24 October 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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Electronic duo and label owners Coldcut team up with legendary producer Adrian Sherwood
7.4
It all seems a smidge more 'pop' than expected, but there's stacks going on Read Review
Outside the Echo Chamber is fired-up, scintillating electronic pop with a message about the world around us Read Review
Legendary producers team with a stellar slate of guests to show just how much they've influenced modern music Read Review
Masterly explorations across Brit urban music continuum. Print edition only
The overall sound of the album is clinical as you’d expect from the trio, and the quality of production and reverb is absolutely stunning. A pairing made for each other and well worth the wait Read Review
All ten tracks, and their accompanying dub allies, have the presence and sound to claim dancehalls by the fistful Read Review
Coldcut and Sherwood remain visionary artists, and Outside the Echo Chamber is (for the most part) a worthwhile hour of futuristic reggae Read Review
From big beats to souped-up Sixties Bollywood Read Review
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Hannah Jadagu Describe
A compelling, colossally dynamic pop record DIY
Second album from American singer songwriter sees her evolve her dreamy, languid indie-pop musicOMH
Describe contains some of Jadagu's most personal songwriting, while the arrangements show that she's constantly looking to push her sound forward All Music
Only a few years into her career, Hannah Jadagu already sounds like she knows exactly where she’s heading. ‘Describe’ isn’t just a step forward, it’s the sound of an artist finding joy in her own evolution Dork
Anchored by an evident bold leap into new ideas and territory, Jadagu spins an engaging, if waning, exploration of indie musings wrapped in her own personal and affecting lyrical reverie Far Out
The Lemonheads Love Chant
Cleverly, it retains a rough-shod production and avoids digital polish, carrying through that unemployed, stoned McCartney melodicism Far Out
It’s a journey worth taking, with Dando acting as a field guide who maintains a Zen calm and a cool smile while he walks us through some of the more uneven paths of his mind All Music
Lily Allen West End Girl
A searing takedown of a dying relationship that reminds us all how confessional pop is done best: with actual confessions Evening Standard
Allen’s first album in seven years traces the fallout from an open relationship, but as well as being cathartic and candid, these stylistically varied songs have melodies that sparkle The Guardian
British pop star returns with her best album in 16 years, an incisive diary of a marriage in freefall The Independent
Tortoise TOUCH
The album is not without its highlights... But even at its heights, Touch is always undermined by clashing musical elements, bland production and a general sense of awkwardness The Quietus
If Touch were the first album by a brand new band, it would likely be judged as an unequivocal triumph — but Tortoise suffer from the burden of their iconic back catalogue Exclaim
The wait, rewarded. Print edition only Mojo
It's not just a band getting back together after nearly a decade apart, but a band reaffirming the ideals that animated them in the first place. Print edition only Uncut
Brògeal Tuesday Paper Club
The album reaches full force when they lean furthest into their roots DIY
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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
Frank Ocean Channel Orange