19 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.
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Claire Rousay Sentiment
You don’t need to know exactly what she’s saying to know that it means everything Loud And Quiet
A record that is quietly powerful in its delicate yet emotional execution. Print edition only Uncut
There is unquestionable bravery in the access and vulnerability that sentiment communicates, and the journey into pop music is yet another promising step in rousay's always-morphing development Exclaim
Channelling her signature sound into an album of emo-inflected pop songs, sentiment is claire rousay’s most personal work to date The Skinny
The Los Angeles-based composer and singer-songwriter’s latest collection delivers a spectrum of emotions colored by expressive, refreshing candor Paste Magazine
Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department
Though haunted by the phantoms of what could’ve been, Taylor’s most cathartic release to have created is her most cathartic to listen to; a spell-binding, toxic, chaotic illustration of what floating adrift and losing yourself looks like Clash
Nia Archives Silence Is Loud
Exuding femme energy – she’s frequently DJ’d to women-only spaces – she taps into an often neglected aspect of jungle history, while writing a few chapters of her own. An early Mercury tip? Don’t bet against it Clash
Pearl Jam Dark Matter
Trimming back the excess of their recent experimental streak, it finds the band digging back into their core values – ruthlessly entertaining, often moving, it’s an undoubted thriller for fans Clash
Mount Kimbie The Sunset Violent
By trusting their own collaborative spirit and hard-earned wisdom, Mount Kimbie’s inward search expands their sound beautifully outwards Crack
Cloud Nothings Final Summer
With spruced-up production highlighting new subtleties in their sound, yet never abandoning their melodic fundamentals, the Cleveland indie rockers’ latest radiates a renewed sense of purpose Pitchfork
Lucy Rose This Ain't The Way You Go Out
After a life-changing illness, the UK folk singer returns with a gentle, subtly experimental album that finds hard-won solace in motherhood and recovery Pitchfork
Maggie Rogers Don't Forget Me
Maggie Rogers’ latest album, Don’t Forget Me, is a soft and breezy return to the musician we met on her debut studio effort Heard It in a Past Life PopMatters
With Dark Matter, the band has rarely sounded more essential Rolling Stone
While it may be a touch less adventurous as it’s two predecessors, 'Dark Matter' succeeds overwhelmingly The Arts Desk
This is the sound of a band and a songwriter who have grown confident in their own skin, who are skilled in their craft and not afraid to show it off.This is the sound of a band and a songwriter who have grown confident in their own skin, who are skilled in their craft and not afraid to show it off Spectrum Culture
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"Neat summation of where they've been, while still looking forward" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Their most accomplished album yet" (9/10 - DIY). "Sprawling ode to a long-gone, old New York City" (8/10 - NME)
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