1 October 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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Eighth studio album from the English pop singer, actress and model working with a variety of singers and songwriters including Clementine Douglas, Julia Michaels, Nile Rodgers, Shura, Sigrid and Selena Gomez
7.7
NEW Ellis-Bextor's decorated back catalog has always split a complementary difference between a good groove and inventive intrigue. Even when she turns the dial ever so slightly in one direction, Perimenopop is no exception. Turn it up and enjoy Read Review
NEW Eighth album from disco-pop queen is a collection of cool, stylish floor-fillers that is impossible to keep still to Read Review
NEW Riding her wave of "Murder on the Dancefloor" goodwill, Ellis-Bextor has come up with an album that celebrates that song's fizzy dance energy and reintroduces her to club audiences Read Review
NEW It’s quite comfortably her best album since 2007’s career high Trip The Light Fantastic, and it’s keeping this phase of her career going strong Read Review
NEW Perimenopop is destined to get listeners hot and bothered; Ellis-Bextor remains as cool as ever Read Review
NEW A comforting, cathartic playground for disco, funk and cross-genre collabs, Sophie Ellis-Bextor comes into her own on ‘Perimenopop’ Read Review
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Zara Larsson Midnight Sun
The whole thing ends with the kiss-off romance of ‘Puss Puss’, the perfect conclusion to an album about really feeling herself Dork
In a fair world, Larsson would be as big as Taylor Swift or Jupiter God Is In The TV
Ultimately, ‘Midnight Sun’ is Zara Larsson honing in on what she does best with laser focus: starry-eyed, joyous Scandi-pop built to ignite dancefloors as easily as festival sing-alongs Clash
Swedish pop artist's high-energy fifth album mixes joy and confusion Rolling Stone
Short and sweet, this catalog highlight benefits from its length, offering just enough of what Larsson does best to have listeners craving more of this endless bliss All Music
Entirely sun-drenched, exuberantly formulated pop DIY
Neko Case Neon Grey Midnight Green
It's a reminder that she's one of the most gifted singers and songwriters of her generation. Each of her albums is a gift, and this is no exception All Music
Jeff Tweedy Twilight Override
Twilight Override was created out of Tweedy's belief that "Creativity eats darkness," and while these songs rarely sound like they're brimming with joy, they act as an affirmation of life and hope even as they acknowledge the shadows, and it's his best and most rewarding solo album to date All Music
Mariah Carey Here For It All
Carey has mastered the marriage of forward-leaning R&B with hip-hop culture in a way that honors traditions of the past Albumism
Geese Getting Killed
A project that frequently sweeps the listener into a trance, ruptures that trance, and then reestablishes it Beats Per Minute
Sprints All That Is Over
On All That Is Over, the band feels confident in their sound. With their new guitarist on board, SPRINTS delves into the horrors of modern life Northern Transmissions
Robert Plant Saving Grace
Saving Grace is a richly rewarding work — a masterclass in how tradition can be honoured while still sounding fresh and vital XS Noize
The New Pornographers vocalist’s ninth solo album honors friends who have passed away on songs that are often steeped in imagery from the natural world Paste Magazine
The Wilco frontman’s latest solo album is a mammoth, 30-song venture full of family and friends. Its expansiveness is provocative, with ideas of mortality, selfhood, the unbearable confusion of the modern world, and the fervent desire to live well in it abound Paste Magazine
Doja Cat Vie
Zappy synths, slapping bass and playful vocals make Doja’s latest album a groove-a-thon that refuses to quit NME
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Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange