6 November 2026
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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Sixteenth album from Irish rock band produced by Jacknife Lee (R.E.M., The Killers, Robbie Williams, Taylor Swift)
Eighth album from the Seattle experimental hip-hop collective led by Ishmael Butler
Debut full-length release from the Vancouver noise rock band led by singer Taylor Zantingh
Ninth album from the Californian hard rock five-piece led by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme
Fifth album of guitar-driven dream pop and shoegaze from the Brooklyn quartet produced by A.G. Cook
Fourth solo album and first in two decades from the Black Sabbath co-founder
Fifth album of modern soul from the London-based singer-songwriter receorded at the same time as Small Changes (2024)
Second full-length release of idie pop from the London-born singer-songwriter
Twentieth solo album from the veteran folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist recorded with producer James Frazee in Weehawken, New Jersey
Fourth album from the Melbourne trio featuring several collaborators including Rivers Cuomo, Panda Bear, Haruomi Hosono, Jessy Lanza, Karen O, Erick the Architect, Jamie xx, Ryoji Ikeda, Suzanne Ciani, Haley Joel Osment, Mike Patton and Carly Simon
Sixth album from the Texas-born, LA-based singer-songwriter produced by Shooter Jennings
Sixteenth studio album from the English synthpop duo on their own label and produced with Sven Helbig
Fifth album from the Dublin post-punk quintet produced by James Ford (Pet Shop Boys, Blur, Arctic Monkeys)
Third full-length album from the Los Angeles-based pop artist
Second solo album from New York-based Geese frontman was recorded at Carnegie Hall in December 2025
Fourth album from the South African-born Australian-raised singer-songwriter and actor featuring contributions from Jack Antonoff, Charli XCX, 1975's George Daniel, Lily-Rose Depp and Finneas
Album number thirteen from the American country/rock singer-songwriter
Album number thirteen from the veteran Scottish alt-rockers recorded on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides
Sixth album from the London-born indie rock rapper and singer-songwriter
Second full-length album from the eclectro-punk London quintet
Queens Of The Stone Age Perfecth
Perfecth again hits the mark; it has a bit of everything that makes Queens of the Stone Age unique, and maintains an excellent emotional tension throughout No Ripcord
A fine record that shows the range and power Queens of the Stone Age have always had and shows that their star remains undimmed Under The Radar
PISS You Made Me / Skin on Linen
On their brutal debut, Vancouver four-piece PISS meet a culture of misogyny with all the rage and aggression it deserves The Skinny
Troye Sivan She's The Best
Troye Sivan features a mood shift on She’s the Best from his earlier work; whether it works depends on if you’re comfortable with the Australian singer layering a different flavor of yearning into the mix Spectrum Culture
Uses the concept of kintsugi as a practical guide to finding their path forward from the upheaval of their lives and the world Spectrum Culture
Tony Iommi From The Dark
From the Dark is probably the best album Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has released under his own name. It’s definitely good, but it’s also so typical of his music over the past four decades that it’s hard to get very excited about Spectrum Culture
DIIV ZIRP!
By the end of ZIRP!, it's clear that Cook's alt-rock and spirited production brings a poppy accessibility to DIIV without losing the emotional complexity of their shoegaze roots Exclaim
With A.G. Cook’s help, the California band melds electronic, nu metal, and shoegaze on their best album in years Paste Magazine
With each spin, ZIRP! becomes a stronger listen and truly unravels its status as valid shoegaze milestone Beats Per Minute
PISS are an aesthetic force, an undeniable juggernaut blending punk, hardcore, and trauma-soaked yet beguiling lyricism to forge one of rock’s stellar debuts Beats Per Minute
Queens of the Stone Age give us a macabre, mortal album that’s close to ‘Perfecth’ Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Irish rock’s crazy diamonds shine on brighter than ever The Irish Times
This Vancouver quartet have untied that Gordian knot and created something startling, combining monodrama scripts, non-linear broken glass bottle musical atmospherics and historical sample that dance into the sons like some sort of living theatre. Print edition only Mojo
A brutal album that feels extremely vulnerable as PISS presents their record through a series of progressive sonic tableaux that is equally powerful and heartbreaking Spill Magazine
This album, approached with an open mind and given time, will offer something more on every listen Clash
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"A masterpiece from the greatest band of their generation" (10/10 - The Independent). "This is a band firing on all cylinders and staking their claim to be the best band of their generation" (10/10 - Dork)
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
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways