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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

Ride

This Is Not A Safe Place

Sixth studio album by Oxford alt.rock / shoegaze quartet produced by Erol Alkan (Daniel Avery, Mystery Jets)

Added: 12/08/2019
6.8

Raleigh Moncrief

Watered Lawn

Debut album of off-beat art pop and synthpop from the Sacramento singer and producer

Added: 05/12/2011
6.8

Puro Instinct

Autodrama

Second album of psychedelic pop from former Pearl Harbor members Piper and Skylar Kaplan

Added: 01/07/2016
6.8

Prins Thomas

Principe Del Norte

Latest album from electro/psychedelia/house artist Thomas Moen Hermansen is a 4xLP, with the tracks named only by their side on the record

Added: 19/02/2016
6.8

Porcupine Tree

Closure / Continuation

Eleventh album and first since 2009 from Steven Wilson's longstanding prog rock outfit

Added: 22/06/2022
6.8

Opossom

Electric Hawaii

Debut album of psych-pop from New Zealand multi-instrumentalist and The Mint Chicks frontman Kody Nielson

Added: 04/08/2012
6.8

Noveller

Fantastic Planet

Eighth album of post-punk / drone from Brooklyn-based filmmaker and guitarist Sarah Lipstate

Added: 27/01/2015
6.8

Nerina Pallot

Year Of The Wolf

Fourth album from the Jersey-born singer-songwriter produced by Bernard Butler

Added: 09/06/2011
6.8

Nathan Fake

Steam Days

Third album from respected UK electronica and techno producer

Added: 26/08/2012
6.8

Minks

By The Hedge

Lo-fi indie rock on the debut album from New York duo Sean Kilfoyle and Amalie Bruun

Added: 10/01/2011
6.8

Matthew Herbert

One Pig

Third part of the avant-garde electronic composer's trilogy, an album made from recordings taken during the birth, life, butchery and consumption of a single pig

Added: 14/10/2011
6.8

Magazine

No Thyself

One of the original post-punk bands, Magazine release their first album since 1981

Added: 24/10/2011
6.8

Mac McCaughan

Non-Believers

Debut solo album of indie rock from the Superchunk and Portastatic founder and Merge Records co-owner

Added: 06/05/2015
6.8

Loch Lomond

Little Me Will Start a Storm

Fourth album from the Portland chamber pop / folk band led by Ritchie Young

Added: 29/09/2011
6.8

Lightning Dust

Infinite Light

Melodic indie rock on the latest from the side project of Black Mountain's Amber Webber and Joshua Wells

Added: 05/08/2009
6.8

Lady Gaga

Harlequin

The latest album from the New York pop singer is a companion album to the film "Joker: Folie et Deux" that she stars in

Added: 27/09/2024
6.8

Johnny Cash

Bootleg, Volume 2: From Memphis To Hollywood

Double cd featuring demos, radio appearances, outtakes and rarities from the early career of the country legend

Added: 08/03/2011
6.8

Golden Grrrls

Golden Grrrls

Debut release from Glasgow / London DIY lo-fi indie pop trio

Added: 25/02/2013
6.8

Fol Chen

The False Alarms

Third album from the LA-based experimental electronic collective

Added: 22/03/2013
6.8

Errors

New Relics

Glasgow post electronica group Errors follow up their critically acclaimed Have Some Faith In Magic LP with this mini-album and accompanying VHS

Added: 03/10/2012
6.8

Delta Spirit

Delta Spirit

The third full-length release from this San Diego group, who use unusual instruments like trash cans to create their take on indie rock

Added: 15/03/2012
6.8

Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2

Star Stuff

A collaboration between Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick and twin-brother jazz duo the Mattson 2

Added: 31/03/2017
6.8

Bowerbirds

Upper Air

Second album from the North Carolina alt.folk band

Added: 08/07/2009
6.8

Bosnian Rainbows

Bosnian Rainbows

First offering from the collaborative alt.rock / goth project led by Mars Volta leader Omar Rodríguez-Lopez featuring MV drummer Deantoni Parks, Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes), and Nicci Kasper

Added: 25/06/2013
6.8

Best Coast

California Nights

Third full-length album from the LA indie pop duo Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno

Added: 29/04/2015
6.8

Belle And Sebastian

How To Solve Our Human Problems (Part 1)

The first of a trio of EPs from the renowned Glaswegian indie pop group led by Stuart Murdoch

Added: 08/12/2017
6.8

Beat Connection

The Palace Garden

First full album from the Seattle quartet, blending house, indie pop and electro-pop

Added: 03/08/2012
6.8

Battles

La Di Da Di

Third album from the Rhode Island experimental math rock trio

Added: 14/09/2015
6.8

Banks

Goddess

Debut album from Los Angeles neo-R&B singer-songwriter

Added: 04/09/2014
6.8

Allah-Las

Worship the Sun

Sophomore LP from the 60s influenced LA rockers

Added: 14/09/2014

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