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8 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)

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

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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8.8
ADM Rating

Rosalía

Lux

Fourth album of experimental, flamenco-flavoured pop from the Catalonia-born Rosalia Vila Tobella includes guest appearances from Björk and Yves Tumor

Added: 06/11/2025
8.6

Agriculture

The Spiritual Sound

Second full-length release from the Los Angeles black metal quartet

Added: 03/10/2025
8.5

Anna Von Hausswolff

ICONOCLASTS

Sixth studio album from the experimental drone Swedish musician produced with longtime collaborator Filip Leyman

Added: 31/10/2025
8.4

The Last Dinner Party

From The Pyre

Second album from the London indie rock band produced by Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Wolf Alice)

Added: 16/10/2025
8.4

Brògeal

Tuesday Paper Club

Debut album from the Falkirk five-piece produced by Richie Kennedy (Jehnny Beth, Shame, The Murder Capital)

Added: 23/10/2025
8.2

Mavis Staples

Sad And Beautiful World

Album number fifteen from the veteran gospel and soul legend is a covers album featuring contributions from Katie Crutchfield, Buddy Guy, MJ Lenderman, Bonnie Raitt, Derek Trucks, Jeff Tweedy and Justin Vernon

Added: 06/11/2025
8.2

Florence + The Machine

Everybody Scream

Sixth studio album from Florence Welch's indie rock band working with producers Mark Bowen, Aaron Dessner, James Ford and Danny L Harle

Added: 01/11/2025
8.2

Sorry

COSPLAY

Third full-length album from the London-based indie pop group led by Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen

Added: 07/11/2025
8.0

Hannah Frances

Nested In Tangles

Second full-length album from Vermont singer-songwriter co-produced with Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen

Added: 16/10/2025
8.0

Hatchie

Liquorice

Third full-length release from the Brisbane, Australia dream pop artist Harriette Pilbeam produced by Melina Duterte (aka Jay Som)

Added: 07/11/2025
8.0

Militarie Gun

God Save the Gun

Second album from Los Angeles alt.rock five-piece led by singer Ian Shelton

Added: 17/10/2025
7.9

Sudan Archives

The BPM

Third full length album from the Cincinati-born violinist and singer Brittney Parks working with producers Ben Dickey, Damon Terrell and Eric Terhune

Added: 16/10/2025
7.8

Idlewild

Idlewild

Tenth studio album from Scottish indie rock veterans is the first in six years produced by the band’s guitarist Rod Jones

Added: 04/10/2025
7.8

Lily Allen

West End Girl

Fifth studio album of the London-born singer-songwriter recorded in Los Angeles

Added: 24/10/2025
7.8

Snocaps

Snocaps

Debut from the indie rock band featuring Katie and Allison Crutchfield and featuring Brad Cook, who also produced the album, and MJ Lenderman

Added: 01/11/2025
7.7

Snõõper

Worldwide

Second album from the Nashville punk rock produced by John Congleton

Added: 06/10/2025
7.7

Jay Som

Belong

Fourth album of lo-fi dream pop from the Oakland-based Melina Duterte featuring guest appearances from Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins and Paramore's Hayley Williams

Added: 10/10/2025
7.6

Midlake

A Bridge To Far

Sixth album from the folk rock bandformed in Denton, Texas produced by Sam Evian

Added: 07/11/2025
7.6

Dave

The Boy Who Played the Harp

Third studio album from the London-born rapper includes guest appearances from James Blake, Jim Legxacy, Kano and Tems

Added: 05/11/2025
7.6

They Are Gutting A Body of Water

LOTTO

Fourth full-length release from the Philadelphia shoegaze band that began as a solo project for frontman Douglas Dulgarian

Added: 17/10/2025
7.6

The Belair Lip Bombs

Again

Second album from Australian indie rock quartet produced with Nao Anzai and Joe White

Added: 30/10/2025
7.6

Danny Brown

Stardust

Sixth full-length album from the Detroit experimental hip hop artist including collaborations with Bruiser Wolf, Kassa Overall and Mike

Added: 07/11/2025
7.5

Madison Cunningham

Ace

Third studio album from California folk.rock singer-songwriter featuring a guest appearance from Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold

Added: 15/10/2025
7.5

Brandi Carlile

Returning To Myself

Seventh studio album from the singer-songwriter produced with Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon and Andrew Watt

Added: 27/10/2025
7.5

Ash

Ad Astra

Album number nine from the Northern Irish pop-rock trio led by songwriter Tim Wheeler featuring a guest appearance by Blur’s Graham Coxon

Added: 06/10/2025
7.4

The Antlers

Blight

Seventh album from the Brooklyn-based ambient indie rock band led by Peter Silberman

Added: 08/10/2025
7.4

Rocket

R is for Rocket

Debut full-length release from the Los Angeles alt.rock four-piece

Added: 03/10/2025
7.4

Soulwax

All Systems Are Lying

Latest full-lenght album and first in eight tyears from the Flemish alternative rock/electronic band

Added: 16/10/2025
7.4

Madi Diaz

Fatal Optimist

Seventh studio album fromm the Connecticut-born singer-songwriter produced with Gabe Wax

Added: 13/10/2025
7.3

Witch Fever

Fevereaten

Second full-length release from the Manchester punk quartet was produced by Chris W. Ryan

Added: 31/10/2025

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Sorry COSPLAY

Dressed to impress. Print edition only Record Collector

Sorry COSPLAY

Asha Lorenz's dreamy, deceptively casual vocals soften the sharp edges throughout and help foster an overall coherence even amid Cosplay's outbreaks of giddy chaos. Print edition only Uncut

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After the insular mood of Quaranta, with its themes of addiction and depression, it’s refreshing to hear Brown having unabashed neon-lit fun The Quietus

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