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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

Alexis Taylor

Beautiful Thing

Fourth solo album from the Hot Chip front man produced by DFA Records co-founder Tim Goldsworthy

Added: 17/04/2018
6.7

Africa Hitech

93 Million Miles

Added: 07/06/2011
6.7

Young British Artists

Change By Any Other Name

Debut LP of raw, noisey, driving rock, written in a basement in Manchester

Added: 21/07/2014
6.7

Yacht

Shangri-La

Fifth album of alternative electropop from the Porltand, Oregon group, formerly the solo project of Jona Bechtolt

Added: 20/06/2011
6.7

Warm Brains

Big Wow

Second album from this bedroom pop project, with everything written, performed and recorded by Rory Atwell (Test Icicles, KASMs)

Added: 28/11/2015
6.7

Violens

True

Second album from the NYC trio led by Jorge Elbrecht, melding shoegaze, synthpop and jangle

Added: 23/05/2012
6.7

Underworld & Iggy Pop

Teatime Dub Encounters

EP collaboration from the progressive house duo and the proto-punk legend

Added: 27/07/2018
6.7

Twin Peaks

Lookout Low

Fourth album from the Chicago garage rock five-piece produced Ethan Johns (White Denim, Laura Marling, Paul McCartney)

Added: 17/09/2019
6.7

Tinashe

Nightride

Second album from the American singer, the first part of a double album project along with 2017's Joyride

Added: 22/11/2016
6.7

The Wave Pictures

City Forgiveness

The English alt rockers give us their 8th label-backed release, no 13 if you include the ones released under their own steam

Added: 21/10/2013
6.7

The Tallest Man On Earth

I Love You. It's A Fever Dream.

Fifth album from the Swedish singer-wongwriter Kristian Matsson

Added: 26/04/2019
6.7

The Rosebuds

Sand + Silence

Indie rock duo Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp release their fifth album, with guests including Justin Vernon on synth and guitar

Added: 08/08/2014
6.7

The Lumineers

The Lumineers

Debut album from the Denver, Colorado folk rock trio

Added: 04/11/2012
6.7

The Get Up Kids

Problems

Sixth studio album of indie rock from the Kansas City five-piece produced by Peter Katis (The National, Kurt Vile, Augustines)

Added: 14/05/2019
6.7

The Flaming Lips

Oczy Mlody

Fifteenth studio album from Wayne Coyne's Grammy-winning psych rockers, recorded with Dave Fridmann (Weezer, Sparklehorse, Mogwai)

Added: 04/01/2017
6.7

The Bird And The Bee

Recreational Love

Fourth album from the LA indie pop duo made up of Inara George and Greg Kurstin

Added: 20/08/2015
6.7

Teleman

Breakfast

Debut album from the London indie pop quartet which includes former members of Pete & The Pirates and is produced by Bernard Butler

Added: 30/05/2014
6.7

Telekinesis

12 Desperate Straight Lines

Second album of hook-laden indie pop from Seattle singer-songwriter Michael Lerner

Added: 10/02/2011
6.7

Sparrow and the Workshop

Murderopolis

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

Added: 28/05/2013
6.7

Sleaford Mods

Divide And Exit

Album number seven from the Nottingham electro-punk duo

Added: 16/05/2014
6.7

Six Organs of Admittance

Hexadic II

Latest release from the Comets of Fire guitarist Ben Chasny based on his own 'Hexadic system' of mirrored ascending and descending scales

Added: 04/12/2015
6.7

Saint Saviour

Union

Alternative pop on the debut album from the singer-songwriter who was previously with Groove Armada

Added: 25/07/2012
6.7

S. Carey

Hundred Acres

Third solo album from the Wisconsin-based Bon Iver member

Added: 23/02/2018
6.7

Royal Thunder

CVI

Stoner metal with a bluesy and psychedelic edge on the debut album from the Atlanta quartet

Added: 18/06/2012
6.7

Ron Sexsmith

Carousel One

Fourteenth studio album of melancholic pop / folk from Canadian singer-sonwriter

Added: 01/04/2015
6.7

Robert Hood

Paradygm Shift

Latest full-length release from the minimal techno producer Detroit-born, Alabama-based artist

Added: 01/07/2017
6.7

Rex Orange County

Who Cares?

Fourth album from the 21-year-old English indie pop artist Alex O’Connor

Added: 11/03/2022
6.7

Red Velvet

Queendom

Latest release from the South Korean electropop group is a mini-album

Added: 26/08/2021
6.7

Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program

Stargate Music

Eleventh album on Leaving Records from LA hip hop producer Gregory Shorter, Jr.

Added: 01/05/2018
6.7

Race Horses

Furniture

Piano-led 80s New Romantic-influenced pop from the Welsh five-piece on their 2nd album

Added: 11/09/2012

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