pitchfork gives ‘back to black (20th anniversary edition)’ by amy winehouse a score of 92/100, naming it ‘best new reissue’: “even with unreleased demos on the tracklist, there's hardly anything to add to amy winehouse's 2006 blockbuster, one of the all-time great breakup albums.”

most popular albums for the week of october 16–22, 2026 on aoty:

shortlisted albums for the 2026 mercury prize and their scores on aoty:

anthony fantano from the needle drop gives ‘dopamine chamber’ by fontaines d.c. a score of 70/100: “fontaines d.c. take their sound in a darker, more ethereal direction that works for them on ‘dopamine chamber’.”

‘no bad memories’ by the avalanches debuts with a 79 critic score based on 11 reviews and a 79.5 user score based on 1,000+ ratings on aoty. it is now the third highest user-rated nu-disco album of the 2020s with 500+ ratings, behind ‘random access memories (10th anniversary edition)’ by daft punk and ‘future nostalgia’ by dua lipa.

‘petal’ by ariana grande has joined the 10,000 ratings club on aoty. it is her third album to achieve this, joining ‘eternal sunshine’ and ‘thank u, next’.

user score history of ‘nightride’ by tinashe on aoty: