10 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 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
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