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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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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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8.1

PUP

Morbid Stuff

Third album from the Toronto pop-punk quartet formerly know as Topanga

Added: 05/04/2019
8.1

Perfume Genius

No Shape

Fourth album from Seattle-based indie pop solo artist Mike Hadreas produced by Blake Mills (Laura Marling, Jesca Hoop, Fiona Apple)

Added: 01/05/2017
8.1

Nilüfer Yanya

My Method Actor

Fourth album of indie pop from the British-Turkish singer-songwriter produced by Wilma Archer

Added: 13/09/2024
8.1

Neil Young

Hitchhiker

The legendary singer-songwriter's 38th studio album, originally recorded on August 11, 1976 at Indigo Ranch Recording Studio in Malibu

Added: 05/09/2017
8.1

Marika Hackman

Any Human Friend

Third album from the London-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter produced by Hackman and David Wrench (Bear in Heaven, Alessi's Ark)

Added: 08/08/2019
8.1

Killer Mike

R.A.P. Music

Atlantan rapper Michael Render relocated to Brooklyn to record this album of straight up rap

Added: 17/05/2012
8.1

Kamasi Washington

Fearless Movement

Fifth full length release from the Los Angeles jazz saxophonist with contributions from André 3000, Thundercat, George Clinton, BJ the Chicago Kid, D Smoke and Terrace Martin

Added: 02/05/2024
8.1

John Grant

Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

Third solo album from the Reykjavik-based former Czars frontman featuring guest voclaists Tracey Thorn and Amanda Palmer

Added: 01/10/2015
8.1

Jenny Hval

The Practice Of Love

Seventh studio album from Norwegian singer-songwriter and novelist featuring guest appearances from Félicia Atkinson, Laura Jean and Vivian Wang

Added: 13/09/2019
8.1

Hurray For The Riff Raff

Life On Earth

Seventh album from the Americana group led by Brooklyn born, New Orleans-based banjo player Alynda Lee Segarra

Added: 16/02/2022
8.1

Grinderman

Grinderman 2

Second outing for Nick Cave's hard rocking alter ego.

Added: 30/08/2010
8.1

Four Tet

There Is Love In You

Intelligent dance producer and prolific DJ Kieran Hebden with his first full length album in five years

Added: 07/01/2010
8.1

Depeche Mode

Memento Mori

Fifteenth studio album from the synth-pop stalwarts and first without Andy Fletcher who died in May 2022

Added: 23/03/2023
8.1

Deerhunter

Halcyon Digest

Fourth album from the Atlanta, Georgia indie rock quartet fronted by Bradford Cox

Added: 20/09/2010
8.1

David Bowie

The Next Day

The most revered name in pop music puts out his first album of new material in a decade

Added: 26/02/2013
8.1

Bill Callahan

Gold Record

Seventh album of mellow indie rock and Americana under his own name from the singer-songwriter was originally recorded for 1999’s Knock Knock, Let’s Move To The Country

Added: 02/09/2020
8.1

Alvvays

Blue Rev

Third album of jangly indie-pop from the Toronto band produced by Shawn Everett (The War on Drugs, The Killers, Julian Casablancas)

Added: 06/10/2022
8.1

A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Atomos

Second LP from ambient duo Dustin O'Halloran and Adam Wiltzie is the score for Atomos, a dance piece by contemporary choreographer Wayne McGregor

Added: 03/10/2014
8.1

Young Fathers

White Men Are Black Men Too

Second full-length album from the Edinburgh-based Mercury Prize-winning alternative hip hop trio

Added: 01/04/2015
8.1

Tim Hecker

Virgins

The Montreal-based electronic musician and occasional artist's seventh solo record

Added: 10/10/2013
8.1

Solange

When I Get Home

Fourth studio album of hip-hop tinged r&b from the Houston-born singer, produced by herself alongside some high-profile collaborators such as Pharrell, Earl Sweatshirt and Panda Bear

Added: 04/03/2019
8.1

Slowdive

Slowdive

Fourth album and first since 1995 from the dream pop / shoegaze band who reformed in 2014

Added: 03/05/2017
8.1

Sleaford Mods

Spare Ribs

Eleventh studio album from the Nottingham-based post-punk duo Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn

Added: 12/01/2021
8.1

Mikal Cronin

MCII

Second album, and first on Merge, from the Californian garage punk / power pop singer-songwriter and Ty Segall collaborator

Added: 07/05/2013
8.1

Michael Kiwanuka

Love & Hate

Second album of modern soul from the London-based singer-songwriter, follow up to 2012's Home Again

Added: 12/07/2016
8.1

Low

Double Negative

Twelfth studio album from the indie rock trio from Duluth, Minnesota

Added: 11/09/2018
8.1

Leonard Cohen

Thanks For The Dance

Posthumous album from the singer-songwriter's final session produced by his son Adam Cohen and features contributions from Beck, Jennifer Warnes, Damien Rice, Bryce Dessner and Leslie Feist

Added: 19/11/2019
8.1

John Talabot

fIN

Debut album from Barcelona-based house producer and DJ

Added: 09/02/2012
8.1

Ezra Furman

Transangelic Exodus

Fourth album from the Chicago indie rock musician and singer-songwriter

Added: 06/02/2018
8.1

Destroyer

Kaputt

Ninth album from Dan Bejar under his Destroyer alias, covering everything from electronica to acid-jazz

Added: 19/01/2011

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