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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

Pram

Across The Meridian

First album in 11 years from the Moseley, Birmingham experimental pop band formed in 1988

Added: 23/07/2018
6.8

Polly Scattergood

Arrows

The London electro-popper, who also dabbles in internet-based film making, releases her second LP

Added: 21/10/2013
6.8

Pokey LaFarge

Pokey LaFarge

Rootsy Americana from Illinois' Andrew Heissler, his first on Jack White's Third Man label

Added: 02/08/2013
6.8

Plug

Back On Time

Newly unearthed previously unreleased drum and bass and jungle tracks from the West Country producer

Added: 20/01/2012
6.8

Pixies

The Night the Zombies Came

Ninth album from the the Boston alt.rock legends and fifth since they reformed and first with Band of Skulls' Emma Richardson as bassist

Added: 24/10/2024
6.8

Pavo Pavo

Young Narrator In The Breakers

Debut album from the classically-trained Brooklyn-based indie pop quintet

Added: 16/11/2016
6.8

Oozing Wound

Earth Suck

Second album from Chicago thrash metal band

Added: 28/10/2014
6.8

Nothing But Thieves

Moral Panic

Third full-length album from the English alt.rock band produced by Mikey Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Foals, The Gaslight Anthem)

Added: 23/10/2020
6.8

Nils Frahm

Old Friends New Friends

Double album from the German ambient electronic composer features solo piano compositions recorded between 2009 and 2021

Added: 09/12/2021
6.8

My Idea

Cry Mfer

Debut full-length release from the New York-based experimental indie pop duo Lily Konigsberg and Nate Amos

Added: 24/04/2022
6.8

Molly Burch

Please Be Mine

Debut album from the LA-born, Austin-based singer songwriter, recorded with Dan Duszynski of Cross Record in Dripping Springs, Texas

Added: 17/02/2017
6.8

Mirrorring

Foreign Body

First-time collaboration between Liz Harris (Grouper) and Jesy Fortino (Tiny Vipers), in the ambient folk / electronica / drone field

Added: 26/03/2012
6.8

Michael Nau

Some Twist

Second solo album from the Maryland indie folk artist who was a member of Cotton Jones and Page France

Added: 19/06/2017
6.8

Metz

Automat

Latest release from the Toronto post-hardcore trio includes demos and unused tracks from their first three albums

Added: 16/07/2019
6.8

Maribou State

Kingdoms In Colour

Second album from English electro duo Chris Davids and Liam Ivory

Added: 12/09/2018
6.8

Lykke Li

So Sad So Sexy

Fourth album of synth pop from Swedish singer, songwriter and model working with her husband Jeff Bhasker as producer

Added: 05/06/2018
6.8

Letherette

Letherette

House-influenced debut album from Wolverhampton electronic duo Andy Harber and Richard Roberts

Added: 16/04/2013
6.8

Lady

Lady

Debut soul album from Mercury Prize-nominated Londoner Terri Walker and Virginia-born Nicole Wray

Added: 25/03/2013
6.8

La Roux

La Roux

Debut from the British electro-pop duo, singer Elly Jackson and producer Ben Langmaid

Added: 25/06/2009
6.8

John Vanderslice

Dagger Beach

Ninth studio album from the indie rock singer-songwriter funded via Kickstarter

Added: 19/06/2013
6.8

John Maus

Addendum

Fifth studio release from the LA-based experimental pop artist, intended as an addendum to his 2017 album Screen Memories

Added: 18/05/2018
6.8

John Carpenter

Lost Themes

The debut solo album from the legendary director and composer behind Halloween, Escape From New York, They Live, Assault on Precinct 13, and many more.

Added: 02/02/2015
6.8

Jesse Malin

New York Before The War

New York rocker's first new album in five years

Added: 04/04/2015
6.8

Jamie Woon

Mirrorwriting

Debut album from the well hyped South-East Londoner, dealing in that slippery non-genre of post dubstep / soul / R&B

Added: 08/04/2011
6.8

Imogen Heap

Sparks

The English electronic singer-songwriter's fourth album was created using fan-made field recordings

Added: 18/08/2014
6.8

Hanni El Khatib

Savage Times

Fourth album from the multi-instrumentalist and Innovative Leisure co-owner

Added: 17/02/2017
6.8

Gøggs

Gøggs

Debut album of lo-fi punk from Ty Segal's latest project working with Chris Shaw (Ex-Cult) and Charles Moothart (Fuzz/CFM)

Added: 03/07/2016
6.8

Glen Campbell

Adios

64th and final studio album from the legendary country singer-songwriter, recorded after an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis

Added: 09/06/2017
6.8

Freelance Whales

Diluvia

Judah Dadone and his band of indie synth poppers release their second full-length album

Added: 12/10/2012
6.8

Flume

Skin

Second album from Australian electronic musician Harley Edward Streten, featuring guests including Vince Staples and Beck

Added: 27/05/2016

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