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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

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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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7.6

Our Girl

Stranger Today

Debut full-length album from the London/Brighton trio led by The Big Moon’s Soph Nathan and produced by Bill Ryder-Jones

Added: 17/08/2018
7.6

Orlando Weeks

Hop Up

Second solo album from the former Maccabees frontman produced by Nathan Jenkin

Added: 14/01/2022
7.6

Oneohtrix Point Never

Returnal

Fifth album of drone music from Daniel Lopatin played primarily on vintage synthesizers

Added: 24/06/2010
7.6

Oliver Coates

Shelley’s on Zenn-La

Third full-length solo album from the London-based cellist/producer with guest appearances from Chrysanthemum Bear, Malibu and Kathryn Williams

Added: 10/09/2018
7.6

Ohmme

Fantasize Your Ghost

Second full-length album from the Chicago experimental pop duo of Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart

Added: 08/06/2020
7.6

New Look

New Look

Debut album of synthpop and electro from Canadian wife-husband duo Sarah Ruba (who's also a supermodel) and Adam Pavao

Added: 03/10/2011
7.6

Naima Bock

Giant Palm

Debut solo album from the former Goat Girl produced by Joel Burton

Added: 08/07/2022
7.6

Miss Red

K.O.

Debut full-length studio release from the Israeli dancehall MC was produced by Kevin “The Bug” Martin

Added: 15/07/2018
7.6

Mirel Wagner

When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day

Second album from the Ethiopian-born Finnish singer-songwriter produced by techno producer Vladislav Delay

Added: 11/08/2014
7.6

Miranda Lambert

Palomino

Eighth studio album from the Texan Grammy Award-winning country artist includes a guest appearance from The B-52's

Added: 03/05/2022
7.6

Milk Music

Cruise Your Illusion

The Washington indie punk band's first full-length release

Added: 08/04/2013
7.6

Melvins

Working With God

Latest self-produced album from the prolific Montesano, Washington sludge band

Added: 26/02/2021
7.6

Mavis Staples

One True Vine

The 73-year-old gospel and soul legend's latest collection, again working with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy who plays every instrument except drums

Added: 25/06/2013
7.6

Mavis Staples

You Are Not Alone

Latest album from the legendary rhythm and blues singer produced by Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy

Added: 12/09/2010
7.6

Martha

Love Keeps Kicking

Third album from the County Durham DIY indie pop quartet and first for Big Scary Monsters

Added: 03/04/2019
7.6

Mannequin Pussy

Patience

Third album and first for Epitaph for the Philadelphia punk band

Added: 02/07/2019
7.6

Madi Diaz

Weird Faith

Sixth album fromm the Connecticut-born singer-songwriter featuring a guest appearance by Kacey Musgraves.

Added: 09/02/2024
7.6

M.I.A.

Matangi

Much delayed release for the fourth album from the rapper, songwriter and producer

Added: 01/11/2013
7.6

Lydia Loveless

Somewhere Else

Third full-length album from the Columbus, Ohio alt country singer-songwriter

Added: 18/02/2014
7.6

Lubomyr Melnyk

Fallen Trees

Third album from the veteran Ukrainian pianist renowned for his "continuous music" technique

Added: 11/12/2018
7.6

Love Is All

Two Thousand and Ten Injuries

Swedish indie rock / art punk five piece with their third album

Added: 01/04/2010
7.6

Lonelady

Former Things

Third album of indie electro pop from Julie Ann Campbell, the Manchester-born singer-songwriter

Added: 29/06/2021
7.6

Leon Bridges

Leon

Fourth studio album of gospel/soulful R&B from the American singer-songwriter

Added: 06/10/2024
7.6

Lala Lala

The Lamb

Second full-length album from the Chicago-based singer-songwriter

Added: 01/10/2018
7.6

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Butterfly 3000

Album number eighteen from the prolific psych-rock Melbourne six-piece and second release of 2021

Added: 11/06/2021
7.6

Kate Jackson

British Road Movies

Debut album of psychedelic indie pop from the former Long Blondes singer with her new band The Wrong Moves

Added: 20/05/2016
7.6

Karima Walker

Waking the Dreaming Body

Second album from the Tuscon-based visual artist, writer and musician

Added: 01/03/2021
7.6

Jessica Pratt

On Your Own Love Again

Second album from the San Francisco freak-folk artist recorded entirely in analogue to a four-track

Added: 26/01/2015
7.6

Jazmine Sullivan

Heaux Tales

Latest release from the Philadelphia R&B / soul singer includes contributions from Ari Lennox, Anderson .Paak and H.E.R

Added: 13/01/2021
7.6

Injury Reserve

By the Time I Get to Phoenix

Second full-length album from the Arizona-based alternative rap trio

Added: 21/09/2021

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