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7 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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7.7

Classixx

Faraway Reach

Second album from LA production duo Michael David and Tyler Blake

Added: 28/05/2016
7.7

Modern Baseball

Holy Ghost

Third album of pop punk from the Philadelphia-based four-piece produced by Hop Along's Joe Reinhart

Added: 16/05/2016
7.7

Laura Gibson

Empire Builder

Fourth album from the Oregon-born singer-songwriter

Added: 30/03/2016
7.7

The Body

No One Deserves Happiness

Fifth album from the Providence, Rhode Island experimental sludge metal band formed in 1999

Added: 17/03/2016
7.7

HÆLOS

Full Circle

Debut full-length album from the East London trip-hop / electronica trio

Added: 17/03/2016
7.7

Quilt

Plaza

Third album of psychedelica / dream-pop from Boston-bred, Brooklyn-based band

Added: 01/03/2016
7.7

Rihanna

Anti

Eighth studio album from pop/hip hop/r&b superstar, the longest gap between albums of her career so far

Added: 01/02/2016
7.7

MONEY

Suicide Songs

Second album from the Manchester alt. rock band fronted by Jamie Lee

Added: 28/01/2016
7.7

Wreckless Eric

amERICa

Album number six from the veteran English punk singer-songwriter now based in upstate New York

Added: 17/11/2015
7.7

Ty Dolla $ign

Free TC

Debut full-length album from the LA hip hop / R&B artist featuring guest appearances from R Kelly, Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa and Kendrick Lamar

Added: 16/11/2015
7.7

Rival Consoles

Howl

Third album from the London-based electronic producer Ryan Lee West featuring Fabien Prynn and Peter Gregson

Added: 22/10/2015
7.7

Chvrches

Every Open Eye

Second self-produced album from the Glasgow-based synthpop trio

Added: 28/09/2015
7.7

Petite Noir

La Vie Est Belle/Life is Beautiful

Debut album of Afrobeat / synth-pop from Brussels-born, Cape Town-based Yannick Ilunga

Added: 10/09/2015
7.7

The Libertines

Anthems For Doomed Youth

Carl Barât, Pete Doherty and co reunite in Thailand for an unexpected 3rd album from the UK garage rock band

Added: 07/09/2015
7.7

Lil B, Chance the Rapper

Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape)

Six-track freestyle mixtape from the Bay Area and Chicago rappers

Added: 10/08/2015
7.7

Lianne La Havas

Blood

Second album from the English soul singer, produced in part by Jamaican reggae producer Stephen McGregor

Added: 28/07/2015
7.7

Wilco

Star Wars

Studio album number nine from the Chicago-based alt.rock six-piece self-released as a free download

Added: 23/07/2015
7.7

Four Tet

Morning/Evening

Album number eight from the London-born IDM producer and DJ Kieran Hebden

Added: 06/07/2015
7.7

Algiers

Algiers

Debut album from the Atlanta, Georgia experimental post-rock trio

Added: 01/06/2015
7.7

Colin Stetson And Sarah Neufeld

Never Were The Way She Was

Collaboration between the Canadian sax player and violinist who are both touring members of Arcade Fire

Added: 27/04/2015
7.7

Slim Twig

A Hound At The Hem

Max Turnbull's Nabakov and Gainsbourg-inspired spooky indie LP from 2012 is re-released by DFA Records

Added: 19/11/2014
7.7

Parkay Quarts

Content Nausea

Parquet Courts frontmen Austin Brown and Andrew Savage record a side project straight to four-track with a host of guests

Added: 12/11/2014
7.7

Museum Of Love

Museum Of Love

Debut album from of electropop former LCD Soundsystem drummer Pat Mahoney and Juan MacLean's Dennis McNany

Added: 11/11/2014
7.7

Oozing Wound

Earth Suck

Second album from Chicago thrash metal band

Added: 28/10/2014
7.7

Weyes Blood

The Innocents

Second album of folk / electronica from ex-Jackie-O Motherfucker member Natalie Mering

Added: 28/10/2014
7.7

Ariana Grande

My Everything

Second album from the 21 year old American pop star, featuring Iggy Azalea, Childish Gambino and ASAP Ferg and others

Added: 29/08/2014
7.7

The New Pornographers

Brill Bruisers

Sixth studio album from Canadian indie rock mainstays

Added: 25/08/2014
7.7

Common

Nobody's Smiling

Tenth studio album from the Grammy-winning hip hop artist and actor produced by No I.D.

Added: 25/07/2014
7.7

Reigning Sound

Shattered

Latest release from the North Carolina-based garage punk quartet fronted by Greg Cartwright

Added: 14/07/2014
7.7

Braid

No Coast

Latest release from the Illinois post-hardcore band and first on new label Topshelf

Added: 08/07/2014

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Sunn O))) Sunn O)))

One of those records that rewards repeated spins, the curious will no doubt be confused by its oddness - but the diehards will devour it Hot Press

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Distracted is more than just another installment in his legacy as an artist; it's a pillar of alliance and love, new and old Earmilk

Thundercat Distracted

Thundercat continues to demonstrate himself as one of music’s most impressively pioneering and experimental forces necessary for keeping things interesting but perhaps Distracted doesn’t quite meet the hype of a six-year gap Spill Magazine

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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.