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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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7.3

Kae Tempest

Everybody Down

Debut album from the London-based poet, novelist, spoken word artist and rapper

Added: 16/05/2014
7.3

José González

Local Valley

Fourth album from the Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter was self-produced

Added: 18/09/2021
7.3

Desert Sessions

Vols. 11 & 12

First album in 16 years from Josh Homme’s musical collective series which this time includes Carla Azar, Matt Berry, Les Claypool, Billy Gibbons, Mike Kerr, Stella Mozgawa and Jake Shears

Added: 29/10/2019
7.3

Carter Tutti Void

Transverse

A collaboration between members of experimental electronic noise bands Throbbing Gristle and Factory Floor,recorded live in front of an audience

Added: 26/03/2012
7.3

Broken Social Scene

Hug Of Thunder

Fifth full-length studio album from the Canadian dream pop / art rock collective

Added: 03/07/2017
7.3

Brian Eno

FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

The latest self-recorded and produced release from the veteran ambient electronic composer

Added: 13/10/2022
7.3

Bowerbirds

The Clearing

Third album from the North Carolina alt.folk duo Phil Moore and Beth Tacular

Added: 05/03/2012
7.3

Bodega

Endless Scroll

Debut album from the Brooklyn-based art punks produced by Parquet Courts’ Austin Brown

Added: 06/07/2018
7.3

Benjamin Booker

Benjamin Booker

Debut album of raw blues / rock from New Orleans-based singer-songwriter produced by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Hurray for the Riff Raff)

Added: 13/08/2014
7.3

Ben Watt

Hendra

Second solo album from one half of Everything But The Girl working with ex-Suede guitarist Bernard Butler and producer Ewan Pearson

Added: 13/04/2014
7.3

Bat For Lashes

The Dream of Delphi

Sixth album from baroque pop singer-songwriter Natasha Khan featuring contributions from Brad Oberhofer, Mary Lattimore and Jack Falby

Added: 29/05/2024
7.3

Ásgeir

In the Silence

English-language version of Icelandic indie folk and electronica artist Ásgeir Trausti's debut album, his homeland's all-time biggest LP, translated by John Grant

Added: 24/01/2014
7.3

Antony And The Johnsons

Turning

Music from Antony Hegarty's 2006 live tour, released alongside the DVD of a documentary of the concerts produced with artist Charles Atlas

Added: 12/11/2014
7.3

Amanda Palmer

There Will Be No Intermission

Third solo album from the former Dresden Dolls singer crowdfunded through Patreon and recorded with John Congleton (St Vincent, The Wlakmen, The War On Drugs)

Added: 07/03/2019
7.3

YG

My Krazy Life

Debut album from Compton-based rapper with appearances by Drake and Kendrick Lamar

Added: 24/03/2014
7.3

Wolf Parade

Thin Mind

Fifth studio album from the Montreal-based indie rock outfit now operating as a trio after bassist Dante DeCaro left the band in 2019

Added: 24/01/2020
7.3

WIFE

What's Between

Debut album of dark electronic ambience from James Kelly, former guitarist from black metal trio Altar Of Plagues

Added: 09/06/2014
7.3

Vessel

Order of Noise

Debut full-length from Bristol-based electronic artist Seb Gainsborough blends elements of techno and house

Added: 15/10/2012
7.3

Ultimate Painting

Ultimate Painting

Debut indie pop collaboration between James Hoare (Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (Mazes)

Added: 23/10/2014
7.3

Tuxedo

Tuxedo

Collaboration between Seattle hip-hop producer Jake One and Detroit soul singer Mayer Hawthorne

Added: 04/03/2015
7.3

Tony Allen

Film of Life

The Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter's latest record features collaborations with Damon Albarn, Adunni and Nefretiti, and Kuku

Added: 03/11/2014
7.3

The-Dream

Love King

Third album of R&B from Atlanta, Georgia-born Terius Nash part of the team responsible for Rihanna's hits Umberella and Single Ladies

Added: 13/07/2010
7.3

The Wants

Container

Debut album from the New York post-punk trio of Madison Velding-VanDam, Heather Elle and Jason Gates

Added: 13/03/2020
7.3

The Heliocentrics

A World Of Masks

Fourth album from London psychedelic collective led by drummer Malcolm Catto and bassist Jake Ferguson

Added: 29/05/2017
7.3

The Handsome Family

Wilderness

Album number ten from the alt country / americana duo Brett and Rennie Sparks

Added: 17/05/2013
7.3

The Divine Comedy

Foreverland

Eleventh studio album from the Northern Irish orchestral pop band fronted by Neil Hannon

Added: 02/09/2016
7.3

The Decemberists

The King Is Dead

Sixth album from the Portland, Oregon indie folk five-piece fronted by Colin Meloy

Added: 05/01/2011
7.3

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Eighteenth studio album of psychedelic rock from the Anton Newcombe-led seven-piece from San Francisco

Added: 16/03/2019
7.3

The Black Angels

Death Song

Fifth album of psychedelic garage rock from the Austin, Texas five-piece

Added: 19/04/2017
7.3

The Antlers

Undersea

Four-song EP from the acclaimed Brooklyn trio led by Peter Silberman

Added: 26/07/2012

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