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29 May 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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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)

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SparksMAD!

"By the time the closing track Lord Have Mercy comes around, you’ll be mentally reordering your list of top 10 all-time Mael brothers albums" (8/10 - musicOMH). "Pop classicists with a heart of gold" (8/10 - Clash)

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Sports TeamBoys These Days

"This might be the most Sports Team they’ve ever sounded, and somehow, it’s also the best" (8/10 - Dork). "Sharp, funny, and sometimes sobering soundtrack to young adulthood in freefall" (8/10 - XS Noize)

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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)

Julien Baker & TorresSend A Prayer My Way

"On their first album as a duo, the singers reclaim the honky-tonk music they grew up on" (9/10 - Slant). "A heart-bursting record that underlines the power of unity in a fractured world. A must-listen" (8/10 - Dork)

Bon IverSABLE, fABLE

"Soulful, almost spiritual in its delivery" (10/10 - DIY). "Marks a return to his fragile folk roots" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Revels in its sense of joy and collaboration" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Craig FinnAlways Been

"The Hold Steady bandleader has never sounded so alive" (8.5/10 - Paste Magazine). "Another rousing success from Finn" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Probably his finest solo album to date" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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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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5.5

Snoop Dogg

Malice N Wonderland

Tenth album from hip hop star, rapper and record label chairman Cordazar Calvin Broadus

Added: 04/12/2009
5.5

Silversun Pickups

Swoon

The LA band's follow up of 90s-tinged alt.rock to the critically acclaimed 2006 debut Carnavas

Added: 15/04/2009
5.5

Paloma Faith

Fall To Grace

Second album of pop / soul from the London-born singer and actress produced by Nellee Hooper (Björk, Madonna)

Added: 25/05/2012
5.5

Ozzy Osbourne

Scream

Tenth solo studio album from the former Black Sabbath singer and tv personality

Added: 18/06/2010
5.5

Gossip

A Joyful Noise

Beth Ditto & co moving in a more dance pop direction on album No.5

Added: 07/05/2012
5.5

Fran Healy

Wreckorder

Debut solo album from Travis front man and principle song-writer

Added: 30/09/2010
5.5

Feeder

Renegades

Sixth studio album from the Welsh indie rock trio and first on their own label

Added: 01/07/2010
5.5

Blink-182

California

Album number seven from the pop punk trio produced by John Feldmann (Good Charlotte, 5 Seconds of Summer) and first to feature vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba

Added: 29/06/2016
5.5

We Fell To Earth

We Fell To Earth

Debut from the duo comprising DJ Shadow's UNKLE replacement Rich File and Wendy Rae Fowler of stoner rockers The Earthlings

Added: 23/07/2009
5.5

The Vines

Wicked Nature

The Australian garage rockers' sixth LP is a double, and their first release on their own label

Added: 01/09/2014
5.5

The Neighbourhood

Wiped Out!

The LA-based band's sophomore effort of alternative/indie rock

Added: 04/11/2015
5.5

The Kooks

Junk Of The Heart

Third album from the Brighton indie rock quartet produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Supergrass, The Thrills)

Added: 05/09/2011
5.5

Simple Minds

Graffiti Soul

The veteran Scottish pop/rock band with their first release of new material since 2005

Added: 26/05/2009
5.5

Post Malone

Austin

Fifth studio album from the American rapper working with producers Andrew Watt, Louis Bell, Max Martin and Rami Yacoub

Added: 02/08/2023
5.5

Paloma Faith

Do You Want the Truth Or Something Beautiful?

Debut album of pop / soul from the English singer and actress

Added: 28/09/2009
5.5

of Montreal

Thecontrollersphere

EP of outtakes from last year's False Priest by the Georgia-based indie pop five-piece fronted by Kevin Barnes

Added: 28/04/2011
5.5

Ocean Colour Scene

Painting

Album number ten for the Birmingham britpop veterans

Added: 11/02/2013
5.5

Kodaline

Coming Up for Air

Sophomore record from the Dublin indie rockers

Added: 08/02/2015
5.5

Kelly Clarkson

All I Ever Wanted

Fourth collection of songs from the huge selling pop/rock singer

Added: 09/03/2009
5.5

Jane's Addiction

The Great Escape Artist

First album in more than eight years from the Californian veteran alt.rock outfit

