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9 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

Albums to watch

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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7.7

Stormzy

Heavy Is the Head

Second album from the London-born grime MC with guest appearances from Aitch, Burna Boy, Ed Sheeran, Headie One, H.E.R. and Yebba

Added: 13/12/2019
7.7

Stick in the Wheel

Follow Them True

Second album from the East London folk quintet led by singer Nicola Kearey and produced by guitarist Ian Carter

Added: 27/01/2018
7.7

Squirrel Flower

Tomorrow’s Fire

Third album from the Boston-based songwriter Ella O’Connor Williams produced with Alex Farrar

Added: 13/10/2023
7.7

Sparks

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Latest release from the Los Angeles pop / rock duo Ron and Russell Mael now back on Island records for the first time since 1976

Added: 24/05/2023
7.7

Songhoy Blues

Héritage

Fourth album from the Northern Mali band working with producer Paul Chandler

Added: 21/01/2025
7.7

Soccer Mommy

Evergreen

Fourth album of indie pop from Nashville singer-songwriter Sophie Allison produced by Ben H. Allen

Added: 24/10/2024
7.7

Snõõper

Worldwide

Second album from the Nashville punk rock produced by John Congleton

Added: 06/10/2025
7.7

Sam Akpro

Evenfall

Debut full-length album from the South London experimental songwriter

Added: 01/04/2025
7.7

Saint Saviour

In the Seams

Second solo album from Rebecca Jones, produced by Billl Ryder-Jones and featuring the Manchester Camerata Orchestra

Added: 17/11/2014
7.7

Rhiannon Giddens

Freedom Highway

Second solo album from the Greensboro, North Carolina folk / Americana musician and Carolina Chocolate Drops front woman

Added: 22/02/2017
7.7

Rachel Chinouriri

What A Devastating Turn Of Events

Debut full-length release of idie pop from the London-born singer-songwriter

Added: 03/05/2024
7.7

Pom Poko

Champion

Third full-length album from the Norwegian electronic pop-punk quartet who all trained at the Trondheim Conservatory

Added: 16/08/2024
7.7

Passion Pit

Manners

Indie electro-pop on the debut from the Massachusetts band

Added: 17/05/2009
7.7

Moor Mother

Black Encyclopedia Of The Air

Fifth full-length release from the Philadelphia poet, musician and activist Camae Ayewa

Added: 16/09/2021
7.7

Mint Field

Pasar De Las Luces

Debut album from Mexican shoegaze duo Estrella Sanchez and Amor Amezcua

Added: 23/02/2018
7.7

Mavis Staples

We Get By

Album number seventeen from the veteran gospel and soul legend produced by Ben Harper

Added: 23/05/2019
7.7

Matt Berry

Heard Noises

Eleventh album from the award-winning comedian/actor and musician Matt Berry featuring guest appearances from Kitty Liv and Natasha Lyonne

Added: 29/01/2025
7.7

Low

C'mon

Album number nine from Duleth, Minnesota indie rock / slowcore trio

Added: 31/03/2011
7.7

Laura Groves

Radio Red

Second album from the West Yorkshire alternative pop singer-songwriter includes a guest appearance from Sampha

Added: 10/08/2023
7.7

Lana Del Rey

Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd

Album number nine from the New York singer-songwriter working with producers Mike Hermosa, Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson, Zach Dawes and Benji

Added: 20/03/2023
7.7

La Luz

News of the Universe

Fourth studio album from the California-based indie surf rock quartet from Seattle

Added: 27/05/2024
7.7

Kali Uchis

Red Moon In Venus

Third studio album from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis includes contributions from Omar Apollo, Don Toliver and Summer Walker

Added: 03/03/2023
7.7

Kali Uchis

Sincerely

Fifth studio album from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis

Added: 12/05/2025
7.7

Jane Weaver

Love in Constant Spectacle

Latest full-length album of dream pop from the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter produced with John Parish

Added: 05/04/2024
7.7

Iron & Wine

Light Verse

Seventh album and first in five years from Sam Beam's indie folk outfit featuring a guest appearance by Fiona Apple

Added: 25/04/2024
7.7

HotWax

Hot Shock

Debut album from the Hastings alt.rock trio

Added: 07/03/2025
7.7

Horsegirl

Phonetics On And On

Second full-length studio release from Chicago trio produced by Cate Le Bon

Added: 12/02/2025
7.7

Hayden Thorpe

Diviner

First solo album from the former Wild Beasts frontman and multi-instrumentalist

Added: 24/05/2019
7.7

Harry Styles

Harry's House

Third solo album from the LA-based former One Direction singer produced by Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson

Added: 17/05/2022
7.7

Halsey

If I Cant Have Love, I Want Power

Fourth studio album from the New Jersey pop artist Ashley Nicolette Frangipane produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Added: 27/08/2021

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