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6 August 2026

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The Durutti ColumnRenascent

"Now a keen point of reference for lone bedroom listeners and stadium-fillers alike, Vini Reilly begins a new, starlit chapter" (9/10 - musicOMH)

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Ariana Grandepetal

"petal may have stemmed from a place of unfiltered rage, but the end result is a gorgeous bloom" (9/10 - Sputnik). "Rage is all over the pop superstar’s eighth LP, Petal — and it suits her " (8/10 - Rolling Stone)

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ShearwaterThe New World

"Fans and newcomers alike will be entranced by the beauty of Jonathan Meiburg and co's stately creation – assisted by an astonishing supporting cast" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Highest Recent Ratings

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Yard ActYou're Gonna Need A Little Music

"A deliberate retreat from their role as commentators; here, their medium has become the music" (10/10 - NME)

mary in the junkyardRole Model Hermit

"A magnificent feat in angry, sad and fantastical folk-rock" (10/10 - The Skinny). The complex instrumental layerings and weaving storylines will entrance you (8/10 - Clash)

Vince StaplesCry Baby

"An urgent manifesto against American injustice and complacency" (9.1/10 - Consequence of Sound). "The Long Beach lyricist delivers his most passionately political release to date" (8/20 - NME)

Boards of CanadaInferno

"The elusive Scottish electronic duo return after over a decade away with an immersive, multi-dimensional album that is both evocative and ambitious" (10/10 - musicOMH)

Ed O’BrienBlue Morpho

"The guitarist’s album might be the most Radiohead side project yet to emerge from the mother ship" (8/10 - The Irish Times). "Works that move and grow like the building blocks of life itself" (8/10 - Clash)

Kevin MorbyLittle Wide Open

"A masterpiece of simple and, at times, epic proportions that will linger deep within one’s soul" (9/10 - PopMatters). "The eight-minute-long title track is arguably Morby’s greatest song to date" (8/10 - Mojo)

last 12 months

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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6.9

Dead Dads Club

Dead Dads Club

Debut full-length release from Chilli Jesson's music project produced by Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O’Connell

Added: 25/01/2026
6.9

Rostam

American Stories

Third solo album from the former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij

Added: 15/05/2026
6.9

Mac DeMarco

Guitar

Sixth full-length release from the Los Angeles-based Canadian multi-instrumentalist

Added: 21/08/2025
6.9

Violet Grohl

Be Sweet To Me

Debut full-length release from Violet Grohl (daughter Dave Grohl) working with producers Joe Kennedy, Brad Lauchert, Anthony Paul Lopez and Justin Raisen

Added: 01/06/2026
6.9

Mariah Carey

Here For It All

Sixteenth studio album and first in seven years from the American pop icon featuring guest appearances from Anderson .Paak, Kehlani, Shenseea and The Clark Sisters

Added: 01/10/2025
6.9

Vegas Water Taxi

long time caller, first time listener

Second album from the East London alt-country band led by Ben Hambro

Added: 13/02/2026
6.9

Ulrika Spacek

EXPO

Third album from the Reading indie rock five-piece was was self-recorded, produced and mixed

Added: 10/02/2026
6.9

Searows

Death in the Business of Whaling

Second album of indie folk from the Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Alec Duckart

Added: 28/01/2026
6.9

Howling Bells

Strange Life

Fifth album and first since 2014 from the gloomy, country-tinged indie act from Sydney led by Juanita Stein

Added: 16/02/2026
6.9

Deep Purple

SPLAT!

Album number twentyfour from the British hard rock band was produced by Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel)

Added: 03/07/2026
6.8

Sabrina Carpenter

Man’s Best Friend

Seventh full-length album from pop the singer-songwriter co-produced with Jack Antonoff

Added: 29/08/2025
6.8

A$AP Rocky

Don't Be Dumb

Fourth studio album from the New York rapper featurubg guest appearances from Jon Batiste, BossMan Dlow, Gorillaz, Jessica Pratt, Thundercat, Tyler, The Creator and will.i.am

Added: 19/01/2026
6.8

Foo Fighters

Your Favorite Toy

Album number twelve from Dave Grohl's post-grunge rock stalwarts and first with drummer Ilan Rubin

Added: 23/04/2026
6.8

Modest Mouse

An Eraser And A Maze

Eighth album from Isaac Brock's alt rockers and first since the death of founding drummer Jeremiah Green in 2022

Added: 05/06/2026
6.8

The Black Keys

Peaches!

Fourteenth studio album from the Akron Ohio garage rock duo Dan Auerback and Patrick Carney is a covers album including songs by R.L. Burnside, Dr. Feelgood, Earl Hooker and Junior Kimbrough

Added: 01/05/2026
6.7

Wu Lyf

A Wave That Will Never Break

Second album of from the enigmatic Manchester indie rock band

Added: 13/04/2026
6.7

Mumford & Sons

Prizefighter

Sixth full-length studio release from the London alt-folk quartet produced with the National’s Aaron Dessner

Added: 20/02/2026
6.7

Madison Beer

Locket

Third full-length release from the Jericho, New York pop singer-songwriter

Added: 20/01/2026
6.7

Brigitte Calls Me Baby

Irreversible

Second full-length Album from the Chicago alt.rock band produced by Lawrence Rothman and Yves

Added: 16/03/2026
6.7

Tomora

Come Closer

Collaboration between The Chemical Brothers’s Tom Rowlands and Norwgian singer AURORA

Added: 17/04/2026
6.7

Cast

Yeah Yeah Yeah

Eighth full-length release from the Liverpool indie rock band features a guest appearance by P.P. Arnold

Added: 28/01/2026
6.7

Zach Bryan

With Heaven On Top

Sixth full-length album from the Oklahoma country artist features 25 tracks. An acoustic 24-track version was released three days later

Added: 15/01/2026
6.7

Ladytron

Paradises

Eighth album from the Liverpudlian electronic pop quartet produced by Daniel Hunt

Added: 20/03/2026
6.7

Cardi B

AM I THE DRAMA?

Second full-length studio release from the New York hip hop artist featuring guest appearances by Summer Walker, Selena Gomez, Kehlani, Lizzo, Cash Cobain, Lourdiz, Janet Jackson, Tyla and Megan Thee Stallion

Added: 22/09/2025
6.6

J. Cole

The Fall-Off

Seventh studio album from the American rapper featuring guest appearances from Erykah Badu, Burna Boy, Future, Morray, PJ, Petey Pablo and Tem

Added: 10/02/2026
6.6

The Strokes

Reality Awaits

Seventh album and first in six years from the New York indie rock band produced by Rick Rubin (Johnny Cash, Eminem, Kanye West)

Added: 24/07/2026
6.6

Muse

The Wow! Signal

Tenth album from the English alt rockers working with producers Dan Lancaster and Aleks Von Korff

Added: 26/06/2026
6.5

The Black Keys

No Rain, No Flowers

Thirteenth studio album from the Akron Ohio garage rock duo Dan Auerback and Patrick Carney recorded at Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee

Added: 08/08/2025
6.5

Louis Tomlinson

How Did I Get Here?

Third album from the Doncaster-born One Direction member working with producers Joseph Cross, Nicolas Rebscher and Mathias Wang

Added: 23/01/2026
6.5

Noah Kahan

The Great Divide

Fourth studio album from the Vermont singer-songwriter produced with Aaron Dessner and Gabe Simon

Added: 24/04/2026

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Fresh stuff

You're Gonna Need A Little Music by Yard Act

"How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about the instability of identity" (10/10 - The Guardian

The StrokesReality Awaits
"Allying the crackpot strangeness of Julian Casablancas’ side projects with his band’s gift for pop minimalism, the New Yorkers are on playful, joyous form" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Robyn HitchcockThe Confuser
"Hitchcock is still at the peak of his powers, nearly sixty years on from The Soft Boys. ‘The Confuser’ is a testament to that, with each song bemusing and mystifying in their own unique way" (8/10 - Clash)

Nia ArchivesEmotional Junglist
"Another powerful work from an artist who continually pushes jungle into new territory" (8/10 - All Music). "An album that breaks through the ceiling of her potential" (9/10 - DIY)

LoatheA Stranger To You
"A record that’s challenging yet not impenetrable, one fans will want to devote time to, that’s also vast in its ambition, and executed to stunning effect" (10/10 - Kerrang)

The Rolling StonesForeign Tongues
The new Rolling Stones album is freewheeling, frisky and fabulous. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood make growing old sound like the best fun ever" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

MadonnaConfessions II
"After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back? nicely into? old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York" (8/10 - The Guardian)

MuseThe Wow! Signal
"Sometimes preposterous times call for preposterous music" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "Not only sees them break that purgatorial cycle, but suggests that more greatness is on the way" (8/10 - Clash)

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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