Top New Releases - September 2026

BestEverAlbums — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:02 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 10/15/2026 14:00

This is a new monthly feature to highlight the top albums released in the previous month and shine more light on new releases and music from the current year. This post will be created midway through each month (looking back at the previous month), to allow albums from the previous month to accumulate enough data to appear in this post.

Here are the five highest ranked albums released in September, based on rankings from BEA members:

1. Hotel Usona by Protomartyr

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Release Date: 2026-09-25
Rank Score: 107.7
Chart appearances: 25
Average rating: 75.7/100 (from 29 votes)
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2. Ride Lonesome by Beck

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Release Date: 2026-09-18
Rank Score: 57
Chart appearances: 23
Average rating: 74.1/100 (from 24 votes)
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3. Popstar by Tinashe

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Release Date: 2026-09-25
Rank Score: 51.3
Chart appearances: 16
Average rating: 74.1/100 (from 21 votes)
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4. Day And Night by Carly Rae Jepsen

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Release Date: 2026-09-18
Rank Score: 45.9
Chart appearances: 14
Average rating: 72.6/100 (from 18 votes)
Top comment:
"I liked this one a lot more, second time around, and that is the sure sign of a good record. Carly Rae continues to positively surprise me, both by the quality and by the energy of her music."
- @dukeboxkool

5. Apples For Isaac by Echo & The Bunnymen

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Release Date: 2026-09-18
Rank Score: 37.1
Chart appearances: 10
Average rating: 70.9/100 (from 14 votes)
Top comment:
"It's not a "return to form" unless the word "form" means Evergreen or What Are You Going to Do With Your Life, but to be fair, those were good albums. This one is significantly better (and darker) than The Fountain or Meteorites, and much better than I would have expected, even though I've been a fan of theirs since the beginning. They're not pretending to be young and hip like they were in the 80s, but they're not doing folk music, either. Very solid, well-made, well-written album."
- @MadhattanJack

What did we miss?
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