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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

Psychedelic Horseshit

Laced

Second album of lo-fi noise pop from the Ohio trio who christened their music shitgaze

Added: 12/05/2011
6.6

Patten

Estoile Naiant

Second album and first on Warp from the publicity shy London-based experimental electronic musician

Added: 26/02/2014
6.6

Panda Bear

Buoys

Sixth solo album from Animal Collective founding member Noah Lennox co-produced and co-mixed with Rusty Santos (Animal Collective, Born Ruffians, Grizzly Bear)

Added: 06/02/2019
6.6

of Montreal

White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood

Album number fifteen from the Athens, Georgia experimental indie rock group finds Kevin Barnes working mostly alone

Added: 09/03/2018
6.6

Mi Ami

Steal Your Face

Second album from the San Francisco trio led by singer and guitarist Daniel Martin-McCormick who combine afro, dub, noise rock and post-punk

Added: 15/04/2010
6.6

Martin Gore

MG

Second solo album from Depeche Mode's main songwriter is a collection of electronic, instrumental tracks

Added: 28/04/2015
6.6

Lily Allen

It's Not Me, It's You

Mockney singer-songwriter's follow-up to the hugely successful 2007 debut, Alright

Added: 03/02/2009
6.6

Karen Elson

Double Roses

Second album from the English model, singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 07/04/2017
6.6

Grace Jones

Hurricane / Dub

The 2008 European release from the new wave disco diva gets the 'deluxe' treatment with the addition of dub versions by producer Ivor Guest

Added: 07/09/2011
6.6

Gorillaz

The Fall

An album produced entirely on an iPad by Gorillaz front man Damon Albarn

Added: 07/01/2011
6.6

Ghostface Killah

36 Seasons

Album number eleven from the NYC hip hop artist and member of the Wu-Tang Clan

Added: 08/12/2014
6.6

Fist City

Everything Is A Mess

Second album from the Alberta garage rock / punk band

Added: 23/06/2015
6.6

Enter Shikari

A Flash Flood of Colour

Third album from the St. Albans group, who use genres as disparate as trance, screamo and hardcore to make their sound

Added: 13/01/2012
6.6

Dua Lipa

Radical Optimism

Third album from the British-Albanian pop singer-songwriter with contributions from Caroline Ailin, Danny L. Harle, Tobias Jