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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

Puerto Muerto

Drumming For Pistols

Second helping of alt country and swamp rock from Chicago husband and wife team Tim Kelley and Christa Meyer

Added: 26/02/2010
6.7

Porches

Pool

Singer-songwriter Aaron Maine's first album for new label Domino, written and recorded in his Manhattan apartment

Added: 05/02/2016
6.7

PJ Harvey & John Parish

A Woman a Man Walked By

Second collaboration between the alt.rock singer-songwriter Harvey and producer/composer Parish

Added: 26/03/2009
6.7

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Chasing Yesterday

Self-produced second solo album from the former Oasis mainman including a contribution from Johnny Marr

Added: 26/02/2015
6.7

Mull Historical Society

City Awakening

Hebridean Colin MacIntyre returns to his previous moniker for his latest collection of offbeat indie pop

Added: 24/01/2012
6.7

Migos

Culture II

Third album from the Lawrenceville, Georgia rap trio comprising Quavo, Offset and Takeoff

Added: 30/01/2018
6.7

Mates Of State

Mountaintops

Seventh album of indie pop from this husband and wife duo from Kansas

Added: 15/09/2011
6.7

Mark Lanegan

Imitations

The alt.rock singer-songwriter and guitarist and former Screaming Trees frontman opts for an album of easy listening covers for his latest outing, his first on Vagrant Records

Added: 12/09/2013
6.7

Kisses

The Heart of the Nightlife

Debut album from LA-based electro-pop duo Jesse Kivel (Princeton) and Zinzi Edmundson

Added: 09/11/2010
6.7

I Like Trains

He Who Saw the Deep

Second full album of epic post-rock from the Leeds outfit

Added: 03/11/2010
6.7

HEALTH

Death Magic

Third album of experimental noise rock from the Los Angeles quartet

Added: 03/08/2015
6.7

GusGus

Twentyfour/Seven

Iceland's indie dance collective, back with their seventh album

Added: 04/01/2010
6.7

Grimes

Halfaxa

New album of ethereal pop from the young Canadian

Added: 24/03/2011
6.7

Gang Of Four

Content

Eighth studio album from the Leeds post-punk veterans and first with original material since they reformed in 2005

Added: 19/01/2011
6.7

Eleventh Dream Day

Riot Now

Album number 11 from the Chicago alt-rock veterans

Added: 17/03/2011
6.7

Eddi Reader

Love Is The Way

Latest acoustic dominated release in the enduring career of the Scottish singer-songwirter

Added: 20/05/2009
6.7

Dropkick Murphys

Going Out In Style

Studio album No.7 from the Boston-based Irish-American Celtic punk outfit

Added: 20/06/2011
6.7

Dizzee Rascal

Tounge N Cheek

Fourth album from the London grime pioneer, moving into crossover territory

Added: 14/09/2009
6.7

Diane Birch

Bible Belt

Blues, soul, gospel and folk on the debut album from the Michigan-born singer-songwriter and pianist

Added: 26/04/2010
6.7

Daniel Bjarnason

Processions

Debut album of avant-garde modern classical compositions from the Icelandic composer

Added: 11/06/2010
6.7

Dam-Funk

Toeachizown

Modern funk and electro-tinged R&B on the fourth installment of Stones Throw's DJ friendly Rhythm Trax series

Added: 11/01/2010
6.7

Childish Gambino

Camp

First commercial album release from actor / comedian / scriptwriter and rapper Donald Glover, following a series of free EPs and mixtapes

Added: 15/11/2011
6.7

Chicago Underground Duo

Boca Negra

Fifth album of jazz and ambient music from the collective led by cornetist Rob Mazurek and drummer Chad Taylor

Added: 04/05/2010
6.7

Ceremony

Zoo

Fourth album of hardcore punk from this Californian quintet

Added: 06/03/2012
6.7

Bootsy Collins

Tha Funk Capital Of The World

Latest solo album from the legendary funk bass player and one-time Parliament/James Brown member

Added: 21/04/2011
6.7

Bibio

The Apple and the Tooth

Fifth offering of experimental electronica and intelligent dance from producer Stephen Wilkinson

Added: 14/01/2010
6.7

Bachelorette

Bachelorette

This self-titled release is the third full-length album from the New Zealand singer, who mixes psychedelia with girl group vintage sounds

Added: 07/06/2011
6.7

Autolux

Transit Transit

Second album of alt.rock from the LA-based trio

Added: 03/08/2010
6.7

Amos Lee

Mission Bell

Fourth album from the Philadelphia singer-songwriter produced by Calexico's Joey Burns

Added: 30/01/2011
6.7

Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under

Second solo album of alternative pop from the former Dresden Dolls singer

Added: 17/02/2011

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