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6 April 2026

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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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6.5

Bob Dylan

Triplicate

Thirty-eighth studio album from the Nobel Prize winner, another in a series of releases of American classics covers, and his first ever triple-album

Added: 06/04/2017
6.5

Sun Kil Moon

Common As Light And Love Are Red Valleys Of Blood

Mark Kozelek's eighth album under the Sun Kil Moon moniker is a double

Added: 28/02/2017
6.5

Strand Of Oaks

Hard Love

Fifth album from Philadelphia-based folk rock singer-songwriter Timothy Showalter

Added: 23/02/2017
6.5

Noveller

A Pink Sunset For No One

Ninth album of post-punk / drone from Brooklyn-based filmmaker and guitarist Sarah Lipstate

Added: 18/02/2017
6.5

Communions

Blue

Debut album from the 80s new wave influenced Danish quartet

Added: 11/02/2017
6.5

The Menzingers

After The Party

Fifth album from the Philly punk band, produced by Will Yip (Circa Survive, La Dispute, Title Fight)

Added: 08/02/2017
6.5

Metallica

Hardwired...To Self-Destruct

Tenth studio record from the metal stalwarts, a double album

Added: 22/11/2016
6.5

Alicia Keys

Here

Sixth album from the Grammy-winning urban soul singer working with husband Swizz Beats and Mark Batson

Added: 10/11/2016
6.5

David Crosby

Lighthouse

Fifth solo album from the former Crosby, Stills and Nash man, co-written and produced by Snarky Puppy’s Michael League

Added: 27/10/2016
6.5

Ryley Walker

Golden Sings That Have Been Sung

Fourth album from the Rockford, Illinois singer-songwriter and guitarist produced by former Wilco multi-instrumentalist Leroy Bach

Added: 13/08/2016
6.5

MSTRKRFT

Operator

The Canadian producers & DJs Jesse F. Keeler and Alex Puodziukas with their third album of electro house

Added: 19/07/2016
6.5

Plaid

The Digging Remedy

Ninth full-length studio album from the London-based electronic techno duo Andy Turner and Ed Handley

Added: 13/06/2016
6.5

Tim Heidecker

In Glendale

Second solo album from the musician and comedian known for being one half of comedy duo Tim & Eric

Added: 20/05/2016
6.5

Oscar

Cut and Paste

Debut album of indie pop from the Londoner

Added: 19/05/2016
6.5

Pity Sex

White Hot Moon

Second full-length release from the Ann Arbor, Michigan lo-fi indie rock quartet

Added: 05/05/2016
6.5

LNZNDRF

LNZNDRF

A record of sound-scapey indie from Beirut's Ben Lanz and the National's Bryan and Scott Devendorf

Added: 01/03/2016
6.5

Pinkshinyultrablast

Grandfeathered

Second album of indie dream pop from the Russian outfit

Added: 26/02/2016
6.5

The 1975

I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

Second album from Manchester-based indie rock / pop quartet

Added: 25/02/2016
6.5

Wild Nothing

Life Of Pause

Third studio album of indie rock / dream pop from the Virginia-born musician Jack Tatum

Added: 18/02/2016
6.5

The Besnard Lakes

A Coliseum Complex Museum

Fifth studio album from Canadian psychedelic prog-rock six-piece, led by the husband and wife team Jace Lasek and Olga Gorea

Added: 18/01/2016
6.5

Sunn O)))

Kannon

Seventh album from the Seattle drone metal merchants led by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson

Added: 03/12/2015
6.5

Wavves

V

Fifth studio album from the San Diego surf-rock four-piece led by Nathan Williams

Added: 05/10/2015
6.5

Snoop Dogg

Bush

An RnB and funk-heavy, Pharrell-produced thirteenth album from the West Coast hip hop legend, featuring guest appearances from Stevie Wonder and Charlie Wilson

Added: 13/05/2015
6.5

Föllakzoid

III

Third album of post-krautrock from the Chilean trio working with German composer, musician and producer Uwe Schmidt (AKA Atom)

Added: 31/03/2015
6.5

Jam City

Dream A Garden

UK-based DJ and producer Jack Latham releases his second album of ambient techno

Added: 25/03/2015
6.5

Future Brown

Future Brown

Debut from the electronic supergroup comprising LA duo Nguzunguzu, Kuwaiti born Al Qadiri and NYC based City Trax label boss J-Cush

Added: 26/02/2015
6.5

Young Ejecta

The Planet

Mini album from the synthpop duo consisting of Neon Indian's Leanne Macomber and producer Joel Ford of Ford & Lopatin

Added: 23/01/2015
6.5

Ital

Endgame

Third album of experimental techno from Brooklyn producer Daniel Martin-McCormick

Added: 21/10/2014
6.5

Peaking Lights

Cosmic Logic

The San Francisco neo-psych pop husband and wife duo of Indra Dunis and Aaron Coyes release their sixth LP

Added: 06/10/2014
6.5

Prince

Art Official Age

Album number thirty three from the R&B / soul / funk legendary musician

Added: 03/10/2014

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Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

One of those albums that evokes a tangible mood; in this case, somewhere adjacent to the sun coming up after a rollercoaster of a night out. As such, it's frequently wonderful. Print edition only Uncut

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

"We're blossoming," she sings of a new romance, but she could easily be talking about herself and her artistic trajectory, having pulled off a daring makeover with such style. Print edition only Record Collector

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

Any fear, dissociation or sorrow Parks describes is repeatedly shaken off in the communion of the dancefloor The Independent

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All-time top 10

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.