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1 May 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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FrikoSomething Worth Waiting For

"A record that leaves the kind of impression more associated with acts with far lengthier histories" (9/10 - DIY). "A euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Foo FightersYour Favorite Toy

"An addictive collection that – like most Foos records – demands repeat playing, this is easily one of the albums of the year" (9/10 - Hot Press). "A retread of well-worn ideas" (4.2/10 - Paste)

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Ringo StarrLong Long Road

"While he may indeed have travelled a long long road, here he sounds 85 years young" (8/10 - Mojo). "You'd have to go back to the 1970s to find a Ringo Starr solo album that was as well-crafted" (7/10 - All Music)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

Angine de PoitrineVol.II

"There's a ferocity and alienness to the complexity" (10/10 - Exclaim). "It breathes on its own and speaks without words. Angine de Poitrine let the music do the talking" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions)

Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"Her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date" (9/10 - DOY). "Arlo Parks approaches euphoria and vulnerability with a soothing ambivalence" (8/10 - The Skinny)

The Twilight SadIt's The Long Goodbye

"An astonishing body of work that firmly emphasizes what an important band The Twilight Sad are" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "A powerful and truly wonderful return from The Twilight Sad" (9/10 - Clash)

UnderscoresU

"A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre" (10/10 - NME). "Hits all the beats of a classic pop record" (8.3/10 - Paste)

Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince BillyThe Marble Downs

"Strengthened by communal tendencies, meeting bombs in Iran and executions in Minneapolis not with clenched fists of protest, but with hugs" (8/10 - PopMaters).

GorillazThe Mountain

"The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive" (10/10 - The Independent). "Powerful reflections on mortality from Damon Albarn and Co" (8/10 - Hot Press)

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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7.1

Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize

Nine Inch Noize

Collaboration between Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize features reimagined Nine Inch Nails tracks first performed at Coachella in 2026

Added: 19/04/2026
7.1

Metric

Romanticize The Dive

Tenth studio album from the indie rock quartet from Toronto recorded at New York's Electric Lady Studios.

Added: 24/04/2026
6.9

Foo Fighters

Your Favorite Toy

Album number twelve from Dave Grohl's post-grunge rock stalwarts and first with drummer Ilan Rubin

Added: 23/04/2026
6.9

deary

Birding

The debut full-length album from the London-based dream pop trio produced with Iggy B

Added: 03/04/2026
6.9

Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang

POMPEII // UTILITY

Collaboration beetween Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE with production by SURF GANG featuring guest appearances from Jadasea, Lerado Khalil, Anysia Kym, Niontay and Na-Kel Smith

Added: 10/04/2026
6.7

Wu Lyf

A Wave That Will Never Break

Second album of from the enigmatic Manchester indie rock band

Added: 13/04/2026
6.7

Tomora

Come Closer

Collaboration between The Chemical Brothers’s Tom Rowlands and Norwgian singer AURORA

Added: 17/04/2026
6.5

Noah Kahan

The Great Divide

Fourth studio album from the Vermont singer-songwriter produced with Aaron Dessner and Gabe Simon

Added: 24/04/2026

Latest Reviews

Kneecap FENIAN

Ultimately the best way to absorb Kneecap’s music is in a field, with thousands upon thousands of fans – and that’s exactly the place the Northern Irish group find themselves in. ‘Fine Art’ took them from the funny pages to the front pages. For all its flaws, ‘Fenian’ could be the point Kneecap truly crossover Clash

Kneecap FENIAN

The Irish rap trio capitalizes on its notoriety with a savage second album that offers more sophisticated songcraft, a wider range of beats, and a sharpened political bent Pitchfork

Noah Kahan The Great Divide

On the follow-up to his 2022 breakthrough, the very popular New England songwriter stretches beyond his comfort zone with the hopes of growing more self-aware, more complex, and more deserving of the spotlight Pitchfork

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Fresh stuff

Maybe Not Tonight by Lime Garden

"A breakup album that wears its messiness on its sleeve, Lime Garden’s second is figuring life out, track by track" (9/10 - NME). "A new indie disco essential" (9/10 - DIY)

Jessie WareSuperbloom
"A glorious ode to connection, and Jessie’s most evocative work yet" (10/10 - DIY). "The third album in the singer’s disco trilogy feels like something brighter and more perennial" (9/10 - Slant)

My New Band BelieveMy New Band Believe
"A postmodern kaleidoscope" (9/10 - DIY). "At the helm of an enormous, constantly shifting collective, the former Black Midi man swings for the fences" (10/10 - NME)

Holly HumberstoneCruel World
"The singer’s best album yet" (10/10 - Rolling Stone UK). "Replaces introspection with euphoric choruses, 80s synths and even happy hardcore on her vivid second LP" (8/10 - The Giardian)

Sunn O)))Sunn O)))
"An immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington" (8/10 - The Guardian). "The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing" (9/10 - Uncut)

ThundercatDistracted
"Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions)

RobynSexistential
"Questioning everything about love, life and sex, Robyn takes us on a joyride that’s both serious and silly" (10/10 - Robyn). "A lesson in exactly what Robyn can do that nobody else quite can" (10/10 - Dork)

Courtney BarnettCreature of Habit
"The Australian’s best album since her debut is a soundtrack to starting again" (8/10 - musicOMH). "Courtney Barnett is here to rock. No frills, no fuss; just rock." (9/10 - PopMatters)

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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