Added: 14/10/2011
5.5

Jamie Cullum

Momentum

Sixth studio album from crossover jazz singer and pianist

Added: 19/05/2013
5.5

Hooded Fang

Tosta Mista

Second album of surf-inflected sunny guitar pop from the Canadian group

Added: 23/03/2012
5.5

Health&Beauty

No Scare

Latest release from the Chicago-based experimental indie rock three-piece, led by Brian J Sulpizio

Added: 06/08/2016
5.5

Gomez

A New Tide

Melodic indie rock on the sixth release from the former Mercury prizewinners

Added: 01/04/2009
5.5

General Fiasco

Buildings

Debut album of upbeat indie rock / pop punk from the Irish trio

Added: 23/03/2010
5.5

Eskmo

Eskmo

First full-length album from San Francisco-based electronic producer

Added: 07/10/2010
5.5

Drake / 21 Savage

Her Loss

Collaboration from the rappers Drake and 21 Savage features a guest appearance from Travis Scott

Added: 09/11/2022
5.5

Danzig

Black Laden Crown

Eleventh studio album from the New Jersey heavy metal band produced by frontman Glen Danzig

Added: 30/05/2017
5.5

CRX

New Skin

Debut album of heavy pop rock from the LA-based quintet led by The Strokes' Nick Valensi and produced by Josh Homme

Added: 07/11/2016
5.5

Chief Keef

Finally Rich

The 17-year-old Chicago rapper who emerged via YouTube with his delayed debut album which features Wiz Khalifa, 50 Cent and others

Added: 19/12/2012

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Latest Reviews

Sparks MAD!

It may not be as consistent as some of their other albums, but there's still quite a bit of Sparks' witty tale-spinning for fans to enjoy All Music

Sports Team Boys These Days

For a band that began as two kids fascinated by experimenting with sound, they’ve transformed themselves into two of the most adept composers of the modern era, and this may well be one of their greatest achievements to date Far Out

Sparks MAD!

This isn’t an album built to obsess over, but one to live alongside. It’s background music for smart friends, good snacks, and too much beer Northern Transmissions

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Fresh stuff

Fresh stuff

Better Dreaming by Tune-Yards

"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)

Peter DohertyFelt Better Alive
"The sound of one of rock’s most enduring survivors exhaling and having fun" (7/10 -DIY). "Thoughtful, lyrically sharp songs stand as testament to a life transformed" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Billy NomatesMetalhorse
"Confessional yet cathartic, ‘Metalhorse’ is an emotionally resonant piece of work that is vital, vivid and showcases why Billy NoMates is an undisputed ‘Tor’ de force (9/10 - CLash)

Model/ActrizPirouette
"It dares you to experience desire, disgust, shame, and joy—all twirling together in a dizzying blur of lace and lights" (9.5/10 - Northern Transmission)

Arcade FirePink Elephant
"It leaves a shallow void where their spark once was" (5/10 - musicOMH). "It balances huge arena heft, synth throb and an ear-pleasingly smeary murk" (6/10 - The Arts Desk

Mark Pritchard and Thom YorkeTall Tales
"The Radiohead frontman and the esteemed electronic producer release a collaboration album. What it lacks in razzle-dazzle it makes up for with risky maneuvers" (7.6/10 - Pitchfork)

McluskyThe World Is Still Here and So Are We
"Scratchy guitar riffs and thunderous bass, all driven by pounding drums, suggest that the last 20 Mclusky-free years have just disappeared in a puff of smoke" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Car Seat HeadrestThe Scholars
"A cinematic exploration of maximalism that will appeal to any fan of rock operas" (10/10 - Spill). "The Seattle band returns with their best new album in almost a decade" (8.5/10 - Paste)

BlondshellIf You Asked for a Picture
"She’s a singer-songwriter powerhouse in the making" (10/10 - Dork). "Sabrina Teitelbaum turns rough memories into pretty songs with a bite on her second album" (7/10 - Rolling Stone).

Viagra Boysviagr aboys
"Viagra Boys are at their straightforward best on career-high viagr aboys" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "A return to form, offering the inner workings of a corroded mind in musical form" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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.