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8 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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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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6.9

Dead Man's Bones

Dead Man's Bones

Canadian indie/folk and gospel (and acting) duo Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields with an analogue-recorded album done in three takes

Added: 02/11/2009
6.9

Dan Mangan + Blacksmith

Club Meds

Fourth album from the Vancouver-based indie folk singer-songwriter and first incorporating his long-term backing band in the title

Added: 07/01/2015
6.9

Cochemea

All My Relations

Debut album of personal instrumental jazz from former Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings saxophonist Cochemea Gastelum

Added: 05/03/2019
6.9

Cloud Boat

Book of Hours

Debut release of electronica / indie folk from London duo Sam Ricketts and Tom Clarke

Added: 25/06/2013
6.9

Citizen

As You Please

Third album from the Ohio and Michigan emo/post-hardcore group

Added: 10/10/2017
6.9

Buzzard, Buzzard, Buzzard

Backhand Deals

Debut full-length release from the Cardiff rock quartet

Added: 25/02/2022
6.9

Burna Boy

Twice As Tall

Fifth studio album from the Nigerian afrobreat artist includes guest appearances from Youssou N'Dour, Naughty by Nature, Sauti Sol, Chris Martin and Stormzy

Added: 19/08/2020
6.9

Bring Me The Horizon

Amo

Sixth album of alt-rock/metal from the Sheffield-based five-piece

Added: 24/01/2019
6.9

Boris

Noise

Album number eighteen from the Japanese experimental noise rock trio

Added: 17/06/2014
6.9

Bishop Nehru

Elevators: Act I & II

Full-length debut from the Nanuet, New York rapper and producer working with MF DOOM and Kaytranada

Added: 21/03/2018
6.9

Bastille

Doom Days

Third album from the London indie pop quartet led by frontman Dan Smith

Added: 13/06/2019
6.9

Bass Drum of Death

Bass Drum Of Death

Second helping of raw garage rock from Mississippi-based singer-songwriter, guitarist drummer and bassist John Barrett

Added: 01/07/2013
6.9

Balmorhea

Constellations

Fourth album of eclectic acoustic and piano compositions from the Texas instrumental ensemble

Added: 09/04/2010
6.9

Bad Religion

True North

The punk veterans chalk up studio album No.16 in their 33rd year

Added: 22/01/2013
6.9

Amplifier

The Octopus

Third album of space rock from the Manchester trio

Added: 03/02/2011
6.9

Ala.Ni

Acca

Second album from the London-based jazz singer-songwriter

Added: 30/01/2020
6.9

Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs

How To Get To Heaven From Scotland

Latest solo project from the Arab Strap singer plus his backing band

Added: 19/02/2009
6.9

A Grave With No Name

Whirlpool

Third album of lo-fi alt rock from the London act fronted by Alex Shields with contributions from members of Echo Lake and Comanechi

Added: 09/07/2013
6.9

Woodpigeon

Die Stadt Muzikanten

Third collection of melodic indie rock from the band led by Canadian Mark Hamilton

Added: 07/04/2010
6.9

Wooden Shjips

V

Fifth studio album of indie rock from the San Francisco four-piece

Added: 25/05/2018
6.9

Wild Nothing

Life Of Pause

Third studio album of indie rock / dream pop from the Virginia-born musician Jack Tatum

Added: 13/02/2016
6.9

When Saints Go Machine

Infinity Pool

Third album of electro-pop from the Danish quartet includes a collaboration with Killer Mike

Added: 28/05/2013
6.9

Volcano Choir

Unmap

Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) teamed up with Wisconsin friends for a debut of minimal folk under this guise

Added: 22/09/2009
6.9

Viola Beach

Viola Beach

Postumous release of the debut album from the Warrington indie rock quartet who along with their manager died in a car crash on 13 February 2016

Added: 29/07/2016
6.9

Tycho

Weather

Fifth studio album from the San Francisco producer Scott Hansen working with singer Hannah Cottrell (Saint Sinner)

Added: 15/07/2019
6.9

Toro Y Moi

Mahal

Seventh release from the South Carolina-born onetime chillwave pioneer Chaz Bundick

Added: 27/04/2022
6.9

The Duckworth Lewis Method

The Duckworth Lewis Method

A cricket themed album from Irish band formed by The Devine Comedy's Neil Hannon and Thomas Walsh of Pugwash

Added: 03/07/2009
6.9

Stealing Sheep

Into The Diamond Sun

Debut album of lo-fi psych-folk and three part harmonies from the Liverpool trio

Added: 10/08/2012
6.9

Soft Hair

Soft Hair

First collaboration between Sam Eastgate (LA Priest/Late Of The Pier) and New Zealand psych artist Connan Mockasin

Added: 27/10/2016
6.9

Smith Westerns

Soft Will

Album No.3 from the Chicago band, dealing in 70s glam-indebted indie rock

Added: 19/06/2013

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Latest Reviews

Primal Scream Come Ahead

Bobby Gillespie is good at posturing, as rock frontmen ought to be, but emotional depth isn’t his thing The FT

The Cure Songs Of A Lost World

As usual with Smith at his saddest, you don’t leave his orbit feeling worse about the world. You feel comforted by the fact that someone shares this universal pain so deeply A.V. Club

Tyler, The Creator Chromakopia

After 15 years of being in the industry, Tyler, the Creator has reached the apex of his life and career. He’s ready to reap the accompanying benefits, and express himself fully, without the ever-present chip on his shoulder A.V. Club

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Cartoon Darkness by Amyl And The Sniffers

"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).

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)

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).

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)

Katy J PearsonSomeday, Now
"A departure but a truly successful one, full of sublime vocals and creative confidence" (10/10 - DIY). "Wistful synth-pop that showcases her ever evolving creativity" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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.