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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

Dream Police

Hypnotized

A record of electronic-rich psychedelia from The Men's Nick Chiericozzi and Mark Perro

Added: 11/11/2014
6.8

Doug Tuttle

Doug Tuttle

60s-rooted psychedelic rock on the solo debut from the onetime guitarist with New Hampshire band MMOSS

Added: 29/01/2014
6.8

Doldrums

The Air Conditioned Nightmare

Second album of experimental indie pop from Montreal-based musician and video artist Arick Woodhead

Added: 06/04/2015
6.8

Dawes

We're All Gonna Die

Fifth album from the LA folk rock group, produced by former bandmate Blake Mills

Added: 20/09/2016
6.8

Dana Gavanski

When It Comes

Second album from the London-based Canadian-Serbian singer-songwriter was produced by James Howard

Added: 02/05/2022
6.8

Coldplay

Everyday Life

Eighth album from the British alternative rock band is a double album and was produced by Rik Simpson (Jay-Z, Portishead, Kasabian)

Added: 22/11/2019
6.8

Clinic

Bubblegum

The sixth album of indie rock form the Liverpudlian group.

Added: 04/10/2010
6.8

Brooke Bentham

Everyday Nothing

Debut album from the South Shields-born singer-songwriter

Added: 27/02/2020
6.8

Britney Spears

Glory

Ninth studio album from the Grammy award-winning pop singer featuring a guest appearance from G-Eazy

Added: 26/08/2016
6.8

Blind Pilot

And Then Like Lions

Third album from the Portland, Oregon indie folk-pop band led by Israel Nebeker

Added: 14/08/2016
6.8

Bleachers

Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night

Third album from producer Jack Antonoff's New York-based indie pop project featuring guest appearances from Lana Del Rey and Bruce Springsteen

Added: 30/07/2021
6.8

Black Angels

Phosphene Dream

Third album of psychedelic rock from the Texan 5-piece.

Added: 17/09/2010
6.8

Ballet School

The Dew Lasts An Hour

Debut album from the Berlin-based dream-pop trio

Added: 08/09/2014
6.8

Baio

Dead Hand Control

Third solo album of indie pop from the Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio

Added: 28/01/2021
6.8

Active Child

Rapor

EP of indie dream pop, the follow-up to 2011's You Are All I See from LA-based Pat Grossi

Added: 29/10/2013
6.8

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

XI: Bleed Here Now

Eleventh album from the Austin post-hardcore band fronted alternately by Jason Reece and Conrad Keely

Added: 28/07/2022
6.8

Xiu Xiu

Girl With Basket Of Fruit

Album number eleven from the San Jose-based experimental quartet, co-produced by band member Angela Seo and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier

Added: 06/02/2019
6.8

Wavves

Afraid of Heights

San Diego duo Nathan Williams and Stephen Pope with a 4th installment of surf rock / indie pop

Added: 26/03/2013
6.8

Villagers

Where Have You Been All My Life?

Stripped-back reworkings of songs from previous albums from the Dulbin indie-folk act, each recorded live in one or two takes

Added: 08/01/2016
6.8

Tycho

Awake

Latest release of electronica and ambient techno from the San Francisco photographer and graphic designer Scott Hansen now working as a three-piece band

Added: 17/03/2014
6.8

Two Door Cinema Club

False Alarm

Fourth studio album from the Irish indie pop outfit produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer, One Direction and Taylor Swift)

Added: 20/06/2019
6.8

Tobacco

Fucked Up Friends

Black Moth Super Rainbow mainman Tom Fec with a solo debut of cosmic hip hop experiments

Added: 08/07/2009
6.8

The Sea and Cake

Any Day

Eleventh album from the jazzy Chicago indie rock group

Added: 07/05/2018
6.8

The Low Anthem

Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

Rhode Island alt.folk rockers with a third album of old-style Americana

Added: 12/06/2009
6.8

The Goldberg Sisters

The Goldberg Sisters

Second album from actor Adam Goldberg, who delivers an album of folk rock

Added: 06/04/2011
6.8

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

The Brutalist Bricks

Sixth album from the long-standing purveyor of pop-punk Ted Leo

Added: 17/03/2010
6.8

Sun Araw

Ancient Romans

Fifth studio album of atmospheric psych-rock from LA-based musician Cameron Stallone

Added: 24/08/2011
6.8

Strange Boys

Be Brave

60s-influenced garage rock and lo-fi indie pop on the second release from the Texas band

Added: 25/02/2010
6.8

Slim Twig

A Hound At The Hem

Max Turnbull's Nabakov and Gainsbourg-inspired spooky indie LP from 2012 is re-released by DFA Records

Added: 24/11/2014
6.8

Siskiyou

Nervous

Third album of lo-fi alt.country from the Vancouver band led by former Great Lake Swimmers frontman Colin Huebert

Added: 20/01/2015

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