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16 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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Michael KiwanukaSmall Changes

"A boundless effort that, while revelling in its musical referents stands tall, ceaselessly, beside them" (10/10 - The Skinny). "It's a record built to last" (8/10 - Record Collector)

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Linkin ParkFrom Zero

"Compact and intense, the band’s first album since the death of Chester Bennington is a powerful tribute to their legacy" (8/10 - musicOMH) "An opinion-splitting return" (5/10 - Clash)

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Primal ScreamCome Ahead

"A triumph in thematic/aural juxtaposition. Up there with Primal Scream’s best" (8/10 Mojo) OR "Not even David Holmes’s involvement can save this woefully inadequate collection" (2/10 - Irish Times)

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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).

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)

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7.2

Lee Fields

Faithful Man

The veteran soul singer continues his revival at 61 with his 2nd album on the Brooklyn-based Truth & Soul label

Added: 12/03/2012
7.2

Laura Mvula

Sing To The Moon

Debut from the Birmingham soul singer-songwriter who was one of the contenders for the BBC Sound of 2013 title

Added: 01/03/2013
7.2

La Luz

Floating Features

Third studio album from the indie surf rock quartet from Seattle, recently relocated to California

Added: 09/05/2018
7.2

Jungle

Volcano

Fourth album of modern soul from the London-based collective led by electronic producers Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland

Added: 11/08/2023
7.2

Jenny and Johnny

I'm Having Fun Now

Rilo Kiley singer and indie pop darling Jenny Lewis teams up with her boyfriend Johnny Rice for an album of laidback country-pop

Added: 07/09/2010
7.2

Jake Shears

Jake Shears

Debut solo album from the pop singer and Scissor Sisters front man

Added: 10/08/2018
7.2

I Like Trains

The Shallows

Third studio album of epic post-rock from the Leeds four-piece

Added: 14/05/2012
7.2

I Break Horses

Chiaroscuro

Second album from Swedish shoegaze / synth pop duo Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck, the follow-up to their much praised debut Hearts

Added: 15/01/2014
7.2

Hiss Golden Messenger

Jump for Joy

Latest release from MC Taylor's North Carolina-based indie folk ensemble

Added: 24/08/2023
7.2

Girlpool

Forgiveness

Fourth studio album of indie folk punk from LA-based duo Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad

Added: 29/04/2022
7.2

Fryars

Power

Second album of offbeat pop from London-based Benjamin Garrett

Added: 17/11/2014
7.2

Fionn Regan

Cala

Sixth studio album from the Irish folk singer-songwriter recorded in his hometown of Bray

Added: 12/08/2019
7.2

Field Music

Music for Drifters

The fifth album from Sunderland brothers David and Peter Brewis is the soundtrack to a fishing documentary by Scottish filmmaker John Grierson

Added: 22/07/2015
7.2

Dylan LeBlanc

Paupers Field

Debut album of Americana from the 20-year-old Louisiana singer-songwriter, likened to Neil Young and Ryan Adams

Added: 23/08/2010
7.2

Drake

Take Care

The second full-length hip-hop set by the one-time actor from Canada

Added: 14/11/2011
7.2

DJ Paypal

Sold Out

First album on Brainfeeder from the T-shirt-faced Berlin-based producer, with contributions from DJ Taye, Feloneezy and Jackie Dagger

Added: 15/11/2015
7.2

Desaparecidos

Payola

Second album from the reunited Nabraska emo / post-hardcore band led by Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst

Added: 18/06/2015
7.2

De La Soul

And The Anonymous Nobody

Ninth album from the influential New York hip hop trio funded by Kickstarter with contributions from David Byrne, Little Dragon, Damon Albarn, Snoop Dogg and Usher

Added: 22/08/2016
7.2

Cut Copy

Zonoscope

The Australian synth pop group go retro with their third album

Added: 03/02/2011
7.2

Cloud Nothings

Final Summer

Ninth studio album from the Cleveland, Ohio indie punk trio produced by Jeff Zeigler

Added: 19/04/2024
7.2

Ciara

Ciara

Fifth studio album, and first on new label from American pop and r&b star

Added: 08/07/2013
7.2

Brian Eno

Small Craft on a Milk Sea

Polymath Brian Eno teams up with Jon Hopkins and composer Leo Abrahams for an album of ambient electronica.

Added: 27/10/2010
7.2

Ben Watt

Fever Dream

Third solo record from the London singer-songwriter perhaps best known for being one half of Everything but the Girl in the 80s/90s

Added: 12/04/2016
7.2

Baths

Romaplasm

Album number four from the LA-based chilled electronic artist Will Wiesenfeld

Added: 17/11/2017
7.2

Barry Gibb

Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook Vol. 1

Third solo release from the Bee Gees man is a covers album of their songs from the likes of Dolly Parton, Jason Isbell and Gillian Welch, produced by Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, John Prine)

Added: 08/01/2021
7.2

Arlo Parks

My Soft Machine

Second album from London-born singer-songwriter and poet Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho includes a collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers

Added: 24/05/2023
7.2

Alicia Keys

Alicia

Seventh album from the Grammy-winning urban soul singer features songwriting and production contributions from her husband Swizz Beatz, Ludwig Göransson, Rob Knox, Johnny McDaid, and The-Dream

Added: 20/09/2020
7.2

A.A. Bondy

Enderness

Fourth solo album and first in eight years from the Alabama alt.folk singer-songwriter and former member of rock band Verbana

Added: 09/05/2019
7.1

Wolf People

Fain

Second batch of psych / folk / blues rock compositions on the Jagjaguwar label from the London quartet, recorded in a Yorkshire Dales bolthole

Added: 03/05/2013
7.1

We Were Promised Jetpacks

These Four Walls

Debut album of indie rock / post-punk from the hotly-tipped Scottish four-piece

Added: 15/06/2009

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The record is an overstuffed and underwhelming string of forgettable tunes – not banger or stirring torch song between them The Independent

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Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

"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)

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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"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)

GoatGoat
"It invites us to bask in rich soundscapes that can often overwhelm—but in the best way possible" (9/10 - Far Out). "Goat continue to make some magical and mysterious music" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Leon BridgesLeon
"The musician’s emotional fourth album borrows liberally from the past but the themes are modern and the sound utterly timeless" (10/10 - The Observer). "A beautifully constructed contradiction" (9/10 - Far Out)

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"Somehow bolder, stranger and more accessible than his work with Black Midi" (10/10 - Loud And Quiet). "Absolutely bonkers and utterly brilliant" (9/10 - DIY). "Wildly accomplished and utterly absurd" (8/10 - Far Out)

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"There’s a newfound directness and pop joy on the Manchester band’s fourth record" (8/10 - NME). "May be the band’s most complete package to date" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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