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2025 Album Reviews Request

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!

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Given the warm reception of Meridian Brothers, I hope someone will find a moment for Los Piranas' 'Una Oportunidad más de triunfar en la vida' as well.

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I hope someone will still find a moment for the new Coheed & Cambria record, their last one was very favorably reviewed and they tend to atract quite a lot of user reviews as well.

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Can I recommend a pair of albums by two new British acts? I'm intrigued to see what your editors think of the new releases by Heartworms and Divorce. Would really appreciate a review for them.

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I hope someone will still find a moment for Oklou's 'Choke Enough' and More Eaze & Claire Rousay's 'No Floor'.

C

Really enjoyed that Oklou record - highly recommended to the reviewers.

It seems the editors already had plans to cover that More Eaze & Claire Rousay record - a review for it has just been uploaded and is now available to read.

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I hope someone will still find a moment for Kelela's 'In the Blue Light'. Her previous offerings have been consistently highly rated on AllMusic.

C

Going to back this one too - Just as great live as in the studio!

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I hope someone will find a moment for the new album by jazz band Bandler Ching - it's much better than the bandname. :)

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I hope someone will still find a moment for Black Flower's new album 'Kinetic'. Their previous one was well-received.

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I hope someone will still find a moment for John Glacier's excellent 'Like a Ribbon'.

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Wonderful album. Would love to see this one get a review!

Okay, I've got two albums that could do with reviews: Would listening to the new Dream Theater album, Parasomnia interest any of your writers? Given the numerous user ratings, it looks like there are many of us who'd look forward to reading it!

Also, this one's been a bit hard to track as it's been delayed multiple times. It's finally out - The Manic Street Preachers released their new album, Critical Thinking last week. I know the writer that usually covers them is (sadly) no longer with your editorial team. Will someone else pick up where he left off?

Great to see that there's now a review for Parasmonia. Made for a good read too. Do you know if a review for Critical Thinking is in the works?

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I'm really surprised that the Manic Street Preachers album. They're an established name and all their other albums have been reviewed. Weren't there any other fans on the editorial team?

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I'll open this thread with rapper MIKE's excellent new album 'Showbiz!', which isn't even listed on the AllMusic website yet. The albums of his that have previously been reviewed have received consistently high ratings.

Good choice. Was going to request an entry on the missing entries thread but seeming as it's already been mentioned, I'll post some sources here too: You can find details for Showbiz! at the offical label's (10k) online store here, or on MIKE's bandcamp here.

It may also be worth mentioning that there are currently a couple of errors on MIKE's discography:

  • According to the offical bandcamp page, 'Beware of the Monkey' was released not in 2023 but on December 21, 2002.
  • The album 'Pinball' was released was released on March 6, 2024, according to it's official bandcamp page.

Both links also list additional details for those albums, like the tracklisting. If you have the time, feel free to add those details too.

EDIT: His bandcamp also has details for missing entries like, 'Winter New York', 'Longest Day, Shortest Night' 'War in My Pen' and 'May God Bless Your Hustle'.