despatch from Canadian musical polymath Dan Bejar, covering songs by Seville songwriter Antonio Luque of Sr. Chinarro

Added: 27/11/2013
7.1

Delicate Steve

Positive Force

Second album of mainly instrumental, experimental guitar pop from the New Jersey-based Steve Marion

Added: 09/07/2012
7.1

Dehd

Poetry

Fifth full-length album from the Chicago indie rock trio produced by the band's guitarist Jason Balla

Added: 15/05/2024
7.1

Dedekind Cut

Tahoe

Second full-length album from the California ambient producer Fred Welton Warmsley III

Added: 27/02/2018
7.1

Deastro

Moondagger

Second album of synthpop from Detroit born Randolph Chabot

Added: 12/07/2009
7.1

Dean Blunt

The Redeemer

More experimental lo-fi R&B, dub and electronica from the London producer who is also one half of art and music project Hype Williams

Added: 17/12/2013
7.1

David Sylvian

Manafon

Avant-garde experiments and ambient electronica on the latest offering from the 30-year survivor of New Romantic

Added: 09/10/2009
7.1

Darren Hayman

Florence

The prolific English songwriter's latest album was written between Christmas 2014 and the New Year while visiting friends in the titular Italian city

Added: 07/11/2015
7.1

Daphne & Celeste

Daphne & Celeste Save the World

Second album from the American pop duo working with remixer and producer Max Tundra

Added: 04/04/2018
7.1

Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini

Illusion Of Time

Debut collaboration between electronic producer Avery and Nine Inch Nails keyboard player Cortini

Added: 27/03/2020
7.1

Dam Mantle

Brothers Fowl

First full length offering from Glasgow producer Tom Marshall, encompassing electronica, breakbeat, chilled jazz, post-dubstep and house

Added: 21/12/2012
7.1

Cult of Youth

Love Will Prevail

Third album of DIY folk and post-punk with experimental elements from former Love as Laughter bassist Sean Ragon, featuring contributions from violinst and Zola Jesus collaborator Christiana Key

Added: 11/09/2012
7.1

Cult of Youth

Final Days

Sean Ragon is now backed by Jasper McGandy an Chrstian Kount for his third LP of punk-influenced psychedelic neofolk v

Added: 12/11/2014
7.1

Crosses

Crosses

Debut full-length release from the electronic rock side project of Deftones' Chino Moreno Far's Shaun Lopez and Chuck Doom, which includes their early EPs from 2011 and 2012

Added: 11/02/2014
7.1

Creep Show

Mr Dynamite

Debut collaboration between John Grant, Wrangler's Stephen Mallinder, Phil Winter and Benge

Added: 16/03/2018
7.1

Counting Crows

Somewhere Under Wonderland

Seventh studio album from the California rock band produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine)

Added: 15/09/2014
7.1

Congratulations

Join Hands

Debut full-length album from the Brighton quartet produced by Luke Phillips

Added: 25/02/2026
7.1

Common

A Beautiful Revolution

Fourteenth studio album from the Grammy-winning hip hop artist and actor featuring guest appearances from Black Thought, Brittany Howard, Seun Kuti, Morgan Parker and Isaiah Sharkey

Added: 10/09/2021
7.1

Colourmusic

May You Marry Rich

Psych-folk four-peice from Oklahoma/Yorkshire release their third album

Added: 26/03/2014
7.1

Circa Waves

Different Creatures

Second album from the Liverpool indie rock quartet

Added: 14/03/2017
7.1

Choir of Young Believers

This Is for the White in Your Eyes

Harmonic downbeat indie pop on the debut from the Danish alt.folk collective

Added: 06/11/2009
7.1

Cass McCombs

Catacombs

Californian singer-songwriter with his fourth collection of acoustic tracks

Added: 01/08/2009
7.1

Cannibal Ox

Blade of the Ronin

The long-awaited second album from underground hip-hop duo who previously collaborated with El-P

Added: 10/03/2015
7.1

Caitlin Rose

CAZIMI

Third album and first in nine years from the Nashville-born alt.coutry singer-songwriter

Added: 18/11/2022
7.1

Butch Walker

Stay Gold

Eighth solo album from the rock producer and songwriter which includes contributions from Ryan Adams

Added: 03/09/2016
7.1

Busdriver

Perfect Hair

Tenth album from experimental LA hip hop artist with guest appearances from Aesop Rock, Danny Brown, and Open Mike Eagle

Added: 11/09/2014
7.1

Burna Boy

I Told Them…

Seventh studio album from the Nigerian afrobreat artist includes guest appearances from 21 Savage, J. Cole, Dave, Byron Messia and Seyi Vibez

Added: 31/08/2023
7.1

Buddy & Julie Miller

Written In Chalk

The husband and wife singer-songwriter team with another collaborative helping of country soul

Added: 04/03/2009
7.1

Broken Bells

Broken Bells

Shins front man James Mercer and Brian Burton, better know as Danger Mouse with a project born from a mutual love of each others music

Added: 03/03/2010

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