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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

Peaches

Rub

Sixth studio album from the Toronto-born electroclash, dance-punk artist, featuring guest vocals by Kim Gordon and Feist

Added: 23/09/2015
7.3

Old 97's

Most Messed Up

Rhett Miller's alt. country stalwarts' latest release celebrates their 20 year anniversary

Added: 01/05/2014
7.3

Obongjayar

Some Nights I Dream of Doors

Debut album from the London-based Nigerian spoken word artist Steven Umoh

Added: 13/05/2022
7.3

Niki And The Dove

Instinct

Debut album from the much-tipped Swedish electro-pop duo, who featured in the BBC Sound of 2012 list

Added: 10/05/2012
7.3

Mount Kimbie

Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

Second album of post-dubstep from London-based duo Dominic Maker and Kai Campos

Added: 20/05/2013
7.3

Mega Bog

Life, and another

Sixth full-length album from singer-songwriter Erin Birgy features contributions from Krivchenia, Duffy and Andrew Dorset of Lake

Added: 02/08/2021
7.3

Marlon Williams

Marlon Williams

Debut from the New Zealand-born alt.country singer-songwriter

Added: 17/02/2016
7.3

Magnolia Electric Co.

Josephine

Ohio singer-songwriter Jason Molina's 5th offering of lo-fi alt rock as Magnolia Electric Co

Added: 18/07/2009
7.3

Lydia Ainsworth

Darling Of The Afterglow

Second album of experimental indie from the Toronto-based singer-songwriter / composer

Added: 04/04/2017
7.3

Little Simz

A Curious Tale Of Trials + Persons

Debut album from the London-born singing/rapping/acting 21 year old

Added: 30/09/2015
7.3

Lamb Of God

Lamb Of God

Album number nine from the Richmond, Virginia groove metal outfit

Added: 19/06/2020
7.3

Kvelertak

Nattesferd

Third album of hard rock/heavy metal from the six-piece based in Rogaland, Norway

Added: 16/05/2016
7.3

Jonathan Wilson

Rare Birds

Third album from LA-based singer-songwriter who has also produced albums for Father John Misty and Conor Oberst

Added: 02/03/2018
7.3

JD McPherson

Undivided Heart & Soul

Third record from the Oklahoma R&B influenced singer-songwriter

Added: 06/10/2017
7.3

Humanist

Humanist

Debut album from Exit Calm guitarist Rob Marshall includes appearances from Dave Gahan, Mark Lanegan and Ron Sexsmith

Added: 21/02/2020
7.3

Hayden Thorpe

Moondust For My Diamond

Second solo album from the former Wild Beasts frontman and multi-instrumentalist produced by Richard Formby and Nathan Jenkins

Added: 15/10/2021
7.3

Hana Vu

Public Storage

Debut full-length album from the Los Angeles DIY singer-songwriter

Added: 09/11/2021
7.3

Gabe Gurnsey

Physical

Debut full-length solo album from one of the founders of Factory Floor

Added: 03/08/2018
7.3

Earl Sweatshirt

Feet Of Clay

Second EP from LA-based rapper working with producers Thebe Kgositsile, Alchemist and ovrkast

Added: 05/11/2019
7.3

Durand Jones & The Indications

Private Space

Third full-length album from the Indiana retro-soul and R&B group

Added: 30/07/2021
7.3

Dream Wife

So When You Gonna...

Second album of angular indie-pop from the London-based trio

Added: 01/07/2020
7.3

Dirty Projectors

Lamp Lit Prose

Eighth studio album of experimental indie rock from David Longstreth's Brooklyn-based outfit

Added: 09/07/2018
7.3

Deftones

Diamond Eyes

Full-on metal from the Sacramento five-piece with a stand-in bassist on an album to replace on-hold Eros

Added: 06/05/2010
7.3

Deerhoof

La Isla Bonita

Album number twelve from the San Francisco noise pop quartet produced by Nick Sylvester and recorded live in guitarist Ed Rodriguez's basement

Added: 03/11/2014
7.3

Courtney Marie Andrews

Old Flowers

Latest full-length release from the Phoenix, Arizona indie-folk singer-songwriter

Added: 23/07/2020
7.3

Califone

Stitches

Latest from experimental post-rock Chicago outfit fronted by multi-instrumentalist Tim Rutili

Added: 13/09/2013
7.3

Brood Ma

Daze

Third album from the electronic London-based producer James B Stringer

Added: 22/02/2016
7.3

Bombay Bicycle Club

A Different Kind Of Fix

Third album from the London indie rock quartet is an electric affair after the acoustic second album Flaws

Added: 22/08/2011
7.3

Bill Fay

Who Is The Sender?

Second album in three years from the veteran English singer-songwriter who's previous release had been in 1971

Added: 28/04/2015
7.3

Architects

The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit

Album number ten from the Brighton metal core band produced with Dan Searle

Added: 21/10/2022

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Mount Eerie Night Palace

It’s an album that is as broken as it is beautiful, a balance that Elverum appears to be gleefully embracing. Print edition only Uncut

Mount Eerie Night Palace

On Night Palace, Phil Elverum continues to muddy the idea of a musical identity, sounding closer to work he's released as The Microphones The Skinny

Mount Eerie Night Palace

Phil Elverum seems to have made peace with impermanence on his latest, a sprawling 26-track double album Paste Magazine

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All-time top 10

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.