11 June 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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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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Death Cab For Cutie I Built You A Tower
I Built You a Tower doesn’t stand as a tower on its own within the Death Cab catalogue, but it offers enough memorable moments to give both longtime fans and newcomers something to enjoy Spill Magazine
Lizzo Bitch
The piano on “A Toast” is the sound of someone who has stopped trying to convince the room. The rest of the record is the sound of someone who has not, quite, decided whether to trust that yet Beats Per Minute
Widowspeak Roses Rouge Ecomix
The band's seventh album traffics in the nostalgic, atmospheric indie-pop it does best Paste Magazine
Vince Staples Cry Baby
After a run of similar-sounding introspective records molded primarily by Def Jam’s concerns about keeping him hip hop, Cry Baby marks a breakaway from the norm for Vince Staples. It may not be punk, precisely, but it certainly rhymes Spectrum Culture
Bleachers Everyone For Ten Minutes
Everyone for Ten Minutes is enjoyable if you’ve ever grooved along to “Rosalita” or “Pink Houses.” However, Antonoff struggles to improve on what he’s already done, by himself or otherwise Spectrum Culture
Violet Grohl Be Sweet To Me
If Violet Grohl can solidify a band and push herself a little, she should become an exciting artist to watch Spectrum Culture
No sensible person wishes anyone else to go through heartbreak, but if it leads to Death Cab for Cutie album number 12, let the pain and poetry commence God Is In The TV
Cry Baby is Vince Staples' most focused and concentrated work in recent memory. Not one to miss as the uncomfortable truths ring out like war cries The Skinny
If it’s not a return to their earliest sound, it does capture a carefree attitude. It’s far from the sound of a band at a crossroads, this is some of the most urgent music of their career The Line Of Best Fit
of Montreal Aethermead
Kevin Barnes’ 20th album is, once again, inspired by a breakup, but the drab music lacks the personality and vision of their best work Pitchfork
Modest Mouse An Eraser And A Maze
There’s enough here to suggest they’ve got another all-timer in them, and they’re pretty darn close to pulling it off No Ripcord
A record about coming to terms with the end of a relationship. It’s not about finding happiness or total resolution—hopefully, Gibbard finds this in his near future. Until then, I hope he and his bandmates can enjoy a well-earned victory lap after producing their best work in two decades No Ripcord
Latest album from Ben Gibbard and co harks back to the band's glory days and is a welcome return to form musicOMH
The duo’s seventh album is a paean to romance, filled with ethereal indie-rock songs where love and daydreaming are an escape from the daily grind Pitchfork
Tara Clerkin Trio Somewhere Good
The result is a sense of dreamlike disorientation, terrible events unfolding in a state of divine, fragile calm. Print edition only Mojo
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