24 April 2024
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.
Browse specific styles
Third studio album from the New York rapper with guest appearances from FKA twigs, French Montana, Juicy J, Kid Cudi, Kodak Black, Moby, Frank Ocean, Skepta
6.4
The Harlem rapper's latest is loud, frenetic, and about as vibrant as hip-hop gets Read Review
Sonically, Testing is an experimental project. A shedding of the 29-year-old artist's old skin and a rebirth of something more profound and slightly more complicated Read Review
On his third studio album, Rocky is more experimental and personal. But for music that relies on the New York rapper’s artful intuitions, it’s unfortunate his intuitions are often very basic Read Review
An intriguing mix of garbled white noise and amp interference interspersed with splashes of instrumentals and a smattering of A-list features Read Review
ASAP Rocky takes to more experimentation in his music to match up with his style of fashion Read Review
Testing is what it says it is, though this far into his career, he should be doing better than merely a passing grade Read Review
The rapper’s aversion to the mainstream takes his third album to some glorious heights, with the help of Skepta and Frank Ocean. But is his swaggering decadence wearing thin? Read Review
Testing’s title might suggest experimentation, but it delivers more on tentativeness, with a smattering of solid songs mixed into aesthetically interesting but unresolved experiments Read Review
Roll over video for more options
Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department
A unique experience that, even with all its flaws, merits engagement Beats Per Minute
Pillow Queens Name Your Sorrow
Once again proving the four-piece as some of the best songwriters going DIY
With such a stellar collection of songs there is no reason to think this is going to end any time soon, especially when taking into consideration their current run of form, Pillow Queens’ journey is both brighter and bolder than ever Clash
Pillow Queens are still pining after lost loves, but heavy, howling instrumentals and post-production effects make Name Your Sorrow their most emphatic plea so far The Skinny
This has ‘album of the year’ stamped all over it, with every track packing a punch The Irish Times
See review link XS Noize
Stands as a commendable effort, boasting a handful of standout tracks Northern Transmissions
Claire Rousay Sentiment
An album to be played and replayed, and will I think be some people’s favorite record of the year Northern Transmissions
Mark Knopfler One Deep River
See review link Record Collector
Khruangbin A LA SALA
Like its simple, evocative cover painting of puffy white clouds drifting by a window, Khruangbin’s music hangs and hovers, creating an ethereal ambiance beckoning the listener to explore more of their addictive, atmospheric sound American Songwriter
Melvins Tarantula Heart
What Tarantula Heart represents for Melvins, at the end of everything, is a fresh start, a new look Sputnik Music (staff)
Pearl Jam Dark Matter
Dark Matter ended up as the most interesting and energized record since Backspacer Sputnik Music (staff)
Girl In Red I'M Doing It Again Baby!
Marie Ulven Ringheim explores different feelings and moments as if they're still happening, but it doesn't feel like she's ready to spread her wings, sonically speaking Spectrum Culture
On sentiment, ambient composer Claire Rousay reveals herself to be a writer of affecting confessional songs, but it’s her skill as a sound artist that makes it a rewarding album rather than a painfully raw listening experience Spectrum Culture
English Teacher This Could Be Texas
The latest British post-punk phenoms turn in a staggeringly accomplished and ambitious debut Spectrum Culture
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
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Dave We’re All Alone In This Together