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Imaginal Disk
Magdalena Bay
The Los Angeles duo’s second album is musically and conceptually dense, warping the fundamentally optimistic sound of pop to suit a more cynical and paranoid reality.
ByAnna Gaca
PLAY CASH COBAIN
Cash Cobain
The New York rapper-producer’s fluttering hi-hats soundtracked the summer of sexy drill. His new LP stamps the moment by doubling down on his city-specific sexcapades.
ByAlphonse Pierre
Mucho Mistrust
Fake Fruit
On its second album, the Bay Area band adds surrealist detours and melodic reflections to its snarling, witty post-punk.
ByZach Schonfeld
Woodland
Gillian Welch / David Rawlings
The intuitive bond between the two musicians remains at the forefront of their terrific new album, full of quiet adventures and clear empathy.
ByStephen Thomas Erlewine
F-1 Trillion
Post MalonePost Malone’s first bona fide country album captures the sound of mainstream Nashville, made with a little help from Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Luke Combs, and many more.The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Chappell RoanThe pop singer’s full-length debut is a bold and uproarious introduction, buoyed by sturdy songcraft and steely indifference to good taste.Quantum Baby
TinasheHot off the flirty summer hit “Nasty,” the singer-songwriter delivers a lean and muscular collection of songs for the club and the road.Bando Stone and the New World
Childish GambinoDonald Glover’s final album under this moniker features eclectic and adventurous rap and R&B, but the big swings never really connect.This Is How Tomorrow Moves
BeabadoobeeBea Kristi’s third album, co-produced by Rick Rubin, deploys a more subdued, acoustic palette to render an accurate portrait of early adulthood.The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
EminemA concept album about killing his alter ego can’t save the impishly clever Eminem from the same tired, dated, developmentally arrested material.
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Britney SpearsEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the pop star’s singular 2007 album, her oft-misunderstood comeback and a defining cultural artifact of the dark, trashy, celebrity-driven essence of the aughts.Barrio Fino
Daddy YankeeEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Daddy Yankee’s breakthrough album, the unforgettable year of “Gasolina,” and how the Puerto Rican rapper helped make reggaeton a global sensation.Raqs-e-Bismil
Abida ParveenEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the 2000 album from one of the most famous and influential musicians in South Asian history, a spare, heart-rending, spiritually transcendent experience.Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
Happy MondaysEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the apex of the infamous UK band, a hedonistic and sampledelic Madchester masterpiece that reinvented post-punk for the rave era.Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes to HollywoodEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the subversive 1984 debut from the UK synth-pop group, an exquisite-sounding album that snuck an ode to amyl nitrate and orgasms onto pop charts around the world.Inter-Dimensional Music
IasosEach Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a foundational new age album from 1975, an alluring, slightly fried soundscape channeled directly to its composer from an inter-dimensional entity named Vista.