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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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6.7

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Loin Des Hommes (OST)

Latest soundtrack from Cave and his Bad Seed Ellis is for the 2014 French drama based on an Albert Camus short story

Added: 20/05/2015
6.7

Ne-Hi

Offers

Second album from the Chicago rock quartet fronted by Alex Otake

Added: 27/02/2017
6.7

Natalie Merchant

Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings

The seventh solo album from the former 10,000 Maniacs singer is a recording of her solo debut

Added: 10/11/2015
6.7

Nadine

Oh My

Debut album as a trio from Phantom Posse singer-songwriter Nadia Hulett and Ava Luna members Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez

Added: 01/02/2018
6.7

Nabihah Iqbal

Dreamer

Second album from the London-based artist who worked as a producer under the moniker Throwing Shade

Added: 28/04/2023
6.7

Musee Mecanique

Hold This Ghost

Debut release of downbeat orchestral alt.folk from the Portland duo

Added: 13/02/2010
6.7

Mouse On Mars

Dimensional People

Eleventh album from the German experimental electronic duo Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma featuring Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon and Sam Amidon

Added: 17/04/2018
6.7

Melody Gardot

The Absence

Third album from the Grammy-nominated Philadelphia-based blues/jazz singer-songwriter

Added: 30/05/2012
6.7

MC Paul Barman

(((echo chamber)))

Third album from the absurdist NJ rapper, with production from MF Doom, Questlove, and Mark Ronson

Added: 25/05/2018
6.7

Mayer Hawthorne

How Do You Do

Third album from this Chicagoan purveyor of old school soul music

Added: 25/10/2011
6.7

Marmozets

Knowing What You Know Now

Second album from the West Yorkshire post-hardcore five-piece

Added: 26/01/2018
6.7

Madeleine Peyroux

Bare Bones

Sixth release from the distinctive jazz singer, songwriter and guitarist

Added: 12/04/2009
6.7

Lyle Lovett

Natural Forces

Twelfth album from Texan singer-songwriter

Added: 03/11/2009
6.7

Lloyd Cole

Broken Record

Latest solo outing from former Lloyd Cole And The Commotions frontman

Added: 19/09/2010
6.7

Little Comets

In Search of Elusive Little Comets

Debut album of so called "kitchen sink indie" from the English four-piece

Added: 25/01/2011
6.7

Liam Hayes

Slurrup

Fifth release from the Chicago-born musician who has also released albums under the name Plush

Added: 13/01/2015
6.7

King Of The Mountains

Zoetrope

Debut solo LP of ambient electronica from Working for a Nuclear Free City co-founder Phil Kay

Added: 18/04/2014
6.7

Kindness

World You Need A Change Of Mind

Hackney's Adam Bainbridge releases his debut album of futuristic funk and downtempo dance music

Added: 14/03/2012
6.7

Kali Uchis

Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)

Second studio album from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis includes contributions from Nasty, PartyNextDoor, Cortez and Jowell & Randy

Added: 20/11/2020
6.7

Judas Priest

Redeemer of Souls

Album number seventeen from the heavy metal stalwarts, though first without founding guitarist K.K. Downing

Added: 09/07/2014
6.7

Jookabox

Dead Zone Boys

Third album of genre-hopping sounds from Indianapolis musician David Adamson

Added: 02/02/2010
6.7

Jonquil

Point Of Go

Alt-pop and shoegaze on the third album from the Oxford band, trimmed to a quartet

Added: 06/03/2012
6.7

Japandroids

Post-Nothing

Canadian garage rock duo, guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse, with their debut album

Added: 17/10/2009
6.7

James

Living in Extraordinary Times

Fourteenth studio album from the Manchester rock band formed in 1982, produced by Charlie Andrew and Beni Giles

Added: 02/08/2018
6.7

Jake Bugg

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning

Fifth studio album from the English singer-songwriter produced by Steve Mac (Ed Sheeran, Paloma Faith, 5 Seconds of Summer)

Added: 22/08/2021
6.7

Jaga Jazzist

Starfire

Sixth studio album from the veteran nine-piece Norwegian leftfield jazz experimentalists led by Lars Horntveth

Added: 01/06/2015
6.7

J. Fernandez

Many Levels Of Laughter

Self-recorded debut album from the Chicago-based psych-rock musician

Added: 05/06/2015
6.7

IDER

Shame

Second album from the London electronic pop duo Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville

Added: 08/08/2021
6.7

I Am Arrows

Sun Comes Up Again

First solo album of indie pop from former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows

Added: 08/08/2010
6.7

Hooded Fang

Gravez

The Toronto quartet with their 3rd album of summery indie rock / indie pop

Added: 30/05/2013

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