20 September 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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Debut LP release from America's electro-pop duo, previously named Games
7.4
A work of heroic heritage—reorganizing and reorganizing an era that is too often dismissed as sterile and empty Read Review
Ford and Lopatin’s métier is the kind of music that used to litter Amiga games, appear on advertisements, and act as filler in movies Read Review
Somehow Ford & Lopatin have created a record that is exactly how a collaboration between them should sound Read Review
Such a beast... a creation that is equal parts experimentation and familiarity, cheese sincerity, teen affect, cultural diagnostics, and a liberal streak of naïve charm Read Review
Domo arigato, Mr. Lopatin, your disco fantasia rules Read Review
Suffused with the poignancy of the best '80s synth-pop. Print edition only
A shameless dive headfirst into a pool of analogue keyboards, retro machinery and soft, waves of pop vocals Read Review
An undeniably fun ride through EPCOT-themed dreams and technological mysticism Read Review
Channel Pressure's most straightforward moments shudder and gleam with propulsive melody Read Review
As enjoyable as Channel Pressure can be, it's difficult to take it in as anything more than a time capsule Read Review
If you're coming to Ford & Lopatin as an Oneohtrix Point Never fan (guilty), you might be shocked by how goofy the dark synth lord can get Read Review
It’s not one of the year’s best records, but it’s churned out a couple of its best songs Read Review
Brims with ideas, often packing sound into every available corner of the mix Read Review
Applause-worthy ambition Read Review
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Ford & Lopatin: Channel Pressure
Wednesday Bleeds
It has all the ingredients and themes explored, the witty lyrics depicting eccentric narratives, soulful steel and melodic guitar, whether scratchy or tender Clash
Biffy Clyro Futique
It’s a good effort in their catalogue with some shining moments, but it’s unlikely to invite those in who aren’t already fans of the band Clash
Karly Hartzman leads her North Carolina band in another triumph. The careful songwriting and coiled performances wrestle with the many fiascos of life and love Pitchfork
Alice Cooper The Revenge Of Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper still possess artistry in spades. As their new album reveals, the band’s musical bond was too strong to be broken by time—or even by death PopMatters
Kieran Hebden and William Tyler 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s
It’s ultimately futile to fight the album’s considerable charms, culminating in “When It Rains”, a low-lit, minimalist beauty that eventually curdles into a storm of fiercely shrieking guitar feedback and electronic dissonance The Line Of Best Fit
Bringing some straight up country sounds to the mix broadens Hartzman’s palette and the added variety makes Bleeds an across the board winner Under The Radar
Jade That's Showbiz Baby!
Jade has released one of the most fun, ambitious and varied debut albums of the year. It was more than worth the wait God Is In The TV
NewDad Altar
Dawson resists, bawling the word 'hate' on the scathing 'Roobosh', as if she were Poly Styrene or Siouxsie Sioux The Arts Desk
Not too extreme, but also not safe; Biffy Clyro soar elegantly here The Arts Desk
With more eyes on Wednesday than ever before, Karly Hartzman has delivered a record that’s lean, confrontational and lived-in NME
Looking inward for a reason to go on, the Scottish rock legends draw on their best moments and a Bowie-esque European sheen for a vulnerable yet life-affirming blast NME
On the indie rock outfit’s fourth album, darkness and humor uplift each other with jocose morbidity as Karly Hartzman’s pen amplifies them both Paste Magazine
Maruja Pain To Power
Musically, Pain to Power doesn’t stick to one genre. The raw edge of post-punk collides with jazz, doom, rap-rock, and post-rock ambience Northern Transmissions
Bleeds is an album of being kept awake by the trivial, a collage of bleary-eyed snapshots of the humorously mundane and our attempts to wrestle with their unsightliness Northern Transmissions
Violent Nature might be the most honest record I Prevail have given us in their quick rise. Having come through big change, they’re embracing their new reality, and delivering on their promise to be one of the finest metalcore acts of their time Kerrang!
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
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