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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

Kehlani

Crash

Fourth album from Oakland R&B singer Kehlani Ashley Parrish includes guest appearances from Jill Scott, Young Miko, and Omah Lay

Added: 24/06/2024
6.8

kd lang and The Siss Boom Bang

Sing It Loud

Thirteenth studio album of country-based songs recorded in Nashville

Added: 18/04/2011
6.8

Kate Nash

Made of Bricks

Fifth studio album from the English singer-songwriter

Added: 21/06/2024
6.8

Justin Townes Earle

Absent Fathers

Album number seven from the Nashville-based Americana singer-songwriter and companion piece to 2014's Single Mothers

Added: 09/01/2015
6.8

Julia Stone

By The Horns

Second solo album of indie folk from half of the Australian brother-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone

Added: 28/05/2012
6.8

Josephine Foster

Graphic As A Star

Sixth album from of modern folk from Colorado-based singer-sonwriter

Added: 14/12/2009
6.8

Jeff Lynne’s ELO

Alone In The Universe

Album number thirteen and the first new music under the ELO name for fourteen years from the veteran progressive pop artist

Added: 13/11/2015
6.8

Jamie Woon

Making Time

Second album of post dubstep / soul / R&B from the South-East Londoner

Added: 06/11/2015
6.8

Hilary Woods

Colt

Debut album of ambient electronica from the Dublin-born former JJ72 member

Added: 08/06/2018
6.8

Harkin

Harkin

Debut solo album from the Sky Larkin leader and Sleater-Kinney touring guitarist Katie Harkin includes contributions from Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner and Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa

Added: 25/04/2020
6.8

Grace Jones

Hurricane

An all-star cast on the first studio album in two decades by the new wave disco diva

Added: 07/11/2008
6.8

Gonjasufi

MU.ZZ.LE

Second full length offering from LA post hip hop rapper and producer Sumach Ecks

Added: 19/01/2012
6.8

Girl Ray

Girl

Second album from the Brighton-based indie pop trio

Added: 10/11/2019
6.8

George Ezra

Wanted On Voyage

Debut album from the Bristol-based folk / blues singer-songwriter

Added: 30/06/2014
6.8

Future

EVOL

Latest release from the prolific Atlanta, Georgia hip hop artist Nayvadius Cash

Added: 11/02/2016
6.8

Free Energy

Stuck On Nothing

Debut album of Seventies-inspired rock from the Philadelphia five-piece

Added: 29/03/2010
6.8

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Modern Ruin

Second studio album by the English alt punk quartet

Added: 20/01/2017
6.8

Elton John

The Lockdown Sessions

Thirty first studio album from the veteran British singer-songwriter features originals and cover songs recorded remotely with Glen Campbell, Miley Cyrus, Gorillaz, Dua Lipa, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Years & Years, and Young Thug and many more

Added: 22/10/2021
6.8

Elton John

The Diving Board

The veteran singer-songwriter, reunited with lyricist Bernie Taupin, with his first solo album in 7 years, and his 30th studio release overall, recorded in less than two weeks

Added: 13/09/2013
6.8

Egyptian Hip Hop

Good Don't Sleep

Debut LP of synth-pop centred indie from the young Mancunian quartet led by Alexander Hewett, fresh from a stint as a touring musician for Charlotte Gainsbourg

Added: 19/10/2012
6.8

Efrim Manuel Menuck

High Gospel

First solo album from founder of Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Added: 04/06/2011
6.8

EERA

Reflection of Youth

Debut album from Norwegian-born, London-based musician Anna Lena Bruland produced by Nick Rayner

Added: 07/11/2017
6.8

Duran Duran

Danse Macabre

Sisteenth album from the English pop band is a Halloween-themed release and includes appearances from former guitarists Andy Taylor and Warren Cuccurullo

Added: 26/10/2023
6.8

DOOM

Born Like This

First album from New York rapper Daniel Dumile's new pseudonym following the demise of KMD

Added: 30/03/2009
6.8

Dolly Parton

Run, Rose, Run

The forty eighth studio album from the country music legend working with producers Richard Dennison and Tom Rutledge

Added: 04/03/2022
6.8

Die Antwoord

$O$

Debut album of rave hip-hop from the South African trio

Added: 29/10/2010
6.8

Dent May

Warm Blanket

Third release from the Mississippi purveyor of quirky pop influenced by the Beach Boys

Added: 03/09/2013
6.8

Demi Lovato

The Art of Starting Over…Dancing with the Devil

Seventh album from the Albuquerque-born actress and pop singer-songwriter includes guest appearances from Noah Cyrus, Sam Fischer and Ariana Grande

Added: 02/04/2021
6.8

Death From Above 1979

Is 4 Lovers

Fourth album from the reformed Toronto noise rock duo Jesse F. Keeler and Sebastien Grainger

Added: 25/03/2021
6.8

Cooly G

Wait 'Til Night

Second album of atmospheric electronic RnB from South London producer Merrisa Campbell

Added: 21/10/2014

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