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Studio albums of the 2020s

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Come Ahead

Come Ahead is the twelfth studio album by Scottish band Primal Scream, its first in eight years, released through BMG in November 2024 and produced by David Holmes in a 1970s Philadelphia soul style.

Creature of Habit (album)

Creature of Habit is Courtney Barnett's fourth studio album, indie rock, released March 27, 2026 on Mom+Pop; written partly in Joshua Tree, featuring Waxahatchee and Flea, produced by John Congleton.

Critical Thinking (album)

Critical Thinking is the fifteenth studio album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, released 14 February 2025 on Columbia. 12 tracks, 41:44, produced by Dave Eringa and Loz Williams, UK chart number 2, Metacritic 82, first single with Nicky Wire lead vocals.

Dancing on the Wall

Dancing on the Wall is MUNA's fourth studio album, released May 8, 2026 on Saddest Factory; produced by Naomi McPherson, inspired by Gessen's Surviving Autocracy, featuring the political song Big Stick; Billboard 200 debut at 160, Metascore 73.

Dark Matter (Pearl Jam album)

Dark Matter is the twelfth studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released in 2024 and produced by Andrew Watt, largely written and recorded in about three weeks.

Days (The Mountain Goats album)

Days (2026) is the Mountain Goats' studio album on Cadmean Dawn, produced by John Congleton. Conceived as "Grunges," a grunge-culture sequel to Goths, it earned a Metacritic score of 79 and peaked at UK number 73.

Decide (album)

Decide (stylized DECIDE) is the 2022 second studio album by Joe Keery under his alias Djo, released on AWAL; a 36-minute synth-pop and synthwave record written and produced with Adam Thein, distinct from Djo's 2019 psychedelic debut Twenty Twenty.

DMA's (album)

DMA's is the fifth studio album by the Australian indie rock trio DMA'S, released on 21 August 2026 and their first self-titled album, a return to guitar-led early sound.

Don't Forget Me (album)

Don't Forget Me is Maggie Rogers' third studio album, released April 12, 2024 on Capitol and Polydor. Written and recorded in five days with producer Ian Fitchuk, mostly first takes, framed as her 'earth' album.

Dopamine Chamber

Dopamine Chamber is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band Fontaines D.C., released October 16, 2026 on XL Recordings. Produced by James Ford, it features ROSALÍA on "Where Is Gone?" and continues the synth-led shift from Romance.

Early Daze

Early Daze is a 2024 Neil Young & Crazy Horse archival album of ten 1969 studio recordings with the original lineup (Whitten, Molina, Talbot, Nitzsche), on Reprise; not the Sex Pistols 1994 EP or Hawkwind's 2011 album of the same name.

Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party

Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party (EDAABP) is Hayley Williams' third solo album, self-released August 28, 2025 on her Post Atlantic imprint after 17 surprise singles; Metacritic 91, four 2026 Grammy nominations.

Empathogen (album)

Empathogen (stylized lowercase) is WILLOW's sixth studio album, released May 3, 2024 on Three Six Zero/gamma. A jazz-funk-pop fusion with Jon Batiste and St. Vincent, self-produced, Grammy-nominated, and called her 'first grown-up album'.

Essex Honey

Essex Honey is the fifth studio album by the English musician Dev Hynes, released as Blood Orange in 2025, exploring grief for his mother and his Essex childhood.

Everybody Scream

Everybody Scream is the sixth studio album by Florence + the Machine, released October 31, 2025 on Republic Records. Written after Welch's near-fatal 2023 ectopic pregnancy, its 12 witchcraft-themed tracks earned a Metascore of 81.

Everything Under the Sun (Nickelback album)

Everything Under the Sun is Nickelback's eleventh studio album, announced July 14, 2026, due October 30, 2026 via Virgin Music Group after leaving BMG; 12 tracks, lead single Rattle the Cage featuring John 5, followed by a 2027 world tour with Don Broco.

Everything's Falling

Everything's Falling (2026) is the fifth studio album by Mexican rock band The Warning, the Monterrey sisters Daniela, Paulina, and Alejandra Villarreal. Released via Lava/Republic, produced by Anton DeLost, themed on failure and the Icarus myth, with singles Kerosene, Ego, and Ritual.

Evolution (Sheryl Crow album)

Evolution is Sheryl Crow's twelfth studio album, released March 29, 2024 on Big Machine, produced by Mike Elizondo after she called 2019's Threads her last; its title track addresses AI, and the deluxe adds a Peter Gabriel cover.

Failed at Math(s)

Failed at Math(s) is the 2023 debut album by British band Panchiko, released May 5 after their rediscovery via the D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L EP; eight tracks, 26 minutes, self-produced, four new and four reworked 1997-2001 songs.

Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Fetch the Bolt Cutters is Fiona Apple's fifth studio album, released April 17, 2020 on Epic; recorded at home in Venice Beach with found percussion, it won two Grammys and near-universal acclaim.

Fire from the Hip

Fire from the Hip is Finn Wolfhard's second solo album, released July 10, 2026 on Night Shift/AWAL. Twelve tracks, about 35 minutes, recorded on 24-track tape at Pachyderm Studios, Minnesota; Metascore 78.

Folklore (Taylor Swift album)

Folklore (styled lowercase) is Taylor Swift's eighth studio album, a surprise indie-folk release on July 24, 2020, made remotely with Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, and Bon Iver during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by sister album Evermore.

For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)

For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) is the fourth studio album by Japanese Breakfast (Michelle Zauner), released March 21, 2025 on Dead Oceans; produced by Blake Mills at Sound City, it earned a Metacritic score of 84 and features Jeff Bridges on "Men in Bars."

Foreign Tongues

Foreign Tongues is the Rolling Stones' 25th studio album, released 10 July 2026 on Polydor, produced by Andrew Watt, recorded at Metropolis Studios, featuring Charlie Watts posthumously and guests McCartney, Winwood, and Robert Smith; a deluxe edition, Loose Lips, follows in November.

Forever (Bon Jovi album)

Forever (Bon Jovi album): Bon Jovi's 16th studio album, released June 7, 2024 on Island/Universal for the band's 40th anniversary, first record after Jon Bon Jovi's 2022 vocal cord surgery; reissued as Forever (Legendary Edition) in 2025.

Forever Howlong

Forever Howlong is the third studio album by the London-based band Black Country, New Road, released on 4 April 2025 on Ninja Tune and produced by James Ellis Ford.

Forever Is a Feeling

Forever Is a Feeling, Lucy Dacus's fourth solo studio album (2025, Geffen/Interscope), co-produced with Blake Mills; adult love songs, lush antiquity-themed arrangements, UK top-5, guests Hozier and boygenius bandmates.

Forever Now (Switchfoot album)

Forever Now is the fourteenth studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot, released on June 26, 2026, a loose concept album about the final day of Mr. Crow's life.

From the Pyre

From the Pyre is the second studio album by British band The Last Dinner Party, released 17 October 2025 on Island Records, produced by Markus Dravs; ten tracks, 42:58, UK chart peak number 2.

Frozen Charlotte (album)

Frozen Charlotte is Jack White's seventh solo studio album, released July 10, 2026 on Third Man Records; 13 garage-blues rock tracks recorded in Nashville with Keeler, Davis, and Emmett, also briefly titled Frozen Charlatan.