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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

Hooray For Earth

Racy

Second album of indie synth pop from this NYC group fronted by multi-instrumentalist Noel Heroux

Added: 31/07/2014
6.7

Gold-Bears

Dalliance

Second full-length of indie punk from the Atlanta based noise-pop outfit led by Jeremy Underwood

Added: 04/06/2014
6.7

Gem Club

In Roses

Second collection of chamber pop compositions from the Boston trio

Added: 29/01/2014
6.7

Fraser A. Gorman

Slow Gun

Debut album of Americana from the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter

Added: 30/06/2015
6.7

Filthy Friends

Invitation

Debut album from the alt.rock supergroup including REM's Peter Buck and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney

Added: 26/08/2017
6.7

Ethan Johns

The Reckoning

Second album from English producer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Laura Marling and Ryan Adams who returns the compliment here

Added: 29/06/2014
6.7

Eternal Summers

Correct Behavior

Dream pop and post-punk on the second album from the Virginia band, now a trio having added a bassist

Added: 27/07/2012
6.7

Emika

Dva

Follow-up to her self-titled 2011 debut from the Bristol-born, Berlin-based electronic composer and singer, informed by dubstep, bass, synthpop and electronica

Added: 12/06/2013
6.7

Ellie Goulding

Higher Than Heaven

Fifth studio album from the British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist working with a series of producers including Greg Kurstin, Koz, Jesse Shatkin and Andrew Wells

Added: 07/04/2023
6.7

Echo Lake

Era

Sophomore album for the English alternative rock band formed in London

Added: 09/03/2015
6.7

Dub Thompson

9 Songs

Debut album of indie noise rock from the band from Agoura Hills (an LA suburb) recorded while living with Foxygen's Jonathan Rado

Added: 23/06/2014
6.7

Drake

Honestly, Nevermind

Seventh studio album from the Toronto rapper featuring a guest appearance from 21 Savage

Added: 20/06/2022
6.7

Disappears

Era

Fourth album of krautrock and shoegaze from the Chicago quartet led by Brian Case (ex of 90 Day Men and the Ponys)

Added: 22/08/2013
6.7

Diana Krall

Turn Up The Quiet

Thirteenth studio album from the Canadian jazz pianist and vocalist

Added: 12/05/2017
6.7

Devendra Banhart

Flying Wig

Eleventh studio album of alt indie folk from the Texas-born singer-songwriter/guitarist produced by Cate Le Bon

Added: 27/09/2023
6.7

Connan Mockasin

Caramel

Second album of psychedelic pop from New Zealand-born Connan Hosford

Added: 31/10/2013
6.7

Chris Thile

Thanks for Listening

Latest album from American mandolinist and singer-songwriter, a collection of songs written once a week on his radio show

Added: 15/12/2017
6.7

Cameras

In Your Room

Debut album from the Sydney-based indie rock trio

Added: 13/08/2012
6.7

Born Ruffians

Birthmarks

The Toronto indie rock / indie pop trio with their third full-length release

Added: 16/04/2013
6.7

Bleached

Ride Your Heart

Debut album of garage rock from LA-based twins Jessica and Jennifer Calvin

Added: 01/04/2013
6.7

Big Boi

Boomiverse

Third solo LP from the Atlanta rapper and Outkast member, with guests including Killer Mike and Adam Levine

Added: 19/06/2017
6.7

Big Black Delta

Big Black Delta

Mellowdrone vocalist / bassist Jonathan Bate with a 2nd solo album of synth rock / experimental electro pop compositions

Added: 04/06/2013
6.7

Bibio

A Mineral Love

Eighth album from Stephen Wilkinson, the English electronica producer

Added: 30/03/2016
6.7

Beverly

Careers

Debut LP of indie pop from Brooklyn-based duo of Frankie Rose (Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls) and Drew Citron (Ava Luna)

Added: 01/07/2014
6.7

Bayonne

Drastic Measures

Fourth studio album, but second official release under the Bayonne moniker from Austin-born loop-based dream pop artist Roger Sellers

Added: 28/02/2019
6.7

Bad Weather California

Sunkissed

60s-inspired summery psych rock, soul and funk on the debut from the Denver quartet

Added: 11/04/2012
6.7

Babeheaven

Sink Into Me

Second full-length album from the West London duo Nancy Andersen and Jamie Travis

Added: 22/03/2022
6.7

Aminé

Limbo

Second album from the Portland, Oregon rapper featuring guest appearances Injury Reserve, JID, slowthai, Vince Staples and Young Thug

Added: 11/08/2020
6.7

Alt-J

Relaxer

Third album from the Leeds art rock trio produced by Charlie Andrew (Darwin Deez, Nick Mulvey, Rae Morris, Benjamin Francis Leftwich)

Added: 01/06/2017
6.7

Alessia Cara

Know-It-All

Debut album from the Canadian R&B/Pop singer

Added: 10/03/2016

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