10 November 2026
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A second solo album from The Charlatans frontman is an Americana influenced collaboration with Kurt Wagner supplying the lyrics
7.2
It’s a classicist folk-rock maelstrom from a man who clearly knows his record collection inside and out Read Review
A triumph. An underplayed, subtle triumph, but a victory nonetheless Read Review
Much of this delightful album resonates with the sound of a man's ambition fulfilled Read Review
You feel Burgess’ enthusiasm for the project shine through Read Review
Burgess always wanted to be a country soul man, on this album he has done it. Print edition only
A highly accomplished and warmly uplifting country-soul album. Print edition only
One of this year’s most welcome collaborations Read Review
While we await a new Charlatans album, this is a sweet postcard from a man who still gives a shit about trying something new Read Review
Burgess has once again challenged himself by trying something new: bringing a bit of Madchester with him to Nashville, and proudly taking a musical piece of Nashville away with him for good measure Read Review
A gloriously permutated prelude to ‘Oh No I Love You’ that eclipses the original work Read Review
It’s nice to see him being a little more restrained on Oh No I Love You, recognising that it’s fine to be influenced by Americana without having to don a Stetson and a rhinestone-studded shirt Read Review
Hushed, bucolic and carefully crafted. Print edition only
It has been nine years since Tim Burgess released a solo album, but the opening track on Oh No I Love You makes it feel like nine minutes Read Review
A brave — and occasionally brilliant — album from one of Britpop’s more intriguing figures Read Review
Far more stripped back than the Charlatans frontman’s previous offerings, ‘Oh No…’ flits between affecting moments and repetitive down-beaters that seem to go nowhere Read Review
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Tim Burgess: Oh No I Love You
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