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21 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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Oneohtrix Point NeverTranquilizer

"An impossibly dense and transportive electronic album that takes impermanence as its inspiration" (8.6/10 - Pitchfork). "A demonstration of Daniel Lopatin’s mastery of structural tension" (9/10 - Slant)

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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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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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7.3

Witch Fever

Fevereaten

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

Added: 31/10/2025
7.3

Claire Rousay

A Little Death

Latest release from the Canadian-American experimental musician and composer based featuring a guest appearance from M. Sage

Added: 31/10/2025
7.2

Creeper

SANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH

Fourth album from the Southampton goth rock six-piece is a sequel to the 2023 album Sanguivore produced by Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Ghost,Royal Blood)

Added: 31/10/2025
7.2

The Lemonheads

Love Chant

First album of original songs since 2006 from Evan Dando featuring contributions from Bryce Goggin, The Moldy Peaches' Adam Green, Juliana Hatfield and J Mascis

Added: 23/10/2025
7.2

Skullcrusher

And Your Song is Like a Circle

Second full-length album from the New York indie folk singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine

Added: 19/10/2025
7.2

Demi Lovato

It’s Not That Deep

Ninth album from the Albuquerque-born actor and pop singer-songwriter executive produced by Zhone

Added: 24/10/2025
7.1

Bar Italia

Some Like It Hot

Fifth full-length album from the London-based trio Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton

Added: 17/10/2025
7.1

Tortoise

TOUCH

Eighth full-length release and first for nine years from Chicago post rock group

Added: 24/10/2025
7.1

The Charlatans

We Are Love

Fourteenth studio album and first for eight years from the English indie rock band working with producers Dev Hynes Fred Macpherson and Stephen Street

Added: 31/10/2025
6.9

Whitney

Small Talk

Fifth album from the Chicago indie rock band featuring contributions from Malcolm Brown, Colin Croom, Whitney Johnson, J.J. Kirkpatrick, Vivian McConnell, Will Miller, Brian Seyler and Macie Stewart

Added: 13/11/2025
6.9

Hannah Jadagu

Describe

Second album from the Texas-born, NYC-based bedroom pop musician

Added: 24/10/2025
6.0

Tame Impala

Deadbeat

Fifth album from the Australian psych-rock multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker

Added: 17/10/2025

Latest Reviews

The Last Dinner Party From The Pyre

A solid step forward for one of the UK’s most theatrical rising acts – sonically mature, thematically precise, and with many more dinner parties to be had Hot Press

Brandi Carlile Returning To Myself

With 11 Grammys already to her name, who would bet against Carlile hoovering up more golden trophies with this supremely confident collection? Hot Press

The Lemonheads Love Chant

Recorded in his adopted home of Brazil, it’s produced by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Apollo Nove, and the production is unusual, some of the arrangements sounding decidedly unfinished Hot Press

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Snocaps by Snocaps

"They are back playing pop that is pretty darn unmatched" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A hailstorm of warm, exceptionally-written country-rock bangers backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook" (8.5/10 - Paste)

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)

The Belair Lip BombsAgain
"Establishes them as a new great hope" (8/10 - NME). "For a band whose influences range from Queen to hardcore, it’s impressive how coherent it all sounds" (8/10 - Dork)

CreeperSANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH
"Never a band to shy away from making their songs as huge as possible, their fourth record features some of their most monumental tracks to date" (8/10 - Clash)

The LemonheadsLove Chant
"Cleverly, it retains a rough-shod production and avoids digital polish" (7/10 - Far Out). "The sound overall mostly evokes the primordial, punky, pre-grunge Lemonheads" (8/10 - Uncut)

Demi LovatoIt’s Not That Deep
"Feels like a homecoming to her electronic-pop roots" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "It’s not that deep, but it might just be Lovato’s best effort yet" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Sudan ArchivesThe BPM
"A vibrant, energetic atmosphere on her bustling house party of a third album" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Pulses with the kind of euphoria that comes from letting loose on the dance floor" (8/20 - Slant)

Militarie GunGod Save the Gun
"The California band pushes its post-hardcore sound into something both raw and exciting" (8.5/10 - Paste). "the California band pushes its post-hardcore sound into something both raw and exciting" (8/10 - NME)

Taylor SwiftThe Life of a Showgirl
"Swift hits all her marks — from new, exciting sonic turns to incisive storytelling" (10/10 - Rolling Stone). "Has its moments, but lacks the consistency of Taylor’s recent work" (6/10 - 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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