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Studio albums of the 2020s

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"&"

"&" (Ampersand) is Bastille's fifth studio album, released October 25, 2024 via Best Laid Plans Records/EMI; a Dan Smith storytelling project about historical figures, also the name of albums by Personnel, The Insomniac Collective, and others.

Act III (Kasabian album)

Act III (ACT III) is Kasabian's ninth studio album, released 4 September 2026 on Columbia/Sony UK, produced by Serge Pizzorno and Mark Ralph; 13 tracks in 32:52, eighth UK No. 1 album, closing the trilogy with The Alchemist's Euphoria and Happenings.

Act III: This City Made Us

Act III: This City Made Us is The Protomen's 2026 rock opera album on Sound Machine Records, concluding their Mega Man-inspired trilogy 17 years after Act II, released track by track on Bandcamp from October 2025.

After the Astronaut

After the Astronaut, Butthole Surfers' ninth studio album, recorded 1998, shelved by Capitol, reworked into Weird Revolution (2001), released June 26, 2026 via Sunset Blvd Records in Paul Leary's remix.

Aghori Mhori Mei

Aghori Mhori Mei is The Smashing Pumpkins' 13th studio album, released August 2, 2024 on Martha's Music/Thirty Tigers. A guitar-driven return to their 1990s sound by Corgan, Iha, and Chamberlin, it scored 78/100 on Metacritic and topped a Billboard fan poll.

Alienation (ΛLIENΛTIØN) (album)

ΛLIENΛTIØN (Alienation) is Three Days Grace's eighth studio album, released August 22, 2025 on RCA. It is the band's first dual-vocalist album, reuniting Adam Gontier with Matt Walst, and produced four Canadian Mainstream Rock number-one singles.

All Born Screaming

All Born Screaming, also Todos Nacen Gritando, is St. Vincent's (Annie Clark's) seventh studio album, self-produced, released April 26, 2024 on Total Pleasure; 10 tracks, 41 minutes, Metascore 89, guests Dave Grohl, Stella Mozgawa, Cate Le Bon.

All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade

All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade is the fourth studio album by Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, released October 17, 2025 on Skarkali/Virgin Music Group; 13 tracks, self-produced in Iceland, titled after a song about mice sheltering in their studio.

Allbarone

Allbarone (also All Bar One) is Baxter Dury's eighth studio album, produced by Paul Epworth and released 12 September 2025 on Heavenly Recordings; a nine-track, 34:32 electronic club-pop record scoring Metascore 88.

Alter Bridge (album)

Alter Bridge is the self-titled eighth studio album by American hard rock band Alter Bridge, released January 9, 2026 on Napalm Records. Recorded at 5150 Studios and produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, with singles "Silent Divide" and "What Lies Within".

An Eraser and a Maze

An Eraser and a Maze, also titled An Eraser And A Maze, is Modest Mouse's eighth studio album, released June 5, 2026 on Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace Recordings/Virgin Music Group; it is the band's first indie release since 1997 and first since drummer Jeremiah Green's death.

Angel (Lizzy McAlpine album)

Angel is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, released September 18, 2026 on Indigo Blue/RCA; a folk-influenced record produced with Mason Stoops and Taylor Mackall, inspired by Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake, featuring Fleet Foxes on 'Soldier of the road'.

Antidepressants (album)

Antidepressants is Suede's tenth studio album, released 5 September 2025 on BMG. Recorded live with producer Ed Buller as a post-punk follow-up to Autofiction, it reached No. 2 in the UK and earned an 84.2/100 review consensus.

As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again is the ninth studio album by The Decemberists, released June 14, 2024 on YABB Records/Thirty Tigers. Their first double album, 13 songs in 1 hour 7 minutes, closing with the 19:20 "Joan in the Garden".

At the Beach, in Every Life

At the Beach, in Every Life is Gigi Perez's self-produced debut album, released April 25, 2025 on Outtahere/Island Records; 12 tracks, 46:46, led by the UK number-one viral hit "Sailor Song" and themed on her sister Celene's death.

