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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

Alexander

Alexander

Debut solo acoustic venture from Alexander Ebert, aka Edward Sharpe of the Magnetic Zeros

Added: 10/04/2011
6.8

Why?

Mumps, Etc.

Fourth album from Jonathan ""Yoni"" Wolf's Californian hip hop and indie rock collective

Added: 04/10/2012
6.8

Tortoise

The Catastrophist

The seventh record form the Chicago post rock group started life in 2010 with a commission by the City of Chicago to compose a suite of music tied to the city's jazz and improvised music communities

Added: 15/01/2016
6.8

The Wedding Present

Valentina

The first album in four years from the indie veterans from Leeds

Added: 15/03/2012
6.8

The Soft Pack

Strapped

Second album of indie rock from the fun-loving Californian slackers

Added: 26/09/2012
6.8

The Roots

And Then You Shoot Your Cousin

Eleventh studio album from the veteran Philadelphia hip hop band and Jimmy Fallon house band

Added: 20/05/2014
6.8

The Feelies

Here Before

The reformed New Jersey post-punk outfit with their first album of new material in 21 years

Added: 12/04/2011
6.8

The Cribs

Ignore The Ignorant

The Jarman brothers, now joined by ex Smiths man Johnny Marr, with their fourth album of indie rock

Added: 31/08/2009
6.8

The Arcs

Yours, Dreamily

Debut album of garage rock with shades of soul and r&b from the quintet, featuring Black Keys' Dan Auerbach

Added: 03/09/2015
6.8

Steven Wilson

To The Bone

Fifth studio album of progressive pop from the Porcupine Tree founder

Added: 17/08/2017
6.8

Spoek Mathambo

Father Creeper

The latest album of "darkwave township house" by this South African producer

Added: 11/03/2012
6.8

Simple Minds

Big Music

Sixteenth studio album from the Scottish new wave group formed in 1977

Added: 03/11/2014
6.8

S. Carey

Range of Light

Second solo album of ambient indie folk from the Bon Iver drummer

Added: 01/04/2014
6.8

Nathan Fake

Providence

Fourth album from the Norfolk-based electronica producer and co-founder of Cambria Instruments

Added: 10/03/2017
6.8

Lil Wayne

I Am Not a Human Being

Eighth studio album from the New Orleans-born rapper released while in jail in Rikers Island

Added: 05/10/2010
6.8

Joe Goddard

Electric Lines

Second solo album of electronic indie pop from the Hot Chip member

Added: 18/04/2017
6.8

Holy Ghost!

Holy Ghost!

Debut album from New York electropop duo Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel

Added: 01/04/2011
6.8

Holly Miranda

The Magician's Private Library

Debut album produced by TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek from the former singer with alt.rock act The Jealous Girlfriends

Added: 29/01/2010
6.8

Goldie

The Journey Man

The first full-length release in 19 years from the Walsall drum and bass artist, DJ, visual artist and actor

Added: 15/06/2017
6.8

George FitzGerald

All That Must Be

Second full-length album from the Berlin-based British DJ and producer

Added: 09/03/2018
6.8

Frankie Rose

Herein Wild

Solo album number three from the ex-drummer of garage rock heavyweights Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls and the Vivian Girls

Added: 27/09/2013
6.8

Frankie & The Heartstrings

Hunger

Debut album of indie pop from the Sunderland five-piece

Added: 19/02/2011
6.8

Explosions in the Sky / David Wingo

Prince Avalanche OST

Second soundtrack album from the Austin, Texas instrumental post-rock quartet is a collaboration with the leader of indie band Ola Podrida

Added: 08/08/2013
6.8

Department Of Eagles

Archive: 2003-2006

Collection of previously unreleased songs from New York duo Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Fred Nicolaus

Added: 16/07/2010
6.8

Delorean

Apar

The Barcelona-based Balearic house quartet move away from the dancefloor in a more dream pop direction on their 4th album

Added: 09/09/2013
6.8

Cypress Hill

Back in Black

Tenth studio album from the Californian hip hop veterans produced by Black Milk

Added: 17/03/2022
6.8

Cullen Omori

New Misery

Debut album from the former frontman of Chicago indie rock band Smith Westerns

Added: 21/03/2016
6.8

Congo Natty

Jungle Revolution

The jungle and roots reggae specialist (aka breaks producer Rebel MC) with his first release on Big Dada, with contributions from On-U Sound's Adrian Sherwood and Skip McDonald and many more

Added: 26/06/2013
6.8

Cigarettes After Sex

Cry

Second album of ambient dream pop from the El Paso, Texas quartet recorded in Mallorca

Added: 22/10/2019
6.8

CEO

Wonderland

Eric Berglund, previously of The Tough Alliance, releases his second solo album of synthpop

Added: 31/01/2014

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