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6 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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6.6

Ben Kweller

Go Fly A Kite

Austin indie rocker Ben Kweller releases his first album since 2009 and his first on his own label, Noise Company

Added: 08/02/2012
6.6

Bear In Heaven

I Love You, It's Cool

Fourth album from the electronic indie rock outfit from Brooklyn

Added: 02/04/2012
6.6

Banks

III

Third album from Californian alt R&B artist Jillian Rose Banks working with producers BJ Burton, Hudson Mohawke, Kito and Francis and the Lights

Added: 10/07/2019
6.6

Aquilo

Silhouettes

Debut album from Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher, with producers including Sohn, Ólafur Arnalds, and Jonathan Green

Added: 02/02/2017
6.6

Andrew Weatherall

A Pox on the Pioneers

Dance rock and dub on the latest solo outing from the influential producer and DJ

Added: 09/10/2009
6.6

!!!

Strange Weather, Isn't It?

Fourth album from Sacratamento, California dance punk band sometimes referred to as Chk Chk Chk

Added: 16/08/2010
6.6

Ultimate Painting

Green Lanes

Second indie pop collaboration between James Hoare (Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (Mazes)

Added: 04/08/2015
6.6

Tricky

Adrian Thaws

The English trip hop mainstay's tenth LP features contributions from Nneka, Mykki Blanco, Oh Land, and Blue Daisy

Added: 07/09/2014
6.6

Tom Misch

Geography

Debut full-length release from the South London multi-instrumentalist features guest appearances from De La Soul, Loyle Carner, and GoldLink

Added: 09/04/2018
6.6

The Soft Pack

The Soft Pack

Debut album from the San Diego garage rock quartet originally called The Muslims

Added: 26/01/2010
6.6

The Orb

Cow/Chill Out, World!

Album number fourteen from the ambient house stalwarts Alex Paterson and Thomas Fehlmann

Added: 14/10/2016
6.6

The Love Language

Ruby Red

Third release from the North Carolina lo-fi psych rock / power pop collective led by Stuart McLamb

Added: 24/07/2013
6.6

The Clientele

Minotaur

30 minute mini-album from London-based indie / folk and pop surrealists The Clientele.

Added: 12/09/2010
6.6

The Avett Brothers

The Carpenter

The North Carolina folk-rock quartet led by brothers Seth and Scott moving in a soft rock direction aided by producer Rick Rubin on their 7th album

Added: 12/09/2012
6.6

Tamaryn

Cranekiss

Third album of shoegazing dream pop from the New Zealand-born vocalist

Added: 02/09/2015
6.6

Suki Waterhouse

Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin

Second full-length release from the London-born singer-songwriter, actress and model

Added: 13/09/2024
6.6

Spectrals

Sob Story

Second album of pop, garage rock and soul from Yorkshire singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Louis Jones produced by former Girls member JR White

Added: 19/06/2013
6.6

Slayer

Repentless

Eleventh album from the legendary Thrash Metal outfit, their first since the death of founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman

Added: 11/09/2015
6.6

Shakira

Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Twelfth album and first on seven years from Columbian-born pop star featuring collaborations with Cardi B, Bizarrap, Rauw Alejandro, Grupo Frontera, Ozuna, Karol G, Fuerza Regida and Tiësto

Added: 23/03/2024
6.6

Rumer

Into Colour

Third LP of soulful pop from Pakistani-born British singer–songwriter Sarah Joyce

Added: 16/11/2014
6.6

Royal Blood

How Did We Get So Dark?

Second album from the Brighton garage rock duo Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher

Added: 16/06/2017
6.6

Race Horses

Goodbye Falkenberg

Lo-fi offbeat indie pop on this first release from the Welsh quartet who've been compared to Gorkys Zygotic Mynci

Added: 27/01/2010
6.6

Pearly Gate Music

Pearly Gate Music

Debut album of lo-fi indie from Seattle-based Zach Tillman featuring brother Joshua from Fleet Foxes

Added: 07/05/2010
6.6

Noveller

A Pink Sunset For No One

Ninth album of post-punk / drone from Brooklyn-based filmmaker and guitarist Sarah Lipstate

Added: 15/02/2017
6.6

Noisettes

Wild Young Hearts

Second album from the British trio, with retro R&B and jazz-tinged pop soul

Added: 21/04/2009
6.6

Nicki Minaj

Pink Friday 2

Fifth album of rap and pop from the Trinidad-born MC from Queens, New York with guest appearances from J. Cole, Lil Wayne, Tate Kobang, Drake, Lourdiz, Lil Uzi Vert, Skillibeng, Skeng and Future

Added: 11/12/2023
6.6

Mura Masa

demon time

Third album from Guernsey-born producer and DJ Alex Crossan features guest appearances from BAYLI, Erika de Casier, Leyla, Lil Yachty, Midas The Jagaban, Pa Salieu, PinkPantheress, Slowthai and more

Added: 18/09/2022
6.6

Moon Diagrams

Lifetime of Love

Debut full-length of ambient instrumentals from Deerhunter drummer Moses Archuleta

Added: 01/07/2017
6.6

Mew

Visuals

Seventh studio album from the Danish art rock band, their first since the departure of guitarist Bo Madsen

Added: 28/04/2017
6.6

Måneskin

Rush!

Third full-length album from the Italian rock band who won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest

Added: 19/01/2023

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