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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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6.8

Chromeo

White Women

Fourth album from the Montreal elctrofunk duo comprised of David Macklovitch and Patrick Gemayel

Added: 08/05/2014
6.8

Chrome Hoof

Crush Depth

Third album of electro funk from experimental London-based collective

Added: 25/05/2010
6.8

Chance The Rapper

The Big Day

First self-released full-length album from the Chicago rapper

Added: 29/07/2019
6.8

Brakes

Touchdown

Third studio album of alt.rock from the Brighton supergoup assimilated from British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade and The Tenderfoot. Known as BrakesBrakesBrakes in the US

Added: 24/04/2009
6.8

Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks

Enter The Slasher House

Founding member of Animal Collective, together with Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors) and Jeremy Hyman (Ponytail) release an album of experimental alt-pop

Added: 02/04/2014
6.8

Alela Diane

Alela Diane & Wild Divine

Third album of psych folk from the Californian singer-songwriter

Added: 01/04/2011
6.8

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Thr!!!er

The California dance punk band add disco pop grooves to their sound on their 5th album, produced by Spoon’s Jim Eno

Added: 26/04/2013
6.8

Yusuf / Cat Stevens

The Laughing Apple

Album number fifteen from the singer-songwriter reinterprets some of his songs from the start of his career

Added: 17/09/2017
6.8

Yung

Ongoing Dispute

Second album from the Danish indie rock band led by Mikkel Holm Silkjær

Added: 22/01/2021
6.8

Young Guv

GUV I

Third album from Ben Cook who also plays guitar for the hardcore punk band Fucked Up

Added: 02/08/2019
6.8

Ulrika Spacek

Modern English Decoration

Second album from the Reading indie rock five-piece

Added: 05/06/2017
6.8

Twin Atlantic

GLA

Fourth album from the Glasgow rockers, produced by Jacknife Lee (Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Robbie Williams)

Added: 12/09/2016
6.8

Turbonegro

Sexual Harassment

Latest batch of over-the-top punk from the veteran Norwegian outfit, with new frontman Tony Sylvester

Added: 05/08/2012
6.8

To Rococo Rot

Instrument

On their tenth LP the Berlin duo who blend IDM with post rock are joined by vocalist Arto Lindsay

Added: 18/07/2014
6.8

Tim Darcy

Saturday Night

Ought frontman's debut solo album of folk-tinged indie rock

Added: 02/03/2017
6.8

Thom Yorke

Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

Second solo album from the Radiohead frontman produced by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich and released via BitTorrent

Added: 29/09/2014
6.8

The Soft Moon

Deeper

Third full-length album from the San Francisco psychedelic post-punk band founded by Luis Vasquez

Added: 30/03/2015
6.8

The Smashing Pumpkins

Oceania

Eighth studio album from the Chicago alt.rock band and part of their Teargarden by Kaleidyscope online project

Added: 17/06/2012
6.8

The Limiñanas

Costa Blanca

The Perpignan duo's 3rd album, marrying 1960s French pop to psychedelia and garage rock

Added: 27/11/2013
6.8

The Joy Formidable

Hitch

Third album from the Welsh alt. rock trio comprised of Rhiannon "Ritzy" Bryan, Rhydian Dafydd and Matthew James Thomas

Added: 25/03/2016
6.8

The Cribs

In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull

The Jarman brothers return for their first album of indie rock since Johnny Marr's departure, their fifth album overall

Added: 02/05/2012
6.8

The Charlatans

Different Days

Thirteenth studio album from the indie rock band includes guest appearances from Johnny Marr, Paul Weller and New Order's Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert

Added: 23/05/2017
6.8

Tennis

Yours Conditionally

Fourth album of fuzzed surf pop from Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore

Added: 10/03/2017
6.8

Stealing Sheep

Big Wows

Third album from the harmonic psych-folk Liverpool trio

Added: 19/04/2019
6.8

Sleigh Bells

Jessica Rabbit

Fourth album from the Brooklyn noise pop duo Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller released on their own label

Added: 08/11/2016
6.8

Sivu

Something On High

Debut album from St Ives-born singer-songwriter James Page produced by Charlie Andrew (Alt-J, Eugene McGuiness, Nick Mulvey)

Added: 16/10/2014
6.8

Sheryl Crow

Feels Like Home

More pop rock from the American singer-songwriter on her 9th album, which also heads into country territory

Added: 27/01/2014
6.8

Serafina Steer

The Moths Are Real

Third album from London-born classically trained harpist and multi-instrumentalist, produced by Jarvis Cocker

Added: 10/01/2013
6.8

Ringo Deathstarr

Pure Mood

Fourth album of shoegaze indie rock from the Austin, Texas trio

Added: 22/11/2015
6.8

Prince

Art Official Age

Album number thirty three from the R&B / soul / funk legendary musician

Added: 01/10/2014

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