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1 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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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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Amyl And The SniffersCartoon Darkness

"It's a truly glorious rock’n’roll album that is forceful without being simplistic and lairy while maintaining a good sense of humour" - 10/10 - The Arts Desk).

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Soccer MommyEvergreen

"As nuanced as it is captivating" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Even though it stems from the worst of times, it might well be her best album yet" (8/10 - Dork). "It makes you feel less alone" (8/10 - DIY)

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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)

BeabadoobeeThis Is How Tomorrow Moves

"It fizzes with energy gleaned from Nirvana and Beck, The Breeders and Blondie" (8/10 - The Arts Desk). "Marks the maturing of a fine talent" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

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8.1

Everything Everything

Mountainhead

Seventh album from the Manchester-based indie pop/art rock band produced by the band's guitarist Alex Robertshaw and Tom A.D. Fuller

Added: 01/03/2024
8.1

Chance The Rapper

Acid Rap

Second self-released mixtape from Chicago hip hop artist Chancelor Bennett

Added: 08/05/2013
8.1

Burial

Rival Dealer

Latest ep from producer William Bevan, dealing in his trademark atmospheric dub-edged techno, garage and dark house

Added: 16/12/2013
8.1

A.G. Cook

Britpop

Third full-length album from the London electronic producer featuring 24 tracks split into three sections: Past, Present and Future

Added: 10/05/2024
8.1

William Tyler

Impossible Truth

Second collection of instrumental guitar compositions from the Nashville-based occasional member of Lambchop

Added: 30/04/2013
8.1

Wet Leg

Wet Leg

Debut album from the Isle of White indie rock band formed by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers

Added: 04/04/2022
8.1

Travis Scott

Astroworld

Third solo album from the Houston rapper featuring guest appearances from James Blake, Drake, Frank Ocean, Pharrell, Tame Imapala, Sevn Thomas, Thundercat, and The Weeknd

Added: 06/08/2018
8.1

Taylor Swift

1989 (Taylor's Version)

Fourth in the series of re-recordings from the American pop star includes five unreleased tracks

Added: 27/10/2023
8.1

SZA

Ctrl

Debut album of r&b pop from the Solána Imani Rowe, with guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, James Fauntleroy, and Isaiah Rashad

Added: 15/06/2017
8.1

St. Vincent

Daddy's Home

Sixth album of experimental indie pop from Annie Clark produced by Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey)

Added: 10/05/2021
8.1

St. Vincent

Strange Mercy

Third album of experimental indie pop from the multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Annie Clark

Added: 02/09/2011
8.1

Shellac

Dude Incredible

Fifth studio album from the Chicago post-hardcore trio recorded at guitarist Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studio

Added: 19/09/2014
8.1

Ryuichi Sakamoto

async

Eighteenth solo album from the Tokyo-based composer and pianist, his first since his recovery from throat cancer

Added: 28/04/2017
8.1

Nala Sinephro

Endlessness

Second full-length release from the Caribbean-Belgian experimental jazz composer

Added: 11/09/2024
8.1

Mastodon

Hushed and Grim

Eighth album from the Atlanta heavy metal group produced by David Bottrill (Peter Gabriel, Smashing Pumpkins, Muse)

Added: 27/10/2021
8.1

Kevin Morby

This Is A Photograph

Seventh album of indie rock from the Kansas-based former Woods bassist and The Babies frontman

Added: 12/05/2022
8.1

JPEGMAFIA

All My Heroes Are Cornballs

Third full-length album from the Baltimore-based experimental hip-hop artist features guest appearances from Abdu Ali, Helena Deland and Buzzy Lee

Added: 13/09/2019
8.1

Jason Isbell

Southeastern

The one-time Drive-By Trucker and leader of The 400 Unit with a 2nd solo album of introspective country rock songs

Added: 19/06/2013
8.1

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment

Surf

Debut from the hip hop / soul band led by Nico Segal (a.k.a. Donnie Trumpet) featuring Chance The Rapper was released as an iTunes Exclusive free download

Added: 04/06/2015
8.1

Christine and the Queens

Chaleur Humaine

Debut album of electropop from Nantes-born artist Héloïse Letissier, originally released in France back in 2014

Added: 26/02/2016
8.1

Caribou

Swim

Latest album of dance pop from Canadian electronic musician Daniel Snaith who has also recorded under the name Manitoba

Added: 06/04/2010
8.1

Andy Stott

Luxury Problems

The pioneering techno producer with a full-length release featuring vocal recordings of his teenage piano teacher, Alison Skidmore

Added: 30/10/2012
8.1

Anaïs Mitchell

Young Man In America

Follow-up to the Vermont-born indie/folk singer-songwriter's highly acclaimed Hadestown

Added: 12/02/2012
8.1

Wild Beasts

Present Tense

Fourth album from the Lake District indie rock quartet and first without long-time producer Richard Formby

Added: 18/02/2014
8.1

The Murder Capital

When I Have Fears

Debut full-length album from the Irish post-punk band produced by Flood (U2, White Lies, Warpaint)

Added: 14/08/2019
8.1

Sparks

A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

Latest release from the Los Angeles pop / rock duo Ron and Russell Mael

Added: 13/05/2020
8.1

Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings

Soul Of A Woman

Posthumous release of retro soul and funk from Sharon Jones (who passed away in 2016) completed by her band and collaborators

Added: 15/11/2017
8.1

Sam Fender

Seventeen Going Under

Second full-length album from the North Shields indie singer-songwriter recorded in Ireland

Added: 07/10/2021
8.1

Robyn

Body Talk

Robyn completes her trilogy of disco and pop with this compilation of the best bits from the first two volumes, plus some new tracks

Added: 23/11/2010
8.1

Robert Plant

Carry Fire

Album number eleven from the 69 year old singer-songwriter, his second studio album with Sensational Space Shifters as his backing band

Added: 13/10/2017

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