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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

Danny Brown

Atrocity Exhibition

Fourth full-length release from the Detroit experimental hip hop artist featuring guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt

Added: 01/10/2016
8.1

Caribou

Suddenly

Fifth full-length release and first in five years for Dan Snaith as Caribou

Added: 24/02/2020
8.1

Car Seat Headrest

Twin Fantasy

Third label-backed album of low-fi indie pop from the Will Toledo-led band, a reworked, rerecorded version of their pre-label released album Twin Fantasy

Added: 15/02/2018
8.1

Boards of Canada

Tomorrow's Harvest

Influential electronica duo, Scots brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, return with their much-anticipated first album in six years

Added: 05/06/2013
8.1

James Blake

James Blake

Hotly-anticipated debut album from the London post-dubstep producer and singer-songwriter

Added: 21/01/2011
8.1

Fleet Foxes

Helplessness Blues

Sophomore album of harmony-heavy folk pop from these Seattle critical darlings

Added: 21/04/2011
8.1

Gang Gang Dance

Eye Contact

Fifth album of experimental electronica from New York five-piece

Added: 21/04/2011
8.1

The xx

XX

Dream pop / indie rock on the self-produced debut from the London band

Added: 10/08/2009
8.1

The Twilight Sad

It Won't Be Like This

Fifth studio album from the Scottish indie rock outfit is produced by guitarist Andy MacFarlane

Added: 14/01/2019
8.1

Sheer Mag

Need to Feel Your Love

Full-length debut from the Philadelphia rock five-piece

Added: 10/07/2017
8.1

Sampha

Process

Debut album of electronic soul from the London-born producer who’s worked with Beyoncé, Drake and Kanye West

Added: 01/02/2017
8.1

Rina Sawayama

Hold The Girl

Second album from the Japanese-born, London-based R&B artist and model working with producers Paul Epworth, Clarence Clarity, Stuart Price and Marcus Andersson

Added: 14/09/2022
8.1

Low

Hey What

Thirteenth studio album from the indie rock duo from Duluth, Minnesota produced by BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Twin Shadow, Empress Of)

Added: 08/09/2021
8.1

Julia Jacklin

Pre Pleasure

Third full-length album of indie art pop from the Sydney-born singer-songwriter co-produced with Marcus Paquin

Added: 23/08/2022
8.1

Jon Hopkins

Immunity

Fourth solo album from the London-based electronica producer and recent King Creosote collaborator

Added: 31/05/2013
8.1

Jeff Tweedy

Warm

Second full-length solo release from the alt country artist and Wilco front man produced and recorded entirely at Chicago’s now legendary studio, The Loft (with help from some of his usual collaborators – Spencer Tweedy, Glenn Kotche and Tom Schick)

Added: 26/11/2018
8.1

Hayley Williams

Petals For Armor

Debut solo album from the Mississippi-born Paramore singer, produced by the band's guitarist Taylor York

Added: 07/05/2020
8.1

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib

Bandana

Second album from the Indiana rapper Freddie Gibbs and Oxnard DJ and producer Madlib

Added: 27/06/2019
8.1

Floating Points

Elaenia

Debut full-length album of electronica from the London-based producer, musician, and DJ Sam Shepherd

Added: 03/11/2015
8.1

Dry Cleaning

New Long Leg

Debut album from the South Lodon post-punk quartet

Added: 01/04/2021
8.1

Dr. John

Locked Down

Latest offering from the New Orleans blues musician is produced by the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach

Added: 30/03/2012
8.1

Danger Mouse & Black Thought

Cheat Codes

Collaboration between musician and producer Brian Joseph Burton and the lead MC of The Roots

Added: 10/08/2022
8.1

Cate Le Bon

Pompeii

Sixth album from the Welsh folk/rock singer-songwriter co-produced with Samur Khouja

Added: 01/02/2022
8.1

Beyoncé

Beyonce

Fifth solo album of R'n'B and pop from the former Destiny's Child singer released on iTunes with a music video for each track

Added: 13/12/2013
8.1

Atlas Sound

Parallax

Third collection of experimental indie rock / pop from the hugely prolific Deerhunter frontman's solo project

Added: 03/11/2011
8.1

Ariana Grande

thank u, next

Fifth album, and second in six months, from the American pop star working with writers and producers such as Tommy Brown, Max Martin, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Andrew "Pop" Wansel

Added: 08/02/2019
8.1

Arctic Monkeys

AM

Album No.5 from the indie rock quartet, featuring guest appearances from Josh Homme and Bill Ryder-Jones and produced by James Ford and Ross Orton

Added: 04/09/2013
8.1

Young Fathers

Dead

Debut full-length album from the Edinburgh-based alternative hip hop trio

Added: 29/01/2014
8.1

Water From Your Eyes

Everyone's Crushed

Latest release from the Chicago indie pop duo Rachel Brown and Nate Amos

Added: 26/05/2023
8.1

Viagra Boys

Cave World

Third album from the Stockholm post-punk band and first since the death of co-founder Benjamin Vallé in 2021

Added: 06/07/2022

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