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4 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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6.6

Boots

Aquaria

Debut full-length album from the producer, singer and rapper Jordan Asher who's worked with Beyoncé, FKA Twigs and Run the Jewels

Added: 12/11/2015
6.6

The Streets

Computers & Blues

Fifth and final album of hip-hop / garage from Birmingham-born rapper Mike Skinner

Added: 31/01/2011
6.6

The Smashing Pumpkins

Monuments To An Elegy

Ninth studio album from the Chicago alt.rock band and features Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee on drums

Added: 04/12/2014
6.6

Craig Finn

Clear Heart Full Eyes

First solo outing for the Hold Steady frontman

Added: 18/01/2012
6.6

Chvrches

Love Is Dead

Third album from the Glasgow synthpop trio produced by Greg Kurstin (Sia, Beck, Kelly Clarkson, Tegan and Sara, Foo Fighters)

Added: 24/05/2018
6.6

Broken Bells

After the Disco

Second record of dancey, spacey indie rock from Danger Mouse and James Mercer of The Shins

Added: 24/01/2014
6.6

Zoey Van Goey

The Cage Was Unlocked All Along

Debut release from the Glasgow-based indie pop trio

Added: 27/11/2009
6.6

You Say Party! We Say Die!

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Third album of dance-punk from the Canadian band whose drummer died on April 18, 2010, after collapsing onstage

Added: 24/05/2010
6.6

White Noise Sound

White Noise Sound

Debut album of psych rock / shoegaze / krautrock from Swansea sextet produced by Spacemen 3's Pete Kember

Added: 17/01/2011
6.6

We Were Promised Jetpacks

The Last Place You’ll Look

EP follow-up to the much-praised debut album These Four Walls from the Scottish indie-rock four-piece

Added: 12/04/2010
6.6

Wallis Bird

Wallis Bird

Third album of rockabilly and folk from this Irish singer-songwriter

Added: 16/03/2012
6.6

Vic Chesnutt

At the Cut

American folk-rock singer-songwriter teamed up with Montreal post-rockers Thee Silver Mt Zion on his latest

Added: 21/10/2009
6.6

Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats

The Night Creeper

Fourth album from the Cambridge psychedelic rock four-piece, a concept album based on a fictional pulp horror film

Added: 03/09/2015
6.6

Tricky

Mixed Race

Ninth studio album from the Bristol trip hop producer

Added: 15/09/2010
6.6

Trentemøller

Into The Great Wide Yonder

Third album of electronica, techno and minimal from the Danish producer

Added: 08/06/2010
6.6

Tobacco

Maniac Meat

Second outing for the Black Moth Super Rainbow frontman's cosmic hip hop alter ego

Added: 02/06/2010
6.6

Times New Viking

Born Again Revisited

Latest installment of lo-fi noise pop from the Ohio outfit

Added: 01/10/2009
6.6

The Young Veins

Take A Vacation!

60s pop, psychedelia and vintage garage on the debut from former Panic At The Disco! men Ryan Ross and Jon Walker

Added: 06/07/2010
6.6

The Young

Dub Egg

The second album from this lo-fi psychedelic garage rock troupe from Austin, TX

Added: 25/06/2012
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

The Watson Twins

Talking to You, Talking to Me

Second release of soul and jazz inflected retro pop from the onetime Jenny Lewis backing singers

Added: 07/02/2010
6.6

The View

Ropewalk

Fifth album from the Dundee indie rockers, produced by The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr

Added: 11/09/2015
6.6

The Staves and yMusic

The Way Is Read

Collaboration between the English indie folk trio and the New York chamber sextet

Added: 08/12/2017
6.6

The Men

Devil Music

Sixth studio album from the Brooklyn post-hardcore punk five-piece

Added: 22/11/2016
6.6

The Men

Mercy

Eighth studio album from the Brooklyn post-hardcore punk five-piece was recorded live

Added: 20/02/2020
6.6

The Little Willies

For The Good Times

Second album of country covers from the collective fronted by Norah Jones

Added: 08/01/2012
6.6

The Ladybug Transistor

Clutching Stems

Seventh album from the Brooklyn-based indie pop quintet

Added: 06/07/2011
6.6

The King Khan & BBQ Show

Invisible Girl

Canadian garage rock duo with their third album of punk doo-wop

Added: 02/12/2009
6.6

The Juan MacLean

Everybody Get Close

Rarities, unreleased tracks and remixes on this collection from the influential electronica and techno producer and DFA cohort

Added: 15/11/2011
6.6

The Joy Formidable

Into The Blue

Fifth self-released studio album by Welsh indie rock trio recorded in Utah

Added: 24/08/2021

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Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

One of those albums that evokes a tangible mood; in this case, somewhere adjacent to the sun coming up after a rollercoaster of a night out. As such, it's frequently wonderful. Print edition only Uncut

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

"We're blossoming," she sings of a new romance, but she could easily be talking about herself and her artistic trajectory, having pulled off a daring makeover with such style. Print edition only Record Collector

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

Any fear, dissociation or sorrow Parks describes is repeatedly shaken off in the communion of the dancefloor The Independent

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All-time top 10

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