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25 July 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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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)

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GwennoUtopia

"Gwenno roams the cities of her youth on her vivid fourth album" (8/10 - The Skinny). "Gwenno’s songwriting matures compellingly on Utopia" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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Barry Can’t SwimLoner

"A gorgeous and varied album that will surely soundtrack countless summers" (8/10 - Clash). "trades sun-soaked bliss for emotional introspection – without losing the big drops" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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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)

StereolabInstant Holograms On Metal Film

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

Tune-YardsBetter Dreaming

"May just be their most uplifting and inspiring work" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "May emerge as one of the Oakland duo’s all-time great records after a few years’ passage" (7.8/10 - Paste)

Ezra FurmanGoodbye Small Head

"A record of unflinching honesty and unparalleled vulnerability" (9/10 - DIY). "There’s an urgency coursing through this startling album’s veins that confirms its creator to be one of the most exciting songwriters around" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Jenny HvalIris Silver Mist

"A personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments" (10/10 - The Guardian. "An immersive album of beguiling charms about memories, isolation and dislocation" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Self EsteemA Complicated Woman

"Her most concentrated and burning record" (10/10 - DIY). "takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10" (10/10 - musicOMH)

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

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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8.3

Jim Legxacy

Black British Music (2025)

Fourth mixtape from the London singer, rapper, and producer James Olaloye

Added: 20/07/2025
8.2

Yaya Bey

Do It Afraid

Latest full-length album from the New York R&B artist featuring guest appearances from Butcher Brown, Father Philis, RAHRAH GABOR, and Nigel Hall

Added: 23/06/2025
8.1

BC Camplight

A Sober Conversation

Sixth album from the New Jersey-born singer-songwriter Brian Christinzio

Added: 27/06/2025
8.0

Alex G

Headlights

Tenth album from the Philadelphia lo-fi indie rock musician Alex Giannascoli produced with Jacob Portrait

Added: 16/07/2025
8.0

Wet Leg

moisturizer

Second album from the Isle of White indie rock band led by by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers and produced by Dan Carey (Fontaines D.C., Black Midi, Kae Tempest)

Added: 09/07/2025
8.0

S.G. Goodman

Planting By The Signs

Third album from the Kentucky-born singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Clyde Charles, Mary Overbey, Matthew Rowan and Myrtle Turner

Added: 26/06/2025
7.9

Kae Tempest

Self Titled

Fifth album of spoken word hip-hop/poetry from the London-born artist featuring contributions from Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers

Added: 04/07/2025
7.8

Loyle Carner

hopefully!

Fourth album from the South London, Mercury Prize-nominated hip-hop artist

Added: 20/06/2025
7.8

Haim

I quit

Fourth studio album from the LA pop rock trio Este, Danielle and Alana Haim produced by Danielle Haim, Rostam Batmanglij and Buddy Ross

Added: 18/06/2025
7.8

Lorde

Virgin

Fourth album of electronic pop from New Zealand-born Ella Yelich-O'Connor co-produced with Jim-E Stack

Added: 27/06/2025
7.7

Hotline TNT

Raspberry Moon

Third full-length album from Will Anderson's shoegaze project produced by Amos Pitsch

Added: 20/06/2025
7.7

Barry Can’t Swim

Loner

Second album from the cottish electronic music producer and DJ Joshua Spence Mainnie

Added: 11/07/2025
7.6

Patrick Wolf

Crying The Neck

Seventh studio album, and first since 2012, from the London pop / folktronica singer-songwriter

Added: 16/06/2025
7.5

Gwenno

Utopia

Fourth album from the Cardiff-born indie pop musician and former member of The Pipettes

Added: 09/07/2025
7.5

U.S. Girls

Scratch It

Ninth solo album of dark baroque pop from Toronto-born Meghan Remy

Added: 26/06/2025
7.5

Clipse

Let God Sort Em Out

Fourth album from the Virginia hip-hop duo consisting of brothers Pusha T and Malice

Added: 11/07/2025
7.2

Tyler, The Creator

Don't Tap the Glass

Ninth album from the Los Angeles-based Odd Future rapper featuring guest appearances from Pharrell Williams (under both his name and his alias Sk8brd), Madison McFerrin and Yebba

Added: 24/07/2025
7.2

Lord Huron

The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1

Fifth album of indie folk from the LA-based band led by Ben Schneider and includes contributions from Kristen Stewart and Blonde Redhead's Kazu Makino

Added: 18/07/2025
7.1

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
7.1

Frankie Cosmos

Different Talking

Sixth studio album of low-key indie pop from the New York City-born singer-songwriter Greta Kline

Added: 27/06/2025
6.9

Rival Consoles

Landscape From Memory

Latest release from the Leicester electornic producer Ryan Lee West

Added: 04/07/2025
6.4

Justin Bieber

Swag

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

Added: 12/07/2025
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

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Fresh stuff

Virgin by Lorde

"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)

Kesha. [Period]
". isn't just a good album, it's a decisively great one, full stop" (9/10 - All Music). "A buffet of pop styles and only rare hints of her highly-publicised trauma" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Kae TempestSelf Titled
"Instinctive and raw, yet tender to the touch, his most powerful statement yet demands to be heard" (9/10 - musicOMH). "A beefy, self-assured celebration of newfound identity" (8/10 - NME)

Rival ConsolesLandscape From Memory
"A reset of sorts brings forth an album full of positive energy, showcasing electronic music at its most instinctive" (8/10 - musicOMH). "The record's best tracks are exceptional" (7/10 - All Music)

Frankie CosmosDifferent Talking
"A tight 17-track, 38-minute album that should be welcomed by all fans" (8/10 - All Music). "A warm blanket of bedroom pop vignettes, Frankie Cosmos's sixth album is a comforting listening" (6/10 - The Skinny)

BC CamplightA Sober Conversation
"It’s perhaps the finest release of his career from start to finish, and that’s beating some stiff competition" (9/10 - Far Out). "An outstanding album — ambitious, honest, and unpredictable" (9/10 - XS Noize)

HaimI quit
"This sublime collection of breakup bangers could well be the soundtrack to your summer" (10/10 - Rolling Stone UK). "Rarely works up a sweat yet maintains a jiggling, low-level funk" (8/10 - The Arts Desk)

Hotline TNTRaspberry Moon
"Guitar hero epics and riffs galore are abundant across the tracklist" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "A newly collaborative approach is a good look on the NYC outfit" (8/10 - The Skinny)

LifeguardRipped And Torn
"Chicago trio put their own fresh twist on classic art-punk" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "A blast of circular-saw guitars, baffling lyrics and effervescent melody" (8/10 - The Guardian)

TurnstileNever Enough
"On their exceptional new album, the US band double down on the vibrant eccentricity of 2021’s ‘Glow On’" (10/10 - NME). "It’s nothing short of a masterpiece" (10/10 - Dork

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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