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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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Albums to watch

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

Loney, Dear

Hall Music

Third album of experimental melancholic pop from the Swede

Added: 11/10/2011
6.7

Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie

Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie

A new album co-written by the two Fleetwood Mac members also featuring Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on bass and drums

Added: 09/06/2017
6.7

Klaxons

Surfing the Void

Follow up to the Mercury Prize-winning debut album from the London indie rock quartet

Added: 09/08/2010
6.7

Jónsi

Shiver

Second solo album from the Sigur Rós frontman co-produced by A. G. Cook and recorded in Berlin, Helsinki, London and Reykjavik

Added: 01/10/2020
6.7

Doja Cat

Planet Her

Third full-length album from the Los Angeles rapper includes guest appearances from Ariana Grande, JID, SZA, The Weeknd, and Young Thug

Added: 24/06/2021
6.7

Body/Head

The Switch

Third full-length album of minimalist experimental rock from Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and guitarist Bill Nace

Added: 12/07/2018
6.7

Blood Red Shoes

Fire Like This

Second album of hard-riffing indie rock from Brighton guitar and drum duo Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter

Added: 25/02/2010
6.7

Young Knives

Ornaments From The Silver Arcade

Third album of indie rock from the Mercury Prize-nominated Leicestershire trio

Added: 01/04/2011
6.7

Wavves

Hideaway

Seventh studio album from the San Diego surf-rock four-piece led by Nathan Williams

Added: 16/07/2021
6.7

Wave Machines

Pollen

Second album from Liverpool alt.rock quartet produced by Lexxx

Added: 15/01/2013
6.7

Van Morrison

The Prophet Speaks

40th full-length album from the legendary Irish singer features six new original songs and eight covers

Added: 07/12/2018
6.7

Trash Talk

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These Sacramento hardcore punks are the first non-Odd Future members to have an album released on that group's imprint

Added: 10/10/2012
6.7

Trash Kit

Trash Kit

Debut album of lo-fi garage rock and post-punk from the all-female London trio

Added: 24/05/2010
6.7

Tim Presley’s White Fence

I Have to Feed Larry's Hawk

Seventh album under the White Fence moniker from the California singer songwriter

Added: 25/01/2019
6.7

This Will Destroy You

Another Language

Third studio album from the Texas instrumental post-rock quartet

Added: 15/09/2014
6.7

Thee Oh Sees

An Odd Entrances

Eighteenth album of psyched-out garage rock from the San Francisco band recorded during the same sessions as A Weird Exits

Added: 22/11/2016
6.7

The Vaselines

Sex With An X

Second studio album from reformed Glasgow-based indie pop duo much loved by the late Kurt Cobain

Added: 07/09/2010
6.7

The Rentals

Lost In Alphaville

Third album and first in fourteen years for the power pop / new wave band fronted by former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp

Added: 27/08/2014
6.7

The Magnetic Fields

Love At The Bottom Of The Sea

Boston's indie-pop maverick Stephen Merritt reverts to synths for his 10th album

Added: 29/02/2012
6.7

The Libertines

Anthems For Doomed Youth

Carl Barât, Pete Doherty and co reunite in Thailand for an unexpected 3rd album from the UK garage rock band

Added: 03/09/2015
6.7

The Felice Brothers

Life in the Dark

The latest album from the NY folk rock band was recorded in a garage-turned-studio on Letterbox Farm in New York’s Hudson Valley

Added: 24/06/2016
6.7

The Drums

Brutalism

Fifth album from the Brooklyn indie pop outfit led by Jonny Pierce

Added: 03/04/2019
6.7

The Donkeys

Born With Stripes

Surf pop, folk-rock and Americana on the latest album from the San Diego indie rock outfit

Added: 28/04/2011
6.7

The Black Keys

“Let’s Rock”

Ninth studio album from the Akron Ohio garage rock duo Dan Auerback and Patrick Carney

Added: 26/06/2019
6.7

The Black Angels

Indigo Meadow

Fourth album of psychedelic rock from Austin, Texas quartet

Added: 02/04/2013
6.7

Sparrow and the Workshop

Spitting Daggers

Second album of alt.folk, Americana and post-rock from the Glasgow-based Scottish/Welsh/American trio

Added: 24/05/2011
6.7

PS I Love You

For Those Who Stay

Third album from the Kingston, Ontario indie rock duo Paul Saulnier and Benjamin Nelson

Added: 21/07/2014
6.7

Portugal. The Man.

Evil Friends

Danger Mouse produces the 8th album from the Alaskan psychedelic pop group

Added: 05/06/2013
6.7

Plants And Animals

Waltzed In From The Rumbling

Fourth album of indie rock from the Canadian three-piece

Added: 05/05/2016
6.7

Phantastic Ferniture

Phantastic Ferniture

Debut album of indie rock from the Australian trio led by Julia Jacklin

Added: 27/07/2018

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