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Upcoming Album Releases - Metacritic
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Upcoming Album Release Calendar

All dates are for U.S. releases unless otherwise noted. Release dates are subject to change, and often do.

11 September 2020
Doves The Universal Want
Jeremy Gara Passerine Finale
Kelsea Ballerini Ballerini [Stripped-down songs from Kelsea]
Marilyn Manson We Are Chaos
Mastodon Medium Rarities
The Flaming Lips American Head
Will Butler Generations
18 September 2020
A. G. Cook Apple
Cults Host
Daniel Romano's Outfit How Ill Thy World Is Ordered
Deradoorian Find The Sun
Keith Urban The Speed Of Now Part 1
Napalm Death Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
Neil Young The Times [EP]
OSees Proteen Threat [Thee Oh Sees]
Peter Katz City Of Our Lives
Sarah Davachi Cantus, Descant
Steve Arrington Down To The Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions
Sumac May You Be Held
The Elwins IV
Yusuf Tea for the Tillerman² [Reimagining of the 1970 album]
25 September 2020
2 Chainz So Help Me God
A Certain Ratio ACR Loco
Action Bronson Only For Dolphins
Bob Mould Blue Hearts
Cayucas Blue Summer
Deftones Ohms
Idles Ultra Mono
Jadu Heart Hyper Romance
Public Enemy What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?
Roisin Murphy Róisín Machine
Sad13 Haunted Painting
Sufjan Stevens The Ascension
Svalbard When I Die, Will I Get Better?
Sylvan Esso Free Love
The War and Treaty Hearts Town
Thurston Moore By The Fire
Tim Heidecker Fear Of Death
Will Butler Generations
Yves Jarvis Sundry Rock Song Stock
29 September 2020
Lana Del Rey Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass [Spoken-word album]
2 October 2020
BlackPink The Album
Bon Jovi 2020
Born Ruffians SQUEEZE
Brent Cobb Keep 'Em On They Toes
Corey Taylor CMFT [Solo debut LP for Slipknot lead singer]
Dawes Good Luck Whatever
Death Valley Girls Under The Spell Of Joy
Dolly Parton A Holly Dolly Christmas
Elvis Perkins Creation Myths
Gabriel Garzón-Montano Agüita
Groove Armada Edge Of The Horizon
Hoops Halo
Jonsi Shiver
Mariah Carey The Rarities
Matt Berninger Serpentine Prison [Debut solo LP for The National's frontman]
Melanie C Melanie C [Solo debut for Spice Girls' Mel C]
Roger Waters Us + Them
Shamir Shamir
Teenanger Good Time
William Shatner The Blues
YG MY LIFE 4HUNNID
9 October 2020
Bahamas Sad Hunk
Brothers Osborne Skeletons
Dizzee Rascal E3 AF
Future Islands As Long As You Are
Global Charming Mediocre
Jeen Jeen
Laraaji Moon Piano
Machinedrum A View of U
Mary Lattimore Silver Ladders
METZ Atlas Vending
Mina Tindle SISTER
Touche Amore Lament
Travis 10 Songs
14 October 2020
Juicy J The Hustle Continues
16 October 2020
Don't Know How But They Found Me Razzmatazz [Panic! At The Disco's Dallon Weekes and Ryan Seaman]
Autechre SIGN
Kevin Morby Sundowner
Sam Roberts All Of Us
The Struts Strange Days
23 October 2020
Actress Karma & Desire
Adrianne Lenker Songs
Adrianne Lenker Instrumentals
Becky Warren The Sick Season
Faithless All Blessed
Fuzz III
Greg Puciato Child Soldier: Creator Of God [Debut solo LP for Dillinger Escape Plan singer]
John Frusciante Maya [Instrumental solo release]
Keaton Henson Monument
Laura Veirs My Echo
Loma Don't Shy Away
Pallbearer Forgotten Days
Plants and Animals The Jungle
The Mountain Goats Getting Into Knives
30 October 2020
Elvis Costello Hey Clockface
Goo Goo Dolls It’s Christmas All Over
Mr. Bungle The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo
Tobacco Hot, Wet & Sassy
War On Women Wonderful Hell
6 November 2020
Donovan Woods Without People
Kylie Minogue Disco
LAL Meteors Could Come Down
Tunng DEAD CLUB
13 November 2020
Chris Stapleton Starting Over
The Cribs Night Network
William Basinski Lamentations
Yukon Blonde Vindicator
20 November 2020
Cabaret Voltaire Shadow Of Fear
Partner Never Give Up

Anticipated Future Releases

These albums do not yet have a firm release date, but are in various stages of development. If an artist appears multiple times, that means multiple albums by that artist are forthcoming.

Adele [Title TBA] Sep 2020
Alicia Keys ALICIA TBA
Azealia Banks Fantasea II: The Second Wave TBA
Ben Harper Winter Is for Lovers TBA
Broken Bells [Title TBA] TBA
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band [Title TBA] TBA
Busta Rhymes [Title TBA] TBA
Cardi B [Title TBA] 2020
Chromatics Dear Tommy TBA
Devin Townsend Lightwork TBA
Diddy No Way Out 2 TBA
Die Antwoord 27 2020
Drake Certified Lover Boy TBA
Evanescence The Bitter Truth Fall 2020
Future Life Is Good TBA
Greg Puciato Child Soldier: Creator Of God 2020
Greta Van Fleet [Title TBA] 2020
GZA Dark Matter TBA
Italians Do It Better Escape Summer 2020
James McMurtry [Title TBA] 2020
Janet Jackson Black Diamond TBA
Kanye West Turbo Grafx 16 TBA
KMD Crack In Time TBA
Lana Del Rey Chemtrails Over the Country Club TBA
Liz Phair Soberish Summer 2020
Magda Davitt (Sinead O'Connor) No Mud No Lotus TBA
Major Lazer Music Is The Weapon TBA
Matt Berninger Serpentine Prison TBA
Maxwell Night TBA
Miley Cyrus [Title TBA] TBA
Modest Mouse [Title TBA] TBA
My Bloody Valentine [Title TBA] 2020
Neon Indian [Title TBA] TBA
Noname [Title TBA] 2020
Phantom Planet [Title TBA] TBA
Red Hot Chili Peppers [Title TBA] TBA
Rihanna R9 TBA
Sam Smith [Title TBA] 2020
Sky Ferreira Masochism 2020
The Avalanches We Will Always Love You TBA
The Cure [Title TBA] 2020
The Distillers [Title TBA] Summer 2020
The Killers [Title TBA] 2021
The Offspring [Title TBA] 2020
The Zombies [Title TBA] TBA
Toadies [Title TBA] 2020
Travis Barker [Title TBA] 2020
Ty Dolla $ign [Title TBA] 2020
Weezer Van Weezer TBA
Yo Gotti Trapped TBA
Zack de la Rocha [Title TBA] TBA
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