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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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6.7

Hockey Dad

Boronia

Debut album from Australian surf-rock duo Zach Stephenson and Billy Fleming

Added: 18/08/2016
6.7

Heidi Talbot

Angels Without Wings

Sixth solo album from the Irish singer songwriter, featuring appearances from King Creosote, Mark Knopfler and husband John McCusker

Added: 04/03/2013
6.7

Gulp

Season Sun

Debut album of fuzzy dream-pop from Guto Pryce (Super Furry Animals) and Lindsey Leven

Added: 09/07/2014
6.7

Greys

If Anything

Debut album from Toronto noise punk quartet

Added: 25/06/2014
6.7

Grass Widow

Internal Logic

Third album of lo-fi garage pop from the San Francisco trio

Added: 29/05/2012
6.7

Gonjasufi

The Caliph's Tea Party

12 producers, including Shlohmo, Broadcast and Bibio, remix the highly-acclaimed debut from the post-hip hop rapper

Added: 06/10/2010
6.7

Ganglians

Monster Head Room

First full length album of 60s influenced lo-fi from Sacramento four-piece

Added: 12/05/2010
6.7

Fredo

Independence Day

Third album and second of 2021 from the London rapper Marvin William Bailey

Added: 06/08/2021
6.7

Francois & The Atlas Mountains

Banane Bleue

Album number six of indie pop from the Brussels-based French singer-songwriter Frànçois Marry and his band produced by Jaakko Eino Kalevi

Added: 01/03/2021
6.7

Four Tet

Sixteen Oceans

Tenth album from London producer Kieran Hebden includes an appearance from Ellie Goulding

Added: 23/03/2020
6.7

Four Tet

Pink

Follow-up to his acclaimed 2010 album There Is Love In You from the London-born IDM producer and DJ Kieran Hebden

Added: 30/08/2012
6.7

Field Music

Play...

Sunderland's Mercury-nominated pop ensemble, led by the Brewis brothers, release a compilation of covers

Added: 12/10/2012
6.7

Felix

Oh Holy Molar

Second album from the Nottingham-based chamber pop act, now a trio with drummer Neil Turpin joining Lucinda Chu and Chris Summerlin

Added: 29/04/2012
6.7

Fat White Family

Forgiveness Is Yours

Fourth album of lo-fi rock from the South London band led by Lias and Nathan Saoudi and first without guitarist Saul Adamczewski

Added: 25/04/2024
6.7

Family Band

Grace and Lies

Melancholic ambient alt.rock on the 2nd album from the Brooklyn husband and wife duo, visual artist-turned-singer Kim Krans and onetime heavy metal guitarist Jonny Ollsin

Added: 01/08/2012
6.7

Ex Cops

True Hallucinations

Debut album from the Brooklyn indie pop / dream pop band led by Brian Harding and Amalie Bruun

Added: 24/01/2013
6.7

Ethan Johns And The Black Eyed Dogs

Silver Lining

Third Americana album from the English producer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Laura Marling and Ryan Adams

Added: 02/12/2015
6.7

Escort

Escort

Debut album from this Brooklyn duo who turned to straight disco - and grew into a 17-strong band - after years of making house singles

Added: 12/01/2012
6.7

Enya

Dark Sky Island

Eighth studio album from the Irish singer, inspired by the island of Sark and the poetry of Roma Ryan

Added: 20/11/2015
6.7

Envy

Atheist's Cornea

Album number six from the Tokyo post-hardcore five-piece

Added: 16/07/2015
6.7

Ellie Goulding

Brightest Blue

Fourth studio album from the British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist featuring guest vocals from Blackbear, Diplo, Juice Wrld, Lauv, serpentwithfeet and Swae Lee

Added: 16/07/2020
6.7

El-P

Weareallgoingtoburnin hellmegamixxx3

Third in a series of mixtapes from the Brooklyn hip hop producer Jaime Meline

Added: 03/08/2010
6.7

Efterklang

Altid Sammen

Fifth album, and first in seven years, from the Danish neo-classical, post-rock band

Added: 20/09/2019
6.7

Eels

Earth To Dora

Album number thirteen from the California indie rock band led by Mark Oliver Everett

Added: 30/10/2020
6.7

Eels

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

Album number eleven of personal lo-fi indie rock from Mark Oliver Everett's California outfit

Added: 16/04/2014
6.7

Editors

EBM

Album number seven from the Birmingham indie rock five-piece and first with producer Benjamin John Power as an official band member

Added: 23/09/2022
6.7

Dustin Wong

Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads

Former Ponytail and Ecstatic Sunshine guitarist Wong releases his latest album of experimental guitar work and psychedelia

Added: 14/03/2012
6.7

Dusted

Total Dust

Collaboration between Holy Fuck's Brian Borcherdt and producer Leon Tahney (Final Fantasy, Rituals)

Added: 13/07/2012
6.7

Duck Sauce

Quack

First full length album of club oriented disco house from Armand Van Helden and A-Trak, featuring award-winning single Barbra Streisand

Added: 30/05/2014
6.7

DJ Shadow

Our Pathetic Age

Sixth studio album from the hip hop producer, featuring guest appearances from De La Soul, Run the Jewels, Ghostface Killah, Nas, and Raekwon

Added: 14/11/2019

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