Opening this new question for people to request notable albums released this year that they feel merit a review, just to help AllMusic keep track - the final decision will of course be up the editors, whom I'd like to thank in advance for their generally excellent reviews and much-appreciated efforts to keep up!
I hope someone will still find a moment for the new album by Actress, whose previous releases have always been reviewed and often been highly rated.
Hope someone will still find a moment for the new Vince Staples album. His previous releases were very highly rated and this one has accumulated 24 user reviews in two weeks.
Great to see a review for this one.
Any chance of getting a review for these albums?
Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost Stories
Bruce Dickenson - The Mandrake Project
The Dandy Warhals - Rockmaker
High on Fire - Commeth the Storm
James - Yummy
Ministry - Hopium for the Masses
The Pineapple Thief - It Leads to This
Saxon - Hell, Fire and Damnation
Steve Hackeet - The Circus and the Nightwhale
The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations
I hope someone will still find a moment for the new Bo Ningen album. Their previous releases have always been reviewed.
I hope someone will still find a moment to review the new Dehd album - the previous one received a 4.5-star rating.
Another solid review. Agree with much of the reviewer's sentiment here - possibly the band's best effort yet.
I hope someone will still find a moment for the new Arab Strap album.
Gonna also back this choice - are your editors going to review it? Fred Thomas did a great job reviewing their last album. Someone send him a copy of this one too!
I hope someone will still find a moment for the new P.O.D. album, which came out last week.
Seems the staff have been very responsive to some your requests. Here's another one that has been reviewed.
I wish you'd pay Fred Thomas to review Jessica Pratt's debut as well, he's written such wonderful reviews of her three other albums (including the one released today.)
I hope someone will still find a moment for Chris Potter & Brad Mehldau's latest album 'Eagle's Point', which came out in March.
I hope someone will still find a moment for Thom Yorke's soundtrack for the movie 'Confidenza'.
I hope someone will still find a moment for the new Bullion album, since his previous one was very highly rated.
Review is up for this one. Very high praise indeed. Bullion's records haven't quite clicked for me yet. May I'll have to give this one another go.
The debut album of the Irish band Sprints gathered 44 mostly very high user ratings since January. It would be great if one of your editors would find a moment for them as well. :)
Shout out to this choice! Would be great if the editors could give it a review.
I hope someone will still find a moment for the new High on Fire album, which accumulated 7 user reviews in just 3 days, and, judging from the previous albums, will soon have many more.
I hope someone will still find a moment for this excellent release: https://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-than-fiction-mw0004224504
Are there any plans to review for the new Elbow record?
You can also add me to the list of users that wants to see a review for Sprints debut album.
A review is up for Audio Vertigo.
This was reviewed two weeks ago but there are still no stars:
https://www.allmusic.com/album/world-wide-whack-mw0004201648
(The preceding debut album was rated by 83 users, so you might as well review both.) ;)
Another great review from this editor. Their reviews are usually spot-on.
Here's to hoping someone finds some time to fulfill the second half of your request. Whack's debut is an easy recommend to anyone who's a fan of her new album.
I hope the re-release of this quite legendary album by David Lee Jr. on Soul Jazz Records will inspire one of your writers to finally review.
I hope someone will still find a moment for this collaboration between The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, whose latest three releases were very well-received by your writers. It came out just two weeks ago, so it is not yet too late!
This is again one of those weeks where the new releases newsletter gets sent out while most albums don't have a review yet. No reviews are online as we speak for the new releases by Kacey Musgraves, The Black Crowes, Tierra Whack, Four Tet, Bo Ningen, The Dandy Warhols. The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis, DragonForce, Sam Lee...
Quite an anticlimax to receive such a newsletter, or visit the new releases page...
Many labels and distributors do not provide our editors with advance copies, making it impossible to review something they haven't heard.
In the past we've waited to send the newsletter on the following Monday or Tuesday when more of the reviews have been completed, but people complain about that even more.
We anticipate the editors reviewing many (if not all) of the albums you listed in the upcoming days.
I hope someone will still find a moment for the solo debut by Bolis Pupul, whose record with Charlotte Adigéry was well-received two years ago.
I hope someone will still find a moment for Schoolboy Q's latest album, which came out last week. His previous releases have all been rated, and accumulated many user ratings as well.
I hope someone will still find a moment for the new Crystal Fighters album, which came out last week, and of course, the new IDLES album. Also still no Last Dinner Party, although their debut album has been rated by 46 users in less than three weeks.
I hope someone will find a moment for this excellent new techno record: https://www.allmusic.com/album/arseholes-liars-and-electronic-pioneers-mw0004150388
Rap releases have become rather hard to keep track of these days (perhaps they always were), but these two that came out late last year (too late for the Best of-Lists) might still be worth your consideration:
https://www.allmusic.com/album/palermo-mw0004192178
https://www.allmusic.com/album/hall-nash-2-mw0004178499
I am also still waiting for the day the great Mick Jenkins finally appears on your radar. His most recent 'The Patience' was great, but you might also finally review his 10-year old debut (61 user reviews).