Baby (Dijon album)

Baby is the second studio album by American singer-producer Dijon (Dijon Duenas), surprise-released August 15, 2025 on R&R/Warner Records with no singles. A 12-track pop/R&B collage about new fatherhood, made with Mk.gee, Andrew Sarlo, and BJ Burton; Pitchfork scored it 9.0 Best New Music.

Before the World Turns to Dust

Before the World Turns to Dust is The Calling's third album, released September 25, 2026 via TLG/Virgin, its first in 22 years since Two (2004). Alex Band's comeback after a Parkinson's diagnosis, self-funding, 15 tracks produced by John Fields.

Big Modern!

Big Modern! (BIG MODERN!) is the sixth studio album by Connecticut jam band Goose, released June 12, 2026 on No Coincidence Records: 15 tracks, 69 minutes, produced by D. James Goodwin, with an 1980s synth-pop sound about digital overstimulation.

Bleachers (album)

Bleachers (2024) is the self-titled fourth studio album by Jack Antonoff's band Bleachers, released March 8, 2024 on Dirty Hit; it peaked at number 5 in the UK and features Lana Del Rey, Florence Welch, Matty Healy, and Aaron Dessner.

Bleeds (Wednesday album)

Bleeds is the sixth studio album by North Carolina indie rock band Wednesday, released September 19, 2025 on Dead Oceans. Recorded with Alex Farrar in Asheville, it reflects Karly Hartzman's breakup with MJ Lenderman and earned a Metacritic score of 88.

Blue Banisters

Blue Banisters is Lana Del Rey's eighth studio album, released October 22, 2021 on Polydor/Interscope; her second 2021 album after Chemtrails Over the Country Club, formerly announced as Rock Candy Sweet, 15 pandemic- and family-themed songs scoring 80 on Metacritic.

Box for Buddy, Box for Star

Box for Buddy, Box for Star is the 2024 debut album by Nate Amos as This Is Lorelei, his 67th release, on Double Double Whammy; a recovery-themed indie rock and country record later issued in Deluxe and Super Deluxe editions.

But Here We Are

But Here We Are is Foo Fighters' eleventh studio album, released June 2, 2023 on Roswell/RCA. Produced with Greg Kurstin, it is the first album after drummer Taylor Hawkins' March 2022 death, with Dave Grohl on drums and grief-themed lyrics written first.

Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!

Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! is the eighth studio album by American rock band Counting Crows, released May 9, 2025 through BMG and completing the 2021 EP Butter Miracle: Suite One.

Cacophony (Paris Paloma album)

Cacophony is the 2024 debut album by British singer-songwriter Paris Paloma, released 30 August 2024 on Nettwerk; 15 tracks, 56 minutes, featuring the viral TikTok hit "labour", UK Albums Chart peak No. 40.

Can We Please Have Fun

Can We Please Have Fun is the ninth studio album by Kings of Leon, released May 10, 2024 on LoveTap/Capitol. Produced by Kid Harpoon after the band left RCA, its 12 tracks return to their early 2000s garage-rock roots.

Charm (Clairo album)

Charm is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Clairo (Claire Cottrill), self-released July 12, 2024: 11 tracks, 38 minutes, produced with Leon Michels, recorded live to analog tape, Grammy-nominated Best Alternative Music Album.

Chemtrails over the Country Club

Chemtrails over the Country Club is Lana Del Rey's seventh studio album, released March 19, 2021 on Polydor/Interscope. Produced with Jack Antonoff, the 11-track folk and Americana record followed Norman Fucking Rockwell!, earned a Metacritic score of 81, and topped the UK albums chart.

Chuck Timely & the Hourglass

Chuck Timely & the Hourglass is Role Model's (Tucker Pillsbury) third studio album, released August 7, 2026 via Interscope; a piano-forward Americana concept record around the time-traveling alter ego Chuck Timely, led by the single High Hopes 3000.

Clancy (album)

Clancy is the seventh studio album by American band Twenty One Pilots, released on May 24, 2024, and presented as the final chapter of the conceptual story begun with Blurryface.