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19 September 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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BeckRide Lonesome

"On his first album in seven years, Beck keeps the quality control extremely high as he surveys mid-50s malaise in the wake of divorce" (10/10 - The Guardian). "A masterpiece of melancholia" (10/10 - Mojo)

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Carly Rae JepsenDay & Night

"Carly Rae Jepsen’s sprawling new double album celebrates full-time love and commitment with sweet, sunny tracks for Day and sleeker, dancier songs for Night" (7.5/10 - Pitchfork)

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BeabadoobeePylon

"This is where she came from, this is what shaped her, and she’s the one at the helm" (8/10 - DIY). "The Dirty Hit signee embraces uncertainty on a rawer, more forceful fourth album" (8/10 - NME)

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Arab StrapHalf-Told Tales

"Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton offer a meditation on age, modern life and the past, offering hope and resilience – and evidence that things can get better" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Billy StringsSo Much For Goodbyes

"The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearning" (10/10 - The Guardian)

Westside CowboyIt Goes On

"What an undeniable rock inferno this band has unleashed, where even the quiet parts will swallow or split you" (10/10 - Paste). "A debut that proves to be more than worth the hype" (10/10 - Rolling Stone UK)

Getdown ServicesMassive Champion

"A ridiculous triumph" (9/10 - DIY). "The buzzy Minehead-via-Bristol party-starters shake off the 'joke band' label and face up to doubt on nuanced album number two" (8/10 - NME)

Laura VeirsTemple Songs

"Recorded produced and performed entirely on her own, this gorgeously crafted album serves as a soothing balm in turbulent times" (8/10 - musicOMH).

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

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6.9

Brandon Flowers

Thrasher

Third solo release and first since 2015 from The Killers frontman recorded in Nashville by Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado

Added: 21/08/2026
6.8

Bonobo

Distance in Static

Eighth album from the Brighton multi-instrumentalist and DJ Simon Green featuring guest appearances from Arooj Aftab, Ichiko Aoba, Joy Crookes, Aanya Martin, Nicole Miglis, Kanako Yama and Nilüfer Yanya

Added: 11/09/2026
6.6

Hovvdy

Big World

Sixth album from the Austin, Texas indie rock duo Charlie Martin and Will Taylor

Added: 18/08/2026
6.4

Adéla

Prima

Debut full-length album from the Los Angeles-based Slovakian pop artist Adéla Jergová featuring contributions from Dylan Brady, Julia Michaels, Blake Slatkin, Theron Thomas and Billy Walsh

Added: 04/09/2026
6.1

Sleep

Hempispheres

Fifth full-length album and first in eight years from the Northern California stoner doom metal band

Added: 07/09/2026
5.5

Bloc Party

Anatomy Of A Brief Romance

Seventh album from the London-based indie rock band produced by Trevor Horn

Added: 11/09/2026

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Haroumi Hosono Yours Sincerely

By the time you softly float out of Hosono’s world on the fairground closer ‘Anemo Wheel’ you’ll find yourself desperately flicking back to the first track, to play the album again and get a better understanding of the textural approach Far Out

Beabadoobee Pylon

Beabadoobee’s latest offering has appeal, but that’s only if you prefer to take your rock music highly manufactured Far Out

Beabadoobee Pylon

Struggles to live up to her strengths The Line Of Best Fit

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Fresh stuff

Hard Life by The Tubs

"An album that consolidates and amplifies both 2023’s debut Dead Meat and last year’s Cotton Crown, transcending notions of what indie rock is supposed to be in the 21st century" (10/10 - Mojo)

Dexy Midnight RunnersLOVE
"It’s easy to be charmed by LOVE, which transcends place and generation to immerse us once again in the Dexys Midnight Runners world" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

This is LoreleiThe Singer In My Band
"Nate Amos’ latest album as This Is Lorelai is a spellbinding AOTY contender" (8/10 - No Ripcord). "It’s the sound of a songwriter sketching out his own gospel" (8/10 - Pitchfork)

Chat PileWho Loves The Sun
"An extraordinary record; a layered portrait of a world sleepwalking into disaster that is somehow gripping and even fun, in a mosh-the-pain-away manner" (9/10 - Clash)

InterpolThis Mirror Weighs a Ton
"The NYC gloom-mongers up their game to examine themselves and the world for the unifying and experimental album number eight" (9/10 - NME). "A fantastic return" (8/10 - Clash)

MastodonMarrow Deep
"One of the many great things about Marrow Deep is that it doesn’t try to reduce or oversimplify its sentiments at the expense of their power" (8/10 - Kerrang!)

Alabama ShakesI Must Be Dreaming
"From musicianship to introspection, immersive production to well-timed political critiques, this is the long-awaited Alabama Shakes follow-up fans have been dreaming of" (8/10 - Exclaim)

Brandon FlowersThrasher
"Even a couple of bafflingly misguided social commentary songs can’t detract from the joys of Flowers’ classically full-throated commitment to the Nashville bit" (8/10 - The Guardian)

LambchopPunching The Clown
"Lambchop's 17th album is a thing of spine-tingling hymnal beauty" (9/10 - Uncut). "Its bold confidence to be unapologetically hymnal in the chaotic year of 2026 is fresh and commendable" 8/10 - Far Out)

JungleSunshine
"Over a decade and still churning out albums like this. Jungle seem completely incapable of putting a foot wrong at this point" (10/10 - Far Out). "A summer smasher" (8/10 - Record Collector)

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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