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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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7.1

Faust

Something Dirty

One of two versions of the Krautrock legends featuring founding members Jean-Hervé Péron and Werner "Zappi" Diermaier

Added: 22/02/2011
7.1

Elvis Perkins In Dearland

Elvis Perkins In Dearland

American roots on the folk-rock singer-songwriter's follow-up to acclaimed solo debut Ash Wednesday

Added: 30/03/2009
7.1

Eliza Carthy

Neptune

Third album of original material from the Scarborough-born folk musician and daughter of Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson

Added: 12/05/2011
7.1

Eddy Current Suppression Ring

Rush To Relax

Third album of garage rock from the Melbourne quartet, apparently recorded in just six hours

Added: 16/04/2010
7.1

Dutch Uncles

Big Balloon

Fifth album from the Manchester-based indie pop quartet

Added: 14/02/2017
7.1

Dutch Uncles

O Shudder

Fourth album from the Manchester-based indie pop quintet

Added: 20/02/2015
7.1

Duran Duran

All You Need Is Now

Thirteenth studio album from the veteran pop band produced by Mark Ronson

Added: 11/01/2011
7.1

Dizzee Rascal

Raskit

Sixth album from the London rapper sees him return to his grime routes

Added: 21/07/2017
7.1

Disclosure

Energy

Third album of garage and house inspired dance music from the Surrey brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence includes collaborations with Kelis, Aminé, Slowthai and Common

Added: 27/08/2020
7.1

Dinosaur Jr

Farm

The US noise-rock specialists' second release since reforming, now back to the original lineup.

Added: 19/06/2009
7.1

Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland

Black Is Beautiful

Experimental electronica, dub and pop from the two producers who otherwise record as Hype Williams

Added: 16/04/2012
7.1

Dawn Richard

Second Line

Sixth album from the New Orleans electronic/R&B artist and former member of Danity Kane and Dirty Money

Added: 29/04/2021
7.1

Dananananaykroyd

Hey Everyone!

Glasgow six-piece with a debut blast of fast and furious pop-punk

Added: 16/04/2009
7.1

Dan Sartain

Too Tough to Live

Speed pop, lo-fi punk and fuzzy new wave on the 6th album from the Alabama retro rocker

Added: 26/01/2012
7.1

Dan Deacon

Mystic Familiar

Fifth album from the Baltimore, Maryland electronica producer

Added: 28/01/2020
7.1

Crystal Antlers

Tentacles

Debut LP by Californian noise-rock freaks

Added: 07/04/2009
7.1

Crocodiles

Sleep Forever

Second album from Sand Diego-based indie rock / noise pop duo

Added: 15/09/2010
7.1

Converge

Axe To Fall

Massachusetts hardcore four piece with their seventh studio album. It's loud. Very.

Added: 29/10/2009
7.1

Comet Gain

The Howl Of The Lonely Crowd

The seventh studio album from these veterans of the British indie scene sees them continue their lo-fi, northern soul influenced sound

Added: 15/06/2011
7.1

Chuck Berry

Chuck

18th studio album and first since 1979 from the rock n roll legend, recorded just before his death

Added: 09/06/2017
7.1

Cherry Glazerr

Stuffed and Ready

Third studio album from the LA indie garage rock trio led by Clementine Creevy and produced by Carlos de la Garza

Added: 01/02/2019
7.1

Chairlift

Moth

Third album from Brooklyn-based synthpop duo Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly

Added: 22/01/2016
7.1

Boris

Attention Please

Seventeenth studio album from Japanese experimental band, released simultaneously with it's sister album 'Heavy Rocks'

Added: 25/05/2011
7.1

BNQT

Volume 1

Collaboration between members of Band Of Horses, Franz Ferdinand, Travis, Midlake and Grandaddy

Added: 21/04/2017
7.1

Blouse

Blouse

Debut album of dream-pop with an 80s synth edge to it from the Portland trio

Added: 07/11/2011
7.1

Blink-182

One More Time...

Ninth full-length album from the pop-punk trio produced and first with guitarist Tom DeLonge since 2011

Added: 20/10/2023
7.1

Black Mountain

IV

The fourth album from the Polaris-nominated Vancouver, BC psych/stoner rock band

Added: 28/03/2016
7.1

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Cobra Juicy

The latest collection of songs from this Pennsylvania psychedelic pop group

Added: 24/10/2012
7.1

Beth Ditto

Fake Sugar

Debut solo album from the former Gossip lead singer produced by Jennifer Decilveo

Added: 13/06/2017
7.1

BEAK>

BEAK>

Experimental album from Bristol trio led by Portishead's Geoff Barrow

Added: 24/10/2009

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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)

Geordie GreepThe New Sound
"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)

Pale WavesSmitten
"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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All-time top 10

Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.