11 November 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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Debut album from the Irvine, California indie rock five-piece gets a belated UK release
5.6
Boasting consistent catchiness while also incorporating a delectable combination of continuity, depth, and progression Read Review
Coldplay is the obvious touchstone for many of the better tracks Read Review
Young the Giant project more ambition and emphatic sense of purpose than any band this side of U2 Read Review
The album is like a decadent box of chocolates - caramels, liquors, cream centres. You can't lose no matter which you pick Read Review
It's all quite inoffensive really Read Review
Young the Giant make tunes with big rooms and stadiums in mind, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing when they have anthems like My Body at their disposal Read Review
Tuneful, superior indie rock and bittersweet lyricism. Print edition only
Print edition only
These guys can definitely play their instruments and Gadhia is a strong singer, so one hopes that as they get a bit more seasoned they’ll find a sound of their own Read Review
The band are still in their early 20s and their better tunes show enough promise to suggest they could improve if they concentrate on a poppier approach rather than pursuing stadium rock ambitions Read Review
YTG pull some standard anthemic rock moves. Print edition only
Sometimes they sound like an anaemic Coldplay; at others they're a sweatier version of the Shins Read Review
A clumsy attempt to siphon indie rock's sound and relative commercial momentum with none of its spirit Read Review
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Young The Giant: Young The Giant
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
Print edition only Uncut
Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
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