16 July 2025
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Lorde Virgin
Maturity requires sacrifice, which, throughout her fourth album, Lorde discovers by separating herself from the person the world sees and often expects PopMatters
Hotline TNT Raspberry Moon
Hotline TNT achieve a brighter sound on Raspberry Moon, as Will Anderson celebrates his new love and welcomes songwriting contributions from his band PopMatters
Wet Leg moisturizer
The UK duo’s second album is a near-reinvention, an unbridled and clear-eyed testament to their songwriting chops that hones their vision and separates them from the pack Pitchfork
Clipse Let God Sort Em Out
In the end, the album is too reverent to ever bother being interesting Slant Magazine
Reunited after 16 years, the Virginia duo are missing the killer punches that first made them icons of hip-hop NME
Pusha T and Malice reunite for their first album since 2009 on Let God Sort Em Out, and their lyrical chemistry is still second to none Rolling Stone
The duo still sounds like the mortal threat they represented in younger days, but integrates refinement, spirituality, and reflection on hard-learned lessons under that lens, communicating from a place of wisdom without losing any of their time-tested fury All Music
Across thirteen tracks, Clipse reignite their crockpot to finish what they started, backed by a sublime set of guest co-stars Clash
Yet another example of the pair’s reverence for the rap game and its possibilities Consequence Of Sound
Scathing disses, star guests, inspired Pharrell beats and great lines from chilling to laugh-out-loud: the duo’s first album since 2009 is so much more than the drama around it The Guardian
Justin Bieber Swag
On his surprise seventh album, the Canadian pop star is caught between sex, God and self-pity The Independent
SWAG is Justin Bieber’s latest quest to prove his personhood. While it’s up to us to listen, it’s ultimately up to Justin to find an approach that works in his best interests Consequence Of Sound
In the end, its sheer creativity and daring means that ‘SWAG’ (just about) justifies its breadth. 21-tracks of frequent daring, this Justin Bieber’s testimony, for better or worse Clash
The pop star’s surprise-released seventh album finds sanctuary in faith and love, with the help of a diverse group of collaborators NME
The surprise seventh album from the former tween idol is musically expansive, abetted by a host of star producers. If only he’d thought about the words a bit The Guardian
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"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)
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.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange