10 July 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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Third solo studio album from the Seattle-born rapper featuring guest appearances from Charlieonnafriday, Collett, DJ Premier, Jackson Lee Morgan, Livingston, Morray, NLE Choppa, Sarah Barthel, Tones and I and Vic Daggs II
Macklemore’s earnest yet clunky new album attempts to split the difference between high-budget stadium pop and grimy boom-bap Read Review
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The Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues
‘Foreign Tongues’ isn’t perfect, but it’s unquestionably a triumph Clash
Rousing rock ‘n’ roll from old masters Hot Press
Continuing the rejuvenated sound of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, there’s touching vulnerability from Keith Richards while Jagger confronts war and autocracy The Guardian
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are on superb form on their latest collaboration with producer wunderkind Andrew Watt, melding pop polish with good old-fashioned rock’n’roll grit The Independent
Madonna Confessions II
Boldly reasserts Madonna’s belief that the dance floor is where you go to forget yourself and discover who you really are The Irish Times
mary in the junkyard Role Model Hermit
The London trio rummage through musical daydreams and trust their chemistry as friends and bandmates while piecing together a full-length as imaginative as it is eclectic Paste Magazine
After a string of creative misfires, the pop iconoclast crafts a spry, muscular sequel to her 2005 disco-pop record. Not only does it mark a return to form for her, but it’s also the most alive and present she’s sounded in ages Paste Magazine
It's yet another unprecedented return to form from an artist who is forced to keep reminding us why she deserves to be taken seriously, time and time again Exclaim
Mary In The Junkyard are the awkward, quirky, beautiful indie pop band of the summer God Is In The TV
The London trio updates the naive humanism of 2000s indie-folk with modern dread and restless experimentation on its ambitious full-length debut Pitchfork
The Queen of Pop returns with a sequel to 2005's Confessions On A Dance Floor. Never has looking back felt so exhilarating musicOMH
Sienna Spiro Visitor
A rousing debut that places Sienna Spiro in the pantheon of great English neo-soul artists Hot Press
Amid signs of greatness, the already hugely popular British singer fails to live up to her potential, lacking vocal agility and lyrical subtlety The Guardian
The 20-year-old Londoner’s debut album showcases her soaring vocals and timeless influences, but occasionally at the expense of her individuality NME
The 20-year-old singer mulls over deep feelings of disconnect and impermanence in life and love, but her writing doesn't quite match the fervor in her voice Rolling Stone
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