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7 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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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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6.8

Big K.R.I.T.

Live From The Underground

First official studio album from the Mississippi rapper and producer Justin Scott

Added: 08/06/2012
6.8

Ben Howard

Every Kingdom

Debut album from the Devon-based folk / pop singer-songwriter

Added: 04/10/2011
6.8

And So I Watch You From Afar

All Hail Bright Futures

Third album from the experimental and instrumental rock septet from Belfast

Added: 15/03/2013
6.8

American Wrestlers

Goodbye Terrible Youth

Second album of lo-fi indie pop from the St Louis four-piece led by Scottish musician Gary McClure

Added: 02/11/2016
6.8

Yelle

Safari Disco Club

Second album of electropop from the French trio

Added: 17/04/2011
6.8

Veronica Falls

Veronica Falls

Debut album of melodic indie / shoegaze from this London group

Added: 27/09/2011
6.8

The Vaccines

English Graffiti

Third album from the West London indie rock quartet produced by Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Mercury Rev, The Flaming Lips)

Added: 22/05/2015
6.8

The Lonely Island

Turtleneck And Chain

Debut album of comedy R n B and rap from the SNL favourites

Added: 18/05/2011
6.8

The High Wire

The Sleep Tape

Debut release of hypnotic, melodic shoegaze from the London trio

Added: 23/03/2010
6.8

Slow Club

Yeah So

Debut album from Sheffield two piece folk/pop band comprising Charles Watson and Rebecca Taylor

Added: 01/08/2009
6.8

Robyn Hitchcock And The Venus 3

Propellor Time

John Paul Jones and Johnny Marr amongst the guests along with regular collaborator Peter Buck on former Soft Boys latest album

Added: 23/03/2010
6.8

Rickie Lee Jones

Balm In Gilead

An album of previously uncompleted songs from stages of the career of the veteran R&B singer-songwriter

Added: 10/11/2009
6.8

Public Image Ltd

This Is PiL

First studio release in 10 years from John Lydon's experimental post-punk outfit

Added: 23/05/2012
6.8

Poliça

When We Stay Alive

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

Added: 26/01/2020
6.8

Not Squares

Yeah OK

Dance punk and post-punk electro on the debut release from the Belfast trio

Added: 06/12/2010
6.8

Morrissey

World Peace Is None Of Your Business

Tenth solo studio album from the former Smiths frontman produced by Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, The Killers, U2)

Added: 10/07/2014
6.8

Miike Snow

Happy To You

More indie pop from this Swedish group, whose members include Bloodshy & Avant, known as the songwriting duo behind Britney Spears' 'Toxic'

Added: 15/03/2012
6.8

Matthew Herbert

One Club

Second album in a trilogy from British avant-garde electronic musician

Added: 24/09/2010
6.8

Maps & Atlases

Perch Patchwork

After releasing four EPs this is the debut album from the math rock Chicago four-piece

Added: 06/07/2010
6.8

Laura Cantrell

Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music

Fifth studio album from the New York-based country singer-songwriter is a tribute to the post-war Nashville legend

Added: 22/04/2011
6.8

Kehlani

SweetSexySavage

Debut album from Oakland R&B singer Kehlani Ashley Parrish

Added: 27/01/2017
6.8

Kate Rusby

Make The Light

Tenth album from English folk musician and the first consisting entirely of self-penned songs

Added: 21/11/2010
6.8

Girls Names

Dead To Me

Debut album from the Belfast indie pop trio

Added: 03/05/2011
6.8

Fruit Tree Foundation

First Edition

Collective charity project led by Emma Pollock (The Delgados) and Rod Jones (Idlewild) with contributions from Scott Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit), James Yorkston and others, featuring 14 indie pop and indie folk collaborations

Added: 09/08/2011
6.8

Friends

Manifest!

Funk heavy indie pop on the debut from the Brooklyn five-piece

Added: 02/06/2012
6.8

FOE

Bad Dream Hotline

Debut album from 21 year old Hannah Louise Clark, taking in everything from Riot Grrl to electropop to dirty pop

Added: 18/01/2012
6.8

Eternal Tapestry

Beyond The 4th Door

First Thrill Jockey release for Portland, Oregon psych-rock five-piece

Added: 17/03/2011
6.8

Endless Boogie

Full House Head

Second album from the Brooklyn four-piece playing 70s-inspired rough and ready blues / rock

Added: 09/08/2010
6.8

Emmy The Great

First Love

Debut album from London based indie/folk singer/songwriter Emma-Lee Moss

Added: 06/02/2009
6.8

Daniel Johnston

Is And Always Was

Influential American songwriter and artist who suffers from bipolar disorder

Added: 30/10/2009

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