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With her sixth album, Charli XCX transcends all narratives and delivers a hit. Brat is imperious and cool, nuanced and vulnerable, and one of the best pop albums of the year.

Jessica Pratt’s fourth album of hypnagogic folk music hones her mysterious song to its finest point.

The Asheville singer-songwriter’s outstanding fourth album is loaded with zingers and losers. It’s witty and sincere, the mark of a songwriter finding his voice.

The London-based musician’s potent and intuitive second album dissolves the binaries inherent in ambient jazz and imagines a third sort of music that thrives at their midpoint.

Carrying forth the Southern sound of Saint Cloud, Katie Crutchfield does it again. Her dazzling, piercing songwriting is perfectly in tune with the band behind her.

Phil Elverum’s first Mount Eerie album in five years feels like a culmination of his work over the past 25 years, making room for all his earlier selves and sounds.

The Swedish rapper’s latest is the most fully realized project of his career. Its blurry, blot-out-the-world vibe glitches between reality and nightmare.

The Danish experimentalist turns toward singer-songwriter introspection, finding drama and yearning in melancholy, understated arrangements.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit a timeless classic rock album from 1975, a mournful, emotionally charged mood piece that grounded a historically cosmic band.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Guns N’ Roses’ twin 1991 LPs, an indulgent and maximal dispatch from the definitive rock band at its cultural apex.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the impressive 1978 debut of a teenage star, a radical piece of roots reggae defined by its innocence and the tragedy that followed.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Missy Elliott’s overlooked second album, a mind-bending showcase of her and Timbaland’s burgeoning relationship.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Fatboy Slim’s 1998 album, a sampledelic funhouse that briefly made big beat the next big thing in dance music.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Fat Joe’s hard-hitting 1995 album, a crucial sidequest for New York rap filled with his heavyweight style and vivid storytelling.