Best Albums of April 2026
The highest-rated albums released in April 2026, ranked by critical consensus from professional music critics.
30 albums released in April 2026 ranked by critical consensus score.
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The Ghost of a Future Dead
At The Gates
Apr 24, 2026
Vol.II
Angine de Poitrine
Apr 3, 2026
Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg
Apr 3, 2026
My New Band Believe
My New Band Believe
Apr 10, 2026
Middle of Nowhere
Kacey Musgraves
Apr 30, 2026
Confession
Carla dal Forno
Apr 24, 2026
Distracted
Thundercat
Apr 3, 2026
Weller At The BBC Vol. 2
Paul Weller
Apr 24, 2026
Angel in Plainclothes
Angelo De Augustine
Apr 24, 2026
Cruel World
Holly Humberstone
Apr 10, 2026
Julia
Julia Cumming
Apr 24, 2026
Total Dive
Brown Horse
Apr 10, 2026
sunn O)))
Sunn O)))
Apr 3, 2026
Something Worth Waiting For
Friko
Apr 24, 2026
HOTLIFE
Tiga
Apr 17, 2026
Romanticize the Dive
Metric
Apr 24, 2026
Superbloom
Jessie Ware
Apr 17, 2026
Lost Cause Lover Fool
The Milk Carton Kids
Apr 24, 2026
Nine Inch Noize
Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize
Apr 17, 2026
Singing
Gia Margaret
Apr 24, 2026
Life Slime
Pictish Trail
Apr 10, 2026
Ambiguous Desire
Arlo Parks
Apr 3, 2026
Your Favorite Toy
Foo Fighters
Apr 24, 2026
Long Long Road
Ringo Starr
Apr 24, 2026
Indigo Park
Bruce Hornsby
Apr 3, 2026
Kammerkonzert
Squarepusher
Apr 10, 2026
COME CLOSER
TOMORA
Apr 17, 2026
Birding
deary
Apr 3, 2026
The Great Divide
Noah Kahan
Apr 24, 2026
KONNAKOL
ZAYN
Apr 17, 2026