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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

Ash

Race The Night

Album number eight from the Northern Irish pop-rock trio, led by songwriter Tim Wheeler

Added: 18/09/2023
6.7

Art Brut

Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!

First new full-length studio album by English and German indie pop outfit in seven years produced by Jim Moray

Added: 20/11/2018
6.7

Ariana Grande

Positions

Sixth album from the American pop star features guest appearances from Doja Cat, Ty Dolla Sign and the Weeknd

Added: 30/10/2020
6.7

Animal Collective

Painting With

Album number ten from the experimental psychedelic band this time working as a trio and recorded in the same studio as The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds

Added: 12/02/2016
6.7

Angus & Julia Stone

Angus & Julia Stone

After persuasion from producer Rick Rubin, the chilled Australian brother/sister folk pop reunite for a third LP

Added: 01/08/2014
6.7

Angel-Ho

Death Becomes Her

First full-length album for Hyperdub from the South African DJ/electronic producer with guest appearances from K-$, K Rizz and Queezy

Added: 05/03/2019
6.7

Andrew Bird

Hands of Glory

Bird describes this release as a 'companion' to 2012's baroque pop album, Break It Yourself

Added: 31/10/2012
6.7

Andrew Bird

Useless Creatures

Instrumental indie folk from the Chicago-based musician, originally released as a bonus album with the 2009 release Noble Beast

Added: 29/11/2010
6.7

Alicia Keys

Girl on Fire

Dr Dre and Jamie Smith are among the producers drafted in to add hip hop, Latino and electro touches to the first album since 2009 from the Grammy-winning urban soul singer

Added: 24/11/2012
6.7

Alexis Taylor

Silence

Sixth solo album from the Hot Chip front man

Added: 17/09/2021
6.7

Active Child

Mercy

Second album of electronic indie pop from LA-based musician Pat Grossi

Added: 28/06/2015
6.7

Acoustic Ladyland

Living With a Tiger

Fourth album from the London jazz / rock fusion outfit

Added: 08/07/2009
6.7

Tori Amos

Night of Hunters

Album number twelve and first for the classical label Deutsche Grammophon for the American singer-songwriter

Added: 15/09/2011
6.7

The Dead Weather

Sea Of Cowards

Second album from American alt.rock supergroup including Jack White and Alison Mosshart of The Kills

Added: 07/05/2010
6.7

School of Seven Bells

Disconnect from Desire

Second album of electronic dream pop and shoegaze from New York three piece

Added: 05/07/2010
6.7

Phoenix

Ti Amo

Sixth album from the French synth pop band

Added: 08/06/2017
6.7

Male Bonding

Endless Now

Second album from the London noise pop trio

Added: 19/08/2011
6.7

Lorde

Solar Power

Third album of electronic pop from New Zealand-born Ella Yelich-O'Connor produced by Jack Antonoff

Added: 19/08/2021
6.7

David Lynch

The Big Dream

Second studio album by American filmmaker and musician, featuring eleven original blues songs and a Bob Dylan cover.

Added: 11/07/2013
6.7

Bright Eyes

The People's Key

Seventh studio album proper in his folk and country guise Bright Eyes for the prolific thirty year old Conor Oberst

Added: 01/02/2011
6.7

The Thermals

Desperate Ground

Album number six from the Portland, Oregon-based power punk trio

Added: 12/04/2013
6.7

The Pop Group

Citizen Zombie

First album of new material in 35 years from the Bristol post-punk pioneers, produced by Paul Epworth

Added: 21/02/2015
6.7

The Fall

New Facts Emerge

32nd studio album from Mark E Smith's legendary post-punk outfit

Added: 27/07/2017
6.7

SpaceGhostPurrp

Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles Of Spaceghostpurrp

Debut album of hip hop by this Floridean whose mixtapes have been lauded by none other than Odd Future

Added: 13/06/2012
6.7

Simian Mobile Disco

Unpatterns

Londoners James Ford and Jas Shaw release their third studio album proper of house, techno and nu disco

Added: 11/05/2012
6.7

Simian Mobile Disco

Whorl

Londoners James Ford and Jas Shaw release their fourth studio album of house, technno and nu-disco

Added: 04/09/2014
6.7

Shakira

She Wolf

More hot-blooded Latin pop from the huge-selling Colombian singer-songwriter

Added: 09/10/2009
6.7

Raekwon

Shaolin Vs. Wu Tang

Fifth album of Hip Hop released under Raekwon's name, though this project features most of the Wu Tang, but crucially not RZA

Added: 14/03/2011
6.7

Purity Ring

Another Eternity

Second LP from the Canadian synthpop duo comprising vocalist Megan James and producer Corin Roddick

Added: 24/02/2015
6.7

MellowHype

Blackenedwhite

Second album from the LA alternative hip hop duo, and part of the OFWGTA collective, gets a major-label release

Added: 12/07/2011

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