9 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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Third album of experimental, melodic instrumentals from the Glasgow-based band fronted by Graeme Ronald
7.4
An indelible work, surely bound to remain etched on the memory way into the future Read Review
A profoundly sophisticated, utterly delightful intoxication through which – yes – it's entirely possible to forget the present and bathe in the ecstatic now Read Review
Often eschewing the heavy guitars that seem to characterise much of the genre, Forgetting The Present is at once a delicate, beautiful yet devastating work Read Review
The band’s subtle tinkering lays them open to accusations of repetitiveness, but behind the sumptuous material there’s a fierce sense of intent, some far-off perfection to shoot for Read Review
The obvious comparison perhaps lies with label bosses Mogwai, but Remember Remember are more about awe than aggression Read Review
Scottish instrumentalists’ third session of musical regression therapy. Print edition only
An album that consolidates their position and shows off their abilities in impressive style Read Review
The Glaswegian instrumental band doesn’t go for huge maelstroms of noise, preferring instead a more fluid style Read Review
A new soundtrack to the seasonal good weather Read Review
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Remember Remember must be keen to impress label bosses Mogwai Read Review
Overall a lighter touch would not be a bad thing Read Review
Whilst the majority of the album is technically admirable for what it does achieve, it is also frustratingly slow going at times Read Review
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Remember Remember: Forgetting The Present
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