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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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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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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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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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6.8

Goldfrapp

Silver Eye

Seventh studio album from the UK electronic duo, produced by the band alongside Leo Abrahams, John Congleton and The Haxan Cloak

Added: 22/03/2017
6.8

Glasser

Interiors

Second album of goth-tinged electronic pop from LA singer-songwriter Cameron Mesirow

Added: 04/10/2013
6.8

Gang Starr

One Of The Best Yet

First release in 16 years from the rap group includes vocals from Guru, who died in 2010 and guest appearances from J. Cole, Royce da 5'9", Talib Kweli, M.O.P., and Q-Tip

Added: 05/11/2019
6.8

Fujiya & Miyagi

Fujiya & Miyagi

Sixth album from the Brighton-based electronic group, a compilation of their three most recent EPs

Added: 06/04/2017
6.8

Fair Ohs

Everything Is Dancing

Debut album from the London indie-pop three-piece

Added: 07/07/2011
6.8

Exploded View

Obey

Second full-length experimental collaboration between Berlin-based ambient vocalist Annika Henderson and producers Hugo Quezada and Martin Thulin in Mexico City

Added: 27/09/2018
6.8

Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa

Debut album from the British-Albanian pop singer-songwriter featuring Miguel and Chris Martin

Added: 05/06/2017
6.8

DIANA

Familiar Touch

Second album from the Toronto trio, dealing in 80s-inspired synthpop

Added: 25/11/2016
6.8

Descendents

9th & Walnut

Eighth album from the Californian punk rock quartet formed in 1977 contains eighteen songs written by the band between 1977 and 1980 but never released before

Added: 23/07/2021
6.8

Deer Tick

Deer Tick, Vol. 2

One of two releases from the Rhode Island alt.country band led by singer-songwriter John McCauley, features 10 garage rock songs

Added: 15/09/2017
6.8

Born Ruffians

Uncle, Duke & The Chief

Fifth full-length release from the Toronto indie rock / indie pop band

Added: 19/02/2018
6.8

Bonnie Raitt

Slipstream

First album in seven years from the long-standing blues / folk-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 10/04/2012
6.8

Beck

Hyperspace

Album number fourteen from the art pop singer-songwriter co-produced by Pharrell Williams and featuring contributions from Sky Ferreira, Terrell Hines, Greg Kurstin and Chris Martin

Added: 20/11/2019
6.8

Bayonne

Primitives

Debut record from Austin-based Roger Sellers, previously released under his own name

Added: 02/11/2016
6.8

Basement

Promise Everything

English emo / alt rock band release their second album, their first since going on a brief hiatus in 2012

Added: 02/02/2016
6.8

Babyfather

BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow

Experimental/electronic producer Dean Blunt returns with his mysterious Babyfather project, featuring collaborations with Arca and Mica Levi

Added: 10/04/2016
6.8

Apparat

LP5

Latest studio album of thoughtful electronica / IDM from Sascha Ring, the producer/artist from Quedlinburg, Germany

Added: 26/03/2019
6.8

Annie

Dark Hearts

Third album and First in ten years from the Norwegian electro-pop artist produced by Stefan Storm

Added: 15/10/2020
6.8

Yoko Ono

Yes, I'm A Witch Too

A collaboration and remix LP from the veteran singer and artist features Death Cab for Cutie, Moby, Portugal. The Man, Sparks, Peter Bjorn and John, Miike Snow and Sean Lennon

Added: 19/02/2016
6.8

Willy Mason

Carry On

Third release from Massachusetts-based folk / blues singer-songwriter produced by Dan Carey (MIA, Hot Chip)

Added: 03/12/2012
6.8

Willie Nelson

Heroes

Country legend Nelson expands his already sizeable discography with his third album of the decade so far

Added: 15/05/2012
6.8

The Gaslamp Killer

Breakthrough

Full length debut from the LA expermental producer, providing hip hop, trip hop, psychedelia, strings and samples, with Brainfeeder labelmates Gonjasufi, Daedelus and others helping out

Added: 14/09/2012
6.8

The Big Pink

A Brief History Of Love

Hotly anticipated debut album of noise pop from London duo Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell

Added: 15/09/2009
6.8

Superorganism

Superorganism

Debut album from the London indie pop collective

Added: 01/03/2018
6.8

Sic Alps

Sic Alps

The fourth album from this San Franciscan garage rock group

Added: 13/09/2012
6.8

Rat Boy

Scum

Debut album of ska-pop from the Essex-born Jordan Cardy who was sampled on Kendrick Lamar's DAMN.

Added: 11/08/2017
6.8

Poliça

United Crushers

Third album from the Minneapolis indie synthpop band led by Ryan Olson and Channy Leaneagh

Added: 02/03/2016
6.8

Pink Mountaintops

Get Back

Fourth album from Canadian indie rock veteran Stephen McBean who is also part of the Vancouver collective Black Mountain

Added: 29/04/2014
6.8

Patrick Wolf

The Bachelor

Fourth album of experimental rock and folktronica from the English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Added: 29/05/2009
6.8

Olof Arnalds

Sudden Elevation

Third solo album from the Icelandic ambient indie folk / indie pop singer-songwriter, and the first to be recorded in English

Added: 03/02/2013

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