3 May 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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Second full-length album from the Houston, Texas rapper with guest appearances from Key Glock, Latto, Pooh Shiesty, Rico Nasty, Jhené Aiko, Lucky Daye, Sauce Walka, Lil' Keke and Big Pokey
7.5
On her new album, the rap superstar comes up with just the right balance of slick bops and searing confessionals Read Review
The Texan rapper comes out swinging on her latest release – slinging a seemingly limitless supply of fantastic insults at the industry and countless nameless foes Read Review
‘Traumazine’ abounds in empowering affirmations but, beneath it all, this is a release that starts to unpack Megan the human Read Review
While standing atop the rap world, the pop culture juggernaut reveals a cocky yet reflective version of herself with the follow-up to 2020's 'Good News' Read Review
Solidifying her position amongst rap’s big stars of the 2020s, this second studio album shows an encouraging diversity alongside her good ear for beats Read Review
Her songs are riotously graphic but the Texas rapper radiates charm and southern hospitality in a joyous, sweltering show Read Review
On her second album, Meg dishes out disses, gets political, and grapples with her personal life. It’s an ambitious and uneven attempt to step into her most challenging role yet: herself Read Review
On her sophomore effort, the rapper goes completely mask-off, directing her anger at other rappers and former friends Read Review
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Blondshell If You Asked for a Picture
Despite the turbulent emotions of the lyrics, Teitelbaum keeps her sound tight and focused - giving the album enormous impact. Print edition only Record Collector
Blondshell’s new LP is beautifully produced and clouds the issue of feeling like a throwback to a bygone era, rather than a call for a new generation of songwriters PopMatters
An album highlight among a consistently chagrined and catchy set, the driving "23's a Baby" wonders why society considers those in their early twenties to be adults All Music
Effortless continuations of an untidy heart Far Out
Model/Actriz Pirouette
Like the dance move it’s named for, ‘Pirouette’ is all about momentum and precision, about spinning fast enough to blur the lines between genres while remaining perfectly, impossibly balanced Dork
She’s a singer-songwriter powerhouse in the making Dork
Confirms Blondshell as one of this era’s most compelling rock voices Northern Transmissions
Sabrina Teitelbaum turns rough memories into pretty songs with a bite on her second album Rolling Stone
Car Seat Headrest The Scholars
After their divisive 2020 LP Making a Door Less Open, the Seattle band returns with their best new album in almost a decade Paste Magazine
Tennis Face Down In The Garden
The indie-pop duo caps its career with a sumptuously produced, exceedingly pleasant album that coasts on vibe Pitchfork
If Tennis meant for Face Down in the Garden to be some unifying end statement about their time as a band, it’s hard to hear it—their last album shuffles out in the same fashion that their first wandered in Spectrum Culture
The indie-pop duo caps its career with a sumptuously produced, exceedingly pleasant album that coasts on vibe Far Out
The niche but beloved indie-rock couple/duo close out their 15-year career with a melancholic, introspective album, finding peace in finality following a fraught professional period for the two Paste Magazine
Face Down in the Garden distills everything they’ve learned into a final, subdued statement. This isn’t a grandiose exit. Just one last exhale. A subtle nod. Then silence Northern Transmissions
Tennis have always sought to establish a vibe with their music, something both painfully intimate and dreamily nostalgic. On Face Down in the Garden, they have reached peak vibe and if it is their last album as they have said, they exit at the top of their very specific, very Tennis game All Music
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Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange