10 November 2025
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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Second studio album from the Leeds-based duo Liza Violet and Ryan Needham
6.5
An impressive leap forwards Read Review
Menace Beach aren’t a supergroup, they’re just a really, really super group Read Review
For all the acuteness of the references — chunky layers of feedback, quiet-loud dynamics, nonsense lyrics about haircuts — Lemon Memory goes beyond 1990s alt-rock pastiche Read Review
A subtle, yet solid step forward Read Review
There's nothing sour about Menace Beach's sophomore album Read Review
A markedly different creature to the Leeds band's debut and all the stronger and more tantalising for it Read Review
The band appear to be evolving before our eyes, so seize your moment to enjoy them whilst their youthful energy still rules their output Read Review
An anxious and affecting display of raw indie rock Read Review
There’s enough promise shining through to make Menace Beach well worth keeping an eye on Read Review
Admirers of Anglo-American turn-of-the-'90s, inhale deeply. Print edition only
When they strike gold, they hit it hard Read Review
It doesn’t quite have the vitality or originality to make it a must-listen, but Menace Beach seem content to lean back and let things unfold Read Review
The fuzz-drenched mode of 2015 debut Ratworld supplanted by more thoughtful, diverse creations in which floating organ and mellotron lend a wavering melancholy Read Review
First, the songs aren’t distinctive enough but secondly – and much more damagingly – they rarely resolve into anything particularly exciting Read Review
It’s crushingly disappointing from a band that can sound so much better Read Review
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Menace Beach: Lemon Memory
Rosalía Lux
Orchestral pop worthy of an orchestra Consequence Of Sound
Swerves into yet another new lane, bringing together operatics, orchestral movements and buzzing electronics NME
Danny Brown Stardust
The Detroit visionary revels in hyperpop, club, and confession for a messy, euphoric reset that only he could pull off NME
What lingers isn’t the guest list or the language tally. It’s authority. A singer at full stretch without strain. A writer and arranger who knows when to hold and when to let go Dork
Mavis Staples Sad And Beautiful World
A vibrant mix of gospel, blues, country, soul, and rock, this is roots music that speaks to the present with compassionate, life-affirming power. It's yet another artistic triumph for the Black American music and Civil Rights icon All Music
Hatchie Liquorice
Filled with highs, lows, and surprises, Liquorice eloquently expresses young love's volatility - and makes for Hatchie's most consistent music since Keepsake All Music
Sorry COSPLAY
Dressed to impress. Print edition only Record Collector
Asha Lorenz's dreamy, deceptively casual vocals soften the sharp edges throughout and help foster an overall coherence even amid Cosplay's outbreaks of giddy chaos. Print edition only Uncut
After the insular mood of Quaranta, with its themes of addiction and depression, it’s refreshing to hear Brown having unabashed neon-lit fun The Quietus
The Detroit rapper feared his music would get dull after he went sober, but no-one could be bored by this guest-stuffed, chaotically swaggering new album The Guardian
Sobriety may have taken a long time to achieve, but it’s strapped a rocket to this album without sacrificing any of the glorious weirdness that always made him such a compelling figure Dork
His ambition remains undimmed as he opens this new chapter DIY
A rejuvenated, feature-packed return to form for one of the most innovative rappers around The Skinny
The album finds the Detroit rapper discovering a new lust for life Slant Magazine
Danny Brown looks and sounds better today than ever before, and his latest offering is a testament to his restored health and balance. Don’t forget he’s been in the game for over two decades at this point, yet you’d never guess it from listening to his music Clash
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
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree