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 from the Nashville garage punk outfit
6.7
With Turn to Gold, Diarrhea Planet, a group with arguably one of the best-worst band names in rock history, have crafted their first truly great album Read Review
Diarrhea Planet have always aimed for the rafters, but on Turn To Gold they crash through them Read Review
Writing off Diarrhea Planet as gratuitous is not just wildly unfair; doing so missed the point of the band Read Review
The band’s sound has expanded to encompass guitar hero ambitions hinted at in the past Read Review
Diarrhea Planet’s arena-saturating hooks and barrage of guitars have proven the band’s ability; now it cautiously attempts to be more musically astute Read Review
Brimming with influence but somehow avoids feeling predictable or derivative Read Review
Turn to Gold may be one of the most hopeful and transparent records to come out this year Read Review
Turn To Gold will find a solid niche of fans, and likely just get a head nod of meager approval from everyone else Read Review
Arena-rock ambition clashes with D.I.Y. scuzz–and a vocalist coup may be in order Read Review
On record thus far, though, Diarrhea Planet’s instrumental split-personality excess could use a dose of Imodium Read Review
Diarrhea Planet's self-indulgence and cheesy grandiosity might be less appealing if it wasn't so tongue-in-cheek — that's a huge advantage of being a band that doesn't take itself all that seriously Read Review
If for some reason you pine for the days of jumpkicks and big hair, then definitely check out what Diarrhea Planet has done here — otherwise, I’d patiently wait for their next try Read Review
The performances on Turn To Gold are bogged down by reverb and the mostly-uninspired vocal performances get lost in the mix, lyrics in tow Read Review
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Diarrhea Planet: Turn To Gold
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
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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