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9 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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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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Tyler, The CreatorChromakopia

"‘It has depth, it has worldbuilding, but just as importantly, it has some absolute bangers, too" (10/10 - Dork). "it's as free as he's ever sounded" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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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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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)

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)

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6.9

C Duncan

Health

Third album from the classically trained Glasgow-born indie pop composer and musician working with producers including Elbow's Craig Potter

Added: 29/03/2019
6.9

Brendan Benson

Dear Life

Seventh solo album of power pop and alternative rock from the Michigan singer-songwriter and member of The Raconteurs

Added: 24/04/2020
6.9

Bettye Lavette

Worthy

A Joe Henry-produced covers collection from the soul legend

Added: 03/02/2015
6.9

Band Of Horses

Why Are You OK

Fifth album from the North Carolina indie rock / Americana band produced by Grandaddy's Jason Lytle

Added: 10/06/2016
6.9

Baby Queen

Quarter Life Crisis

Debut full-length album from the South African-born London-based alt-pop artist

Added: 10/11/2023
6.9

Andy Stott

Never the Right Time

Album number six from the Manchester-based dub and techno producer

Added: 22/04/2021
6.9

Anderson East

Encore

Fourth studio album from the Alabama-born, Nashville-based Southern soul / R&B singer

Added: 16/01/2018
6.9

Amiina

The Lighthouse Project

EP from frequent Sigur Rós collaborators of ambient, contemporary classical songs originally played during a tour of lighthouses and other unusual locations

Added: 18/07/2013
6.9

Alex Cameron

Jumping The Shark

Debut full-length solo album from the Sydney-based Seekae co-founder

Added: 19/08/2016
6.9

Aidan Moffat

Where You’re Meant to Be

Live recordings of old Scottish folk songs from the former Arab Strap man is a companion piece to Paul Fegan’s new film of the same name

Added: 23/03/2016
6.9

Abe Vigoda

Crush

Fourth album from the formerly tropical punk LA act, now moving into synth rock / chillwave territory

Added: 17/09/2010
6.9

Xiu Xiu

Oh No

Album number twelve from the San Jose-based experimental quartet features duets, including Sharon van Etten, Twin Shadow, Owen Pallett

Added: 24/03/2021
6.9

Willow

lately I feel EVERYTHING

Fourth album of pop punk from the LA singer Willow Smith features guest appearances from Travis Barker, Avril Lavigne, Tierra Whack, Cherry Glazerr and Ayla Tesler-Mabe

Added: 16/07/2021
6.9

White Fence

For the Recently Found Innocent

Sixth LP from Ty Seagall collaborator Tim Presley's psychedelic/garage solo project

Added: 18/07/2014
6.9

Wavves

V

Fifth studio album from the San Diego surf-rock four-piece led by Nathan Williams

Added: 30/09/2015
6.9

Wampire

Curiosity

Synth pop and lo-fi indie pop on the debut from the Portland duo, produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Jacob Portrait

Added: 15/05/2013
6.9

Times New Viking

Dancer Equired

Fifth album in five years from the polific Ohio lo-fi trio

Added: 20/04/2011
6.9

Swervedriver

Future Ruins

Album number six, and second since their reunion, from the Oxford-based shoegaze stalwarts

Added: 24/01/2019
6.9

Sweet Baboo

The Boombox Ballads

Fifth studio album from Welsh singer songwriter Stephen Black

Added: 14/08/2015
6.9

Steve Earle

I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

Latest album from the country rock singer-songwriter and political activist produced by T-Bone Burnett

Added: 22/04/2011
6.9

Sigur Rós

Odin’s Raven Magic

Eighth studio album from the Icelandic band and first in seven years is based on live performances from 2002

Added: 04/12/2020
6.9

Peaking Lights

Cosmic Logic

The San Francisco neo-psych pop husband and wife duo of Indra Dunis and Aaron Coyes release their sixth LP

Added: 03/10/2014
6.9

Paramore

Paramore

Fourth album from the Tennessee pop punk / emo band, and first since the departure of Josh and Zac Farro

Added: 06/04/2013
6.9

Pantha Du Prince

The Triad

Fifth album of minimal techno from German producer/composer Hendrik Weber

Added: 18/05/2016
6.9

Nice Nice

Extra Wow

Debut on Warp for the genre-hopping experimental duo who deal in electronica, post-rock, loops, noise-rock and more

Added: 06/04/2010
6.9

Mikal Cronin

Seeker

Fourth album from the Californian garage punk / power pop singer-songwriter and Ty Segall collaborator recorded live with his band

Added: 25/10/2019
6.9

Mick Harvey

FOUR (Acts of Love)

Sixth solo studio album from the former Bad Seeds and Birthday Party multi-instrumentalist

Added: 10/05/2013
6.9

Lust for Youth

Lust for Youth

Fifth album from the Copenhagen-based synthpop band led by Swedish producer Hannes Norrvide

Added: 07/06/2019
6.9

Lianne La Havas

Is Your Love Big Enough?

Debut album from the London-born alt.folk / soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Added: 06/07/2012
6.9

Kimbra

Golden Echo

Second album from the New Zealand singer, encompassing electropop, soul and R&B

Added: 19/08/2014

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Primal Scream Come Ahead

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