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2 November 2024

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

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Tyler, The CreatorChromakopia

"‘It has depth, it has worldbuilding, but just as importantly, it has some absolute bangers, too" (10/10 - Dork). "it's as free as he's ever sounded" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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Mount EerieNight Palace

"A record of such substance that it takes a few listens to really make sense he’s produced one of his best yet" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "He’s produced one of his best yet" (8/10 - Far Out)

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Laura MarlingPatterns in Repeat Signed

"Both stunningly intimate and endearingly raw" (10/10 - DIY). "A homey, quiet record. It’s one of the best of her career" (8.3/10 - Pitchfork). "Simple, graceful, moving, tender" (9/10 - Uncut)

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Christopher OwensI Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair

"Potentially one of the year’s best records" (10/10 - DIY). "A must-listen for anyone who’s ever been in the type of love that doesn’t always get a light shone on it" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

Ezra CollectiveDance, No One's Watching

"This is truly a fresh musical experience, rather than being just another jazz record" (9/10 - Far Out). "A joyful reminder of music’s ability to bring people together, to move us, and to make us dance" (8/10 - Clash)

Jamie xxIn Waves

"Blistering return from dance’s master craftsman" (10/10 - The irish Times). "Jamie xx has delivered a masterpiece that will linger long after the last beat fades" (9/10 - Clash)

Floating PointsCascade

"Cherish it while you can, before he sets off on a completely different tangent once more" (8/10 - Far Out). "Easily the most successful work he's made as a dance producer" (8/10 - All Music)

MJ LendermanManning Fireworks

"A collection of caricatures ballooned by empathy, bruised egos, and lovable self-destruction" (9.2/10 - Paste). "It's the release he's been waiting for since the first utterances of the album" (9/10 - Exclaim)

Nick Cave And The Bad SeedsWild God

"The dark intensities are leavened by something peculiar in Cave’s oeuvre: joy" (8/10 - The Arts Desk). "The joy after the storm" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

Gillian Welch & David RawlingsWoodland

"The intuitive bond between the two musicians remains at the forefront of their terrific new album, full of quiet adventures and clear empathy" (8/10 - Pitchfork)

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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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7.3

Charli XCX

Sucker

Second LP from the English popstar, cowritten with, among others, Rivers Cuomo & Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij

Added: 14/12/2014
7.3

Calexico

Algiers

Americana and alt country with a Latin flavour on album No.6 from the Arizona based band led by Joey Burns and John Convertino

Added: 03/09/2012
7.3

BTS

Be

Fifth Korean-language album (ninth overall) from seven-member South Korean boy band

Added: 20/11/2020
7.3

Blank Realm

Illegals In Heaven

Fourth album from the Australian noise rock outfit, their first album ever recorded in a studio

Added: 04/09/2015
7.3

Blackalicious

Imani Vol. 1

Fourth studio album from the Sacramento, California based hip-hop duo consisting of rapper Gift of Gab and DJ/producer Chief Xcel

Added: 14/10/2015
7.3

Bill Callahan

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Lo-fi art rock from onetime Smog, the second album under his own name

Added: 19/04/2009
7.3

Archy Marshall

A New Place 2 Drown

Second album from the London-based singer-songwriter (King Krule) accompanied by a book and short film produced in conjunction with his brother Jack

Added: 11/12/2015
7.3

Why Bonnie

90 In November

Debut album from the Brooklyn-based indie rock quintet

Added: 22/08/2022
7.3

Ulver

The Assassination Of Julius Caesar

Thirteenth studio album from the Norwegian experimental black metal collective

Added: 09/04/2017
7.3

The Mynabirds

Generals

Political indie pop on the second album from Washington singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn

Added: 06/06/2012
7.3

The Leisure Society

The Fine Art of Hanging On

Fourth LP from Nick Hemming's folk-pop group

Added: 13/04/2015
7.3

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Meat And Bone

The NY trio return after an eight-year break to continue their garage blues assault

Added: 14/09/2012
7.3

The Futureheads

Powers

Sixth album and first for seven years from the Sunderland indie rock quartet who reformed in January 2019

Added: 29/08/2019
7.3

The Fall

Your Future Our Clutter

Twenty eighth studio album from Mark E Smith's band and first on Domino Records

Added: 14/04/2010
7.3

The Cranberries

In the End

Eighth and final album from the Irish alternative rock group following the death of singer Dolores O'Riordan in January 2018, produced by Stephen Street

Added: 24/04/2019
7.3

The Chills

Silver Bullets

First album in nineteen years from the New Zealand indie pop group led by Martin Phillipps

Added: 30/10/2015
7.3

Syd Arthur

Apricity

Fourth studio album from the jazzy Canterbury psych rock band

Added: 03/11/2016
7.3

Sonny & The Sunsets

Talent Night At The Ashram

A series of psychedelic-sounding songs originally conceived as short films from the mercurial singer songwriter

Added: 18/02/2015
7.3

Sloan

The Double Cross

Album number ten from the Toronto alt.rock quartet celebrating the 20th anniversary of their first gig

Added: 12/05/2011
7.3

Shamir

Shamir

Latest album from the Las Vegas-born, Philadelphia-based electronic pop singer-songwriter

Added: 02/10/2020
7.3

Seth Lakeman

Tales From The Barrel House

Sixth album in ten years from this folk musician, hailing from Devon, England

Added: 28/03/2012
7.3

Sd Laika

That's Harakiri

Debut LP of dark grime from Milwaukee's Peter Runge, following 2011's Unknown Vectors EP

Added: 28/04/2014
7.3

Scout Niblett

The Calcination of Scout Niblett

Sixth album of raw minimal indie rock arrangements from English singer-songwriter Emma Louise Niblett

Added: 22/01/2010
7.3

Sarah Davachi

Cantus, Descant

Latest release from the Canadian electronic sound artist features recordings of church organs from around the world

Added: 18/09/2020
7.3

Ross From Friends

Family Portrait

Debut full-length album from the British electronic producer Felix Clary Weatherall

Added: 25/07/2018
7.3

Robyn

Body Talk Pt. 2

Second of the three Body Talk albums to be released in 2010 from the Swedish electro-pop singer-songwriter

Added: 02/09/2010
7.3

Robert Glasper

Black Radio III

Latest album from the Houston-born pianist, record producer, songwriter

Added: 02/03/2022
7.3

Punch Brothers

All Ashore

Fifth album from the Brooklyn-based progressive bluegrass five-piece

Added: 20/07/2018
7.3

Portico Quartet

Portico Quartet

Third album from the London group, melding electronica, experimental jazz, dance and rock

Added: 25/01/2012
7.3

Pond

Man It Feels Like Space Again

Sixth album from the Australian psych-rock band produced Tame Impala's Kevin Parker

Added: 26/01/2015

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Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.