24 January 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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Album number nine from Atlanta rapper Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn featuring appearances Kanye West, Gunna, Young Thug, Drake, Tems, EST Gee, and Kodak Black
6.5
The pioneer – along with an all-star cast including Drake and Ye – puts his melodies and robotic croon to good use on his impressive ninth studio album Read Review
In an era where artists rise and fall quicker than ever, and audience attention spans are at an all-time low, Future albums still feel like a moment where the rap world stops to listen. If that doesn't cement his status as one of the greatest artists of his generation, what will? Read Review
His new LP won’t rank among his best, but it has a compositional sweep often absent from his work Read Review
It’s not a bad record – the highs more than justify your entrance – but with a rumoured follow up on the way, perhaps it’s time for Future to break a few of his own rules once more Read Review
Stymied by formulaic collaborations and unmemorable beats, the rapper’s latest has the ingredients of a really good Future album but lacks the depth of one Read Review
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Megadeth Megadeth
If anything, it's less of a "so long" and more of a "so, what's next?" as even more opportunity to experiment presents itself under a new banner. Megadeth makes it clear, it'll be worth continuing to paying attention Sputnik Music (staff)
Lucinda Williams World's Gone Wrong
World's Gone Wrong is an album of its moment that addresses issues that have been with us for centuries, and like a good blues song, they never stop being timely – and worth singing loud and clear, which is just what Williams does here All Music
On Megadeth’s farewell album, Dave Mustaine signs off with a final act of bloody-mindedness The Irish Times
For a final album from supposed titans of metal, Megadeth operates with surprisingly little ambition: It clocks in, then clocks out Slant Magazine
Conspiracy theories and combustible fingers on thrash metallers’ curtain call The Guardian
Megadeth (the album) is the perfect encapsulation of how Megadeth (the band) have lived: bold, frequently brilliant but occasionally flawed Kerrang!
Whether a mature gesture of goodwill towards Mustaine's longtime rivals or just a savvy marketing move, many of us will no doubt be skipping straight to this, battle vests well-stocked with tissues Exclaim
Dave Mustaine and co. remind us of their legacy, yet it’s the rarely seen moments of tenderness that truly stand out NME
After four decades in the business, the beginning of the end is (nearly) nigh for the thrash pioneers musicOMH
While burning with barely suppressed anger, her 16th album shows that, even in the darkest of times, there’s hope to be found musicOMH
World's Gone Wrong, while plenty angry, turns out to be less a protest album and more a mix of reportage and a call for resilience, all written in a style that allows it to be a timeless piece of resistance, born from its moment but not beholden to it Spectrum Culture
A$AP Rocky Don't Be Dumb
It's hardly any wonder, then, that Don't Be Dumb crams eight years' worth of ups and downs and sonic whims into roughly an hour of moody maximalism Exclaim
World’s Gone Wrong extends Williams’ fertile run, infused with the aesthetic adventurousness and undiluted honesty that have characterized her work for over four decades Beats Per Minute
Westside Cowboy So Much Country ‘Till We Get There
This EP shows promise, but there seems to be something missing Spill Magazine
So Much Country ‘Till We Get There is barely 15 minutes long; it is scarcely believable how much promise they’ve packed into it. Believe the hype The Skinny
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