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8 April 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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Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"Her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date" (9/10 - DOY). "Arlo Parks approaches euphoria and vulnerability with a soothing ambivalence" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Sunn O)))Sunn O)))

"An immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington" (8/10 - The Guardian). "The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing" (9/10 - Uncut)

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ThundercatDistracted

"Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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UnderscoresU

"A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre" (10/10 - NME). "Hits all the beats of a classic pop record" (8.3/10 - Paste)

James BlakeTrying Times

"A record that couldn’t be more consistently him" (9/10 - DIY). "Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince BillyThe Marble Downs

"Strengthened by communal tendencies, meeting bombs in Iran and executions in Minneapolis not with clenched fists of protest, but with hugs" (8/10 - PopMaters).

GorillazThe Mountain

"The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive" (10/10 - The Independent). "Powerful reflections on mortality from Damon Albarn and Co" (8/10 - Hot Press)

MobyFuture Quiet

"Moby has created a 14-track state of therapy for his own mind but kindly offered it to the world. It is the offering of one of the genius producers of our time" (8/10 - CLash)

Charli XCXWuthering Heights

"This brilliantly moody soundtrack confirms Charli XCX as a star who makes better art when she’s not trying to deliver a hit" (10/10 - The Irish Times). "At times gorgeous" (8/10 - Clash)

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6.8

Alexis Taylor

Beautiful Thing

Fourth solo album from the Hot Chip front man produced by DFA Records co-founder Tim Goldsworthy

Added: 20/04/2018
6.8

Tinashe

Joyride

Third album from the American singer-songwriter, with guests including Future and Ty Dolla $ign

Added: 19/04/2018
6.8

Toni Braxton

Sex & Cigarettes

Eighth studio album from the R&B/soul singer, her first on Def Jam

Added: 29/03/2018
6.8

Anna Burch

Quit The Curse

Solo debut album of indie pop from the Detroit singer-songwriter and former Failed Flowers member

Added: 03/02/2018
6.8

The Spook School

Could It Be Different?

Third studio album from the Edinburgh-based indie pop punk quartet

Added: 29/01/2018
6.8

Camila Cabello

Camila

Debut solo album from the Cuban-born pop singer and first release since leaving Fifth Harmony

Added: 17/01/2018
6.8

Yung Lean

Stranger

Third studio album from Swedish rapper Jonatan Leandoer Håstad

Added: 11/11/2017
6.8

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

The Echo Of Pleasure

Fourth album from the New York indie pop band led by Kip Berman

Added: 07/09/2017
6.8

Kesha

Rainbow

Third album from the Nashville, Tennessee pop singer features Dolly Parton, The Dap-Kings Horns, Eagles Of Death Metal

Added: 11/08/2017
6.8

The Fall

New Facts Emerge

32nd studio album from Mark E Smith's legendary post-punk outfit

Added: 29/07/2017
6.8

Lil Yachty

Teenage Emotions

Debut album from the 19-year-old Atlanta rapper Miles Parks McCollum

Added: 26/05/2017
6.8

Harry Styles

Harry Styles

Debut solo album from the One Direction singer who's taken an extended hiatus from the pop boy band

Added: 16/05/2017
6.8

Juliana Hatfield

Pussycat

Solo album number fourteen from the former member of indie rock bands Blake Babies, Some Girls and The Lemonheads

Added: 01/05/2017
6.8

Woods

Love Is Love

Tenth studio album from the American psychedelic folk rock band from Brooklyn

Added: 24/04/2017
6.8

Nelly Furtado

The Ride

Sixth album of electronic pop from the Canadian songer-songwriter produced by John Congleton (St Vincent, Future Islands, The War On Drugs)

Added: 01/04/2017
6.8

Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble

Find Me Finding You

Fourth solo album from the French-born former Stereolab frontwoman featuring a duet with Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor

Added: 21/03/2017
6.8

Depeche Mode

Spirit

Fourteenth studio album from the synth-pop stalwarts, produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Mumford & Sons, Foals)

Added: 18/03/2017
6.8

Simian Mobile Disco

Welcome to Sideways

A collection of purely instrumental music from the London electro-house duo on their fifth studio record

Added: 10/12/2016
6.8

The Men

Devil Music

Sixth studio album from the Brooklyn post-hardcore punk five-piece

Added: 11/11/2016
6.8

Soft Hair

Soft Hair

First collaboration between Sam Eastgate (LA Priest/Late Of The Pier) and New Zealand psych artist Connan Mockasin

Added: 08/11/2016
6.8

How to Dress Well

Care

Fourth full-length album of lo-fi alt-pop from the Chicago artist Tom Krell

Added: 26/09/2016
6.8

Crystal Castles

Amnesty (I)

Fourth full-length album from the noisy Toronto electropunk outfit, the first album since the departure of vocalist Alice Glass

Added: 30/08/2016
6.8

Morgan Delt

Phase Zero

Second album of 60s-inspired indie pop from the Californian singer-songwriter and first for Sup Pop

Added: 22/08/2016
6.8

Wild Beasts

Boy King

Fifth album from the English indie rock quartet, a concept album about modern masculinity produced by John Congleton (Sigur Ros, St Vincent, more)

Added: 08/08/2016
6.8

Haley Bonar

Impossible Dream

Latest album from the prolific indie rock/folk singer-songwriter, born in South Dakota

Added: 04/08/2016
6.8

Jherek Bischoff

Cistern

Orchestral album by Sacramento-born musician, composer and arranger Jherek Bischoff recorded in a two million gallon water tank

Added: 23/07/2016
6.8

Arbor Labor Union

I Hear You

Second album and first on Sup Pop Records for the garage indie four-piece

Added: 16/05/2016
6.8

Seratones

Get Gone

Debut album from the Louisiana rock n roll quartet

Added: 12/05/2016
6.8

Drake

Views

Fourth studio album from the Toronto, Ontario rapper Aubrey Drake Graham featuring contributions from Rihanna, Future and Wizkid

Added: 02/05/2016
6.8

Plants And Animals

Waltzed In From The Rumbling

Fourth album of indie rock from the Canadian three-piece

Added: 23/04/2016

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