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10 November 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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SorryCOSPLAY

"Hooks arrive, then shift; masks slip, then hold; references flash, then vanish. The common thread is control: even at its most unruly, the placement of parts feels deliberate" (10/10 - Dork)

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Mavis StaplesSad And Beautiful World

Sad and Beautiful World is much more than a mere collection of Staples’ incredible gospel and soul-soaked mastery; it is a reminder of what has been before and what the future could be (8/10 - Far Out)

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Anna Von HausswolffICONOCLASTS

"All of the different influences on Iconoclasts just blend so well and it never sounds messy" (9.4/10 - Sputnik). "A marriage of opposites: automaton-like discipline and total abandon" (8/10 - Slant)

Highest Recent Ratings

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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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5.9

Goodluck Jonathan

This Is Our Way Out

Debut album from the Brighton-based post-hardcore band five-piece

Added: 22/07/2011
5.9

Gang Colours

Invisible in Your City

Second batch of laid-back electronica from Southampton's Will Ozanne

Added: 08/10/2013
5.9

Fryars

Dark Young Hearts

19 year old Ben Garett, with a debut release of 80s-accented electro-pop / rock

Added: 05/10/2009
5.9

Fountains of Wayne

Sky Full Of Holes

Fifth album from the New York power pop quartet formed in 1996

Added: 29/07/2011
5.9

Flogging Molly

Speed of Darkness

Fifth studio album from these LA celtic punks, the first on their own label, Borstal Beat

Added: 14/06/2011
5.9

Editors

In This Light And On This Evening

Third release of brooding indie rock from the big-selling Birmingham four-piece

Added: 09/10/2009
5.9

Diplo

Diplo

Second studio album from the American producer includes guest appearances from Miguel, Paul Woolford, Damian Lazarus, and TSHA

Added: 10/03/2022
5.9

Delorean

Muzik

Fifth album from the Barcelona-based Balearic house quartet

Added: 29/06/2016
5.9

Deer Tick

The Black Dirt Sessions

Third album from Providence, Rhode Island indie folk quartet

Added: 23/06/2010
5.9

Danton Eeprom

Yes Is More

Debut album of dancefloor friendly electro, glitch and offbeat house from the maverick French producer and remixer

Added: 17/03/2010
5.9

Cortney Tidwell

Boys

Second album from the Nashville-based alt country singer/songwriter

Added: 14/07/2009
5.9

Cold Crows Dead

I Fear A New World

Xcerts frontman Murray McLeod and fellow Brighton-based singer-songwriter and producer Paul Steel combine for a debut album merging retro psychedelia and grunge

Added: 06/12/2013
5.9

Coheed and Cambria

The Color Before The Sun

New York's prog-rock quartet release their eighth studio album

Added: 01/11/2015
5.9

Carrie Underwood

Storyteller

Fifth studio album from the Oklahoma-born country singer-songwriter and winner of the 2005 American Idol

Added: 04/11/2015
5.9

Birdy

Birdy

Debut album from the 15 year old English folk singer

Added: 15/06/2012
5.9

AraabMuzik

The Remixes, Vol. 1

Album of EDM remixes from the Rhode Island based Hip Hop producer

Added: 29/07/2013
5.9

Zulu Winter

Language

Debut album of melodic, emotional indie rock and synth pop from the London quintet

Added: 01/06/2012
5.9

Yungblud

Weird!

Second album from the Doncaster-born alternative pop artist with contributions from Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker and Dan Reynolds

Added: 04/12/2020
5.9

Wolfmother

Victorious

Fourth studio album from the Australian hard rock band led by Andrew Stockdale and produced by Brendan O'Brien (AC/DC, The Killers, The Gaslight Anthem)

Added: 20/02/2016
5.9

Weezer

Hurley

Eighth studio album from L.A.'s kings of pop-punk.

Added: 13/09/2010
5.9

The Drums

Encyclopedia

Third LP from the Brooklyn indie pop group, now a duo

Added: 22/09/2014
5.9

Greta Van Fleet

The Battle at Garden's Gate

Second studio album by Michigan rock quartet produced by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney, CHVRCHES)

Added: 15/04/2021
5.9

Ben Folds Five

The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind

Folds returns to his deceptively named trio for another collection of alternative piano rock songs

Added: 17/09/2012
5.9

Vetiver

Complete Strangers

Sixth album of indie folk from Andy Cabic's San Francisco five-piece

Added: 24/03/2015
5.9

Sting

57th & 9th

The Police frontman goes for straight up rock 'n' roll vibe for his ninth solo record

Added: 11/11/2016
5.9

Refused

Freedom

Fourth studio album from the Swedish hardcore punk band and first to be released since breaking up in 1998

Added: 24/06/2015
5.9

Prince Rama

Top Ten Hits Of The End Of The World

The fifth album of psychedelia from these sisters, raised on a Hare Krishna commune in Florida

Added: 09/11/2012
5.9

Panic! At The Disco

Death of a Bachelor

Fifth album from Brendon Urie's indie rock project, featuring guest writers including Rivers Cuomo ad Ricky Wilson

Added: 14/01/2016
5.9

Lust for Youth

Compassion

Fourth album from the Copenhagen-based synthpop band led by Swedish producer Hannes Norrvide

Added: 17/03/2016
5.9

Example

The Evolution of Man

Album number four is a double for the big name English house / pop MC

Added: 18/11/2012

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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.