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12 December 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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Dove EllisBlizzard

"With shades of Jeff and Tim Buckley, the Galway-born artist writes tunes so strong they seem as familiar as old friends" (10/10 - The Guardian). "The sound is entirely his" (8/10 - DIY)

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Melody’s Echo ChamberUnclouded

"The music is immaculate and interesting throughout" (8/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A record that is just as impressively crafted as anything she has done" (9/10 - All Music)

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Oneohtrix Point NeverTranquilizer

"An impossibly dense and transportive electronic album that takes impermanence as its inspiration" (8.6/10 - Pitchfork). "A demonstration of Daniel Lopatin’s mastery of structural tension" (9/10 - Slant)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

SnocapsSnocaps

"They are back playing pop that is pretty darn unmatched" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A hailstorm of warm, exceptionally-written country-rock bangers backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook" (8.5/10 - Paste)

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)

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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9.2

Rosalía

Lux

Fourth album of experimental, flamenco-flavoured pop from the Catalonia-born Rosalia Vila Tobella includes guest appearances from Björk and Yves Tumor

Added: 06/11/2025
8.5

Dove Ellis

Blizzard

Debut album from the Galway-born, Manchester-based indie-rock artist

Added: 05/12/2025
8.3

Mavis Staples

Sad And Beautiful World

Album number fifteen from the veteran gospel and soul legend is a covers album featuring contributions from Katie Crutchfield, Buddy Guy, MJ Lenderman, Bonnie Raitt, Derek Trucks, Jeff Tweedy and Justin Vernon

Added: 06/11/2025
8.2

Florence + The Machine

Everybody Scream

Sixth studio album from Florence Welch's indie rock band working with producers Mark Bowen, Aaron Dessner, James Ford and Danny L Harle

Added: 01/11/2025
8.0

Sorry

COSPLAY

Third full-length album from the London-based indie pop group led by Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen

Added: 07/11/2025
7.9

Picture Parlour

The Parlour

Debut full-length album from the indie rock band led by Katherine Parlour and Ella Risi

Added: 17/11/2025
7.8

Snocaps

Snocaps

Debut from the indie rock band featuring Katie and Allison Crutchfield and featuring Brad Cook, who also produced the album, and MJ Lenderman

Added: 01/11/2025
7.8

Oneohtrix Point Never

Tranquilizer

Album number eleven from the Massachusetts-born experimental electronica producer Daniel Lopatin

Added: 20/11/2025
7.8

De La Soul

Cabin In The Sky

First full-length album from the influential New York hip hop gourp since 2016 and first since the death of Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur

Added: 26/11/2025
7.8

Celeste

Woman Of Faces

Second full-length album the Los Angeles-born, London-based neo-soul singer-songwriter produced by Jeff Bhasker

Added: 14/11/2025
7.7

Stella Donnelly

LOVE AND FORTUNE

Third album of indie rock from the Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter

Added: 07/11/2025
7.7

Midlake

A Bridge To Far

Sixth album from the folk rock bandformed in Denton, Texas produced by Sam Evian

Added: 07/11/2025
7.6

Dave

The Boy Who Played the Harp

Third studio album from the London-born rapper includes guest appearances from James Blake, Jim Legxacy, Kano and Tems

Added: 05/11/2025
7.6

Keaton Henson

Parader

Latest release from the London folk-rock singer-songwriter, visual artist and poet featuring guest appearances from Danielle Fricke and Julia Steiner

Added: 21/11/2025
7.6

Hatchie

Liquorice

Third full-length release from the Brisbane, Australia dream pop artist Harriette Pilbeam produced by Melina Duterte (aka Jay Som)

Added: 07/11/2025
7.5

Armand Hammer & The Alchemist

Mercy

Latest full-length collaboration between Elucid and Billy Woods featuring guest appearances from Kapwani, Pink Siifu, Quelle Chris, Cleo Reed, Silka and Earl Sweatshirt

Added: 11/11/2025
7.5

FKA Twigs

EUSEXUA Afterglow

A companion album to EUSEXUA from the London-based trip hop / alternative R&B artist Tahliah Barnett includes a guest appearance by PinkPantheress

Added: 14/11/2025
7.5

Daniel Avery

Tremor

Latest release of ambient techno from the London-based producer is his first for Domino

Added: 03/11/2025
7.4

The Mountain Goats

Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan

Album number twentythree from the lo-fi indie folk band led by John Darnielle was produced by Matt Douglas

Added: 13/11/2025
7.4

Danny Brown

Stardust

Sixth full-length album from the Detroit experimental hip hop artist including collaborations with Bruiser Wolf, Kassa Overall and Mike

Added: 07/11/2025
6.9

Whitney

Small Talk

Fifth album from the Chicago indie rock band featuring contributions from Malcolm Brown, Colin Croom, Whitney Johnson, J.J. Kirkpatrick, Vivian McConnell, Will Miller, Brian Seyler and Macie Stewart

Added: 13/11/2025
6.9

Melody’s Echo Chamber

Unclouded

Fourth studio album from French indie dream pop singer-songwriter Melody Prochet

Added: 05/12/2025

Latest Reviews

Dove Ellis Blizzard

A debut album full of beautifully crafted songs, delivered with the confidence and verve of a veteran musicOMH

Blood Orange Essex Honey

There’s a consistency in the inconsistent nature of this music, and beauty resonates throughout every unpredictable second Far Out

Lorde Virgin

A record that is searingly honest, thoughtful, erudite, and fertile. It’s an elixir of excitement, hedonism, and reflection – and the reason Lorde will only continue to grow as the most dynamic force in electro-pop Far Out

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Fresh stuff

COSPLAY by Sorry

"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)

Keaton HensonParader
"An increase in volume paired with a new immediacy and confidence make this his most accessible album to date" (8/10 - musicOMH). "A huge step forwards" (8/10 - Mojo)

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)

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)

The Belair Lip BombsAgain
"Establishes them as a new great hope" (8/10 - NME). "For a band whose influences range from Queen to hardcore, it’s impressive how coherent it all sounds" (8/10 - Dork)

CreeperSANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH
"Never a band to shy away from making their songs as huge as possible, their fourth record features some of their most monumental tracks to date" (8/10 - Clash)

The LemonheadsLove Chant
"Cleverly, it retains a rough-shod production and avoids digital polish" (7/10 - Far Out). "The sound overall mostly evokes the primordial, punky, pre-grunge Lemonheads" (8/10 - Uncut)

Demi LovatoIt’s Not That Deep
"Feels like a homecoming to her electronic-pop roots" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "It’s not that deep, but it might just be Lovato’s best effort yet" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Sudan ArchivesThe BPM
"A vibrant, energetic atmosphere on her bustling house party of a third album" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Pulses with the kind of euphoria that comes from letting loose on the dance floor" (8/20 - Slant)

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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