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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

Bardo Pond

Bardo Pond

Eighth studio album from the Philadelphia based veteran psych-rock collective

Added: 13/12/2010
7.1

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Both Lights

Fourth release of experimental folk pop from the Portland, Oregon-based duo Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka

Added: 29/03/2012
7.1

Ash

A-Z Vol.1

The Northern Irish alt.rock trio with the first half of their singles series, released digitally every fortnight

Added: 09/04/2010
7.1

Archie Bronson Outfit

Coconut

The London trio's third album, a mix of blues rock, psych-rock, garage, and probably more

Added: 24/02/2010
7.1

Annie Lennox

A Christmas Cornucopia

A collection of traditional festive songs by the veteran Scottish pop singer

Added: 29/11/2010
7.1

Alice in Chains

Rainier Fog

Sixth album from the Seattle hard rock band, recorded in Seattle with Nick Raskulinecz (Mastodon, Deftones)

Added: 24/08/2018
7.1

Alias

Fever Dream

Latest album from the Portland, Maine hip hop artist and producer Brendon Whitney

Added: 24/08/2011
7.1

Algiers

Shook

Fourth album from the Atlanta, Georgia experimental post-rock band features contributions from Backxwash, Big Rube and Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)

Added: 24/02/2023
7.1

Alasdair Roberts & Friends

Too Long in This Condition

A collection of traditional arrangements from the Glasgow-based folk musician

Added: 13/08/2010
7.1

Alain Johannes

Spark

First solo album from former member of Eleven and Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures guitarist, is a tribute to his late wife Natasha Schneider

Added: 01/05/2011
7.1

Zhala

Zhala

Electronic debut from Stockholm-based Zhala Rifat, who describes her music as cosmic pop

Added: 04/06/2015
7.1

Younghusband

Dromes

Debut full-length release, six years on from their first EP, from the Watford-based psychedelic-tinged indie pop band, produced by Nicolas Vernhe (Deerhunter, Wild Nothing)

Added: 16/09/2013
7.1

Young Widows

In And Out Of Youth And Lightness

Third album from Louisville, Kentucky post-hardcore trio

Added: 20/06/2011
7.1

Young Thug

I'm Up

Latest mixtape from the Atlanta rapper Jeffrey Lamar Williams with Mike Will, Metro Boomin and Wheezy on production duties

Added: 10/02/2016
7.1

Young Legionnaire

Crisis Works

Debut album of post-hardcore from trio featuring The Automatic's Paul Mullen and Gordon Moakes from Bloc Party

Added: 24/05/2011
7.1

Young Guv

Ripe 4 Luv

Full-length debut for singer Ben Cook who also plays guitar for the band Fucked Up

Added: 10/03/2015
7.1

Young Fathers

Tape One

Début EP from the Edinburgh hip hop group first released as a free download in 2011 gets re-released on Californian label Anticon

Added: 09/01/2013
7.1

You Me At Six

Truth Decay

Seventh album form the English rockers featuring guest appearances from Cody Frost and Rou Reynolds

Added: 10/02/2023
7.1

Yim Yames

Tribute To

My Morning Jacket front man Jim James with a pseudonymously released EP of George Harrison covers

Added: 16/09/2009
7.1

YAK

Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness

Second album of psychedelic alt-rock from the English trio from Wolverhampton

Added: 11/02/2019
7.1

Wye Oak

Tween

A physical release for the fifth album from the Baltimore folk rock duo made up of songs written between 2011 and 2104

Added: 05/08/2016
7.1

Wooden Shjips

Dos

Latest offering of garage psychedelia from the San Franciscans

Added: 11/05/2009
7.1

Wolf Eyes

Undertow

Latest release from the Detroit noise rock trio and first on its own label

Added: 01/04/2017
7.1

Windy and Carl

We Will Always Be

Eighth release of ambient dream pop from the Michigan husband and wife duo

Added: 15/02/2012
7.1

Will Butler

Generations

Second solo album from the Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist recorded at his Brooklyn home

Added: 25/09/2020
7.1

Weaves

Wide Open

Canadian quartet's second studio album of indie pop

Added: 10/10/2017
7.1

Warmduscher

At The Hotspot

Fourth full-length release for London-based post-punk band produced by Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Al Doyle

Added: 01/04/2022
7.1

Wand

Laughing Matter

Fifth album of psychedelic garage rock from the LA-based quintet

Added: 23/04/2019
7.1

Vanessa Carlton

Liberman

Fifth studio album and first for four years from the Pennsylvania-born singer-songwriter

Added: 02/11/2015
7.1

Ty Dolla $ign

Featuring Ty Dolla $ign

Third full-length album from the LA hip hop / R&B artist includes guest appearances from Kid Cudi, Post Malone, Kanye West, Anderson Paak and Thundercat

Added: 29/10/2020

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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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The trio bring gorgeous vocals and spiky attitude to 90s-facing songs – but they need a little more of that era’s oddball invention, as well as an undeniable hit The Guardian

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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)

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)

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)

Alan SparhawkWhite Roses, My God
"A brave undertaking; perhaps a new beginning; certainly a triumph" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Grief has never sounded so captivating" (9/10 - Clash)

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.