23 March 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 Velvet Underground-inspired London-based art punk five-piece
7.0
For all its unoriginality, ‘Clarietta’ more than makes amends with the proficient psychedelia of its groove-based jams Read Review
A gripping twist on a timeless classic. Print edition only
It may have taken Boyer a long time to take flight, but on Clarietta he soars Read Review
It’s a sensory experience throughout Read Review
For the most part 'Clarietta' is a straightforward rock ’n’ roll party record: primitive, rattling and very fun indeed Read Review
Clarietta really hits the mark, with a high strike rate of knockout tunes. Print edition only
Boyer and his crew display an impressive classicism, but retain the vigour of youth. Print edition only
There’s plenty of charm, and though a lot of it has been beaten to death with a revivalist stick before, it’s still a really fun record Read Review
Derivative but rarely dull Read Review
Clarietta is exactly the sum of its parts, which makes it a breezy listen, but never more than that Read Review
It's the sort of record that ticks all the boxes in its influences, but it's like the self-conscious scene kid that wears all the right clothes but might feel more comfortable in a pair of cords and a waistcoat Read Review
Plenty of tracks here patently stomp while just as many feature an overworked Doors-ish organ Read Review
In their best songs the band sidestep the obvious and find new thrills in the kinks Read Review
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Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs: Clarietta
Ladytron Paradises
Ladytron have produced an album that, from its inception, sought to invoke the same spirit that the band had 25 years ago Far Out
Gorillaz The Mountain
The strongest case in years that Gorillaz can still make records that matter as records Dork
Kim Gordon Play Me
'Play me' doesn’t try to comfort. It tries to provoke, energise and outlast the scroll Dork
The Orielles Only You Left
These songs come from months of demo-hoarding and forensic listening, the band archiving every practice-room spark before lovingly picking through the results Dork
James Blake Trying Times
Blake sounds energised by the room he has carved out for himself Dork
Harry Styles Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
This isn’t an album built like a straight line from hook to hook. It moves in waves, often favouring texture and atmosphere over immediate release Dork
Underscores U
It’s technical excellence as a musical product cannot be overstated. For a pop album to be this busy yet possess a pocket as deep and rich as underscores displays here is simply amazing Sputnik Music (staff)
Indie rock icon Kim Gordon acerbically wrestles with the state of the world over hip-hop and industrial beats on Play Me PopMatters
The former electro-pop enfant terrible swings big on her latest album, compressing all her split personalities and eclectic tastes into a high-gloss, high-stakes gamble to remake pop on her own terms Pitchfork
On U, she finds a clearly-defined, rounded-out identity in her music for the first time, and she delivers the most immediate and the most robust work of her career The Line Of Best Fit
Performing, writing and producing everything herself, April Grey pares back her hyperpop electronics for an LP in thrall to 90s pop-R&B, with songs that big stars would die for The Guardian
April Harper Grey’s latest hits all the beats of a classic pop record — a choreo-primed single, a power ballad, a post-breakup closure anthem — without overstaying its welcome Paste Magazine
A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre NME
Alexis Taylor Paris In The Spring
Paris in the Spring is a gem of a record which, while never over-reaching its ambition, sparkles with electronic ingenuity as it takes in all seasons of human experience Spectrum Culture
It's a beautiful collection of genre-hopping songs. Print edition only Uncut
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