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4 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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White Lies

To Lose My Life

Debut album from the London indie rock trio

Added: 16/03/2009
3.9

Mates Of State

You're Going To Make It

A 5 track EP from the husband and wife indie synth pop duo, following May's greatest hits release

Added: 15/06/2015
3.9

Sebastien Grainger

Yours To Discover

Indie pop solo offering from the drummer & singer with Canadian alt.rock act Death from Above, his first release in five years

Added: 25/11/2013
3.9

Lil Wayne

I Am Not a Human Being II

The New Orleans-born rapper's full-length studio release No.10, with guests including Soulja Boy and 2 Chainz

Added: 29/03/2013
3.9

Lamb Of God

Resolution

Album number seven from the big-selling US metal outfit

Added: 24/01/2012
3.9

Deer Tick

Divine Providence

The Rhode Island quartet reference their hometown in the title of this, their third alt.country release

Added: 27/10/2011
3.9

Cold War Kids

Mine Is Yours

Third album from the Long Beach, California indie rock quartet

Added: 26/01/2011
3.9

Rufus Wainwright

Milwaukee At Last!!!

Live album released to accompany the Canadian indie pop artist's latest DVD

Added: 23/04/2010
3.9

Juliana Hatfield

Peace and Love

Mostly acoustic work on the 10th solo album from the long-serving alt.rock singer-songwriter

Added: 17/02/2010
3.9

Eels

End Times

A divorce album from the alt.rock favourites Eels mainman Mark Everett, largely recorded on an old four-track tape machine

Added: 21/01/2010
3.9

Múm

Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know

Icelandic folktronica pioneers with a sixth album of quirky indie sounds

Added: 29/09/2009
3.9

Street Sweeper Social Club

Street Sweeper Social Club

LA based supergroup including Tom Morello from Rage Against The Machine and mc Boots Riley from The Coup

Added: 01/07/2009
3.8

Ed Sheeran

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Fifth studio album from the English popstar produced by The National's Aaron Dessner

Added: 10/05/2023
3.8

Pop Smoke

Faith

Second posthumous album from the rapper following his death in February 2020 includes guest appearances from Kanye West, Pusha T, Rick Ross, 21 Savage, Future, Chris Brown, Dua Lipa and Pharrell

Added: 21/07/2021
3.8

Lil Pump

Harverd Dropout

Second studio album from Miami-born rapper and trap artist Gazzy Garcia

Added: 28/02/2019
3.8

Justin Timberlake

Man Of The Woods

Fifth studio album from the pop/rnb singer-songwriter with guest appearances by Alicia Keys and Chris Stapleton and mostly produced by The Neptunes

Added: 02/02/2018
3.8

The Avett Brothers

True Sadness

Ninth studio album from the North Carolina folk rock band led by brothers Seth and Scott

Added: 27/06/2016
3.8

Grand Duchy

Let The People Speak

Second album of indie rock guitars/synths collaboration between ex-Pixie Black Francis and wife Violet Clark

Added: 10/04/2012
3.8

Moby

Destroyed

Latest album from the New York-based producer, musician and DJ

Added: 16/05/2011
3.8

The Head And The Heart

The Head And The Heart

Debut album of folk pop from this Seattle five-piece

Added: 18/04/2011
3.8

MillionYoung

Replicants

Debut album of electronica and chillwave from one man band, Mike Diaz

Added: 21/02/2011
3.8

Everything Everything

Man Alive

Debut album of indie pop and electro-pop from Manchester-based quartet

Added: 15/09/2010
3.8

We Are Scientists

Barbara

Album No4 from the Californian indie rock veterans

Added: 25/08/2010
3.8

Born Ruffians

Say It

Second album of indie rock from Canadian three-piece

Added: 01/06/2010
3.8

Turin Brakes

Outburst

Fifth studio album of folk tinged indie rock from London duo Olly Nights and Gale Paridjanian

Added: 02/04/2010
3.8

Everybody Was In The French Resistance Now

Fixin' The Charts Vol.1

Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos and The Blood Arm's Dyan Valdes with album of 'responses' to some classic pop songs

Added: 18/02/2010
3.8

Elvis Costello

Secret, Profane And Sugarcane

Largely acoustic album produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded in 3 days in Nashville

Added: 03/06/2009
3.8

Cat Power

Dark End Of The Street

The indie/folk singer's vinyl-only EP of six cover versions

Added: 12/12/2008
3.7

Muse

Will Of The People

Ninth album from the English alt rockers was self-produced and recorded on London and Los Angeles

Added: 31/08/2022
3.7

Alex Clare

The Lateness Of The Hour

Debut album from London-based dubstep singer-songwriter partly produced by Diplo and Switch

Added: 05/08/2011

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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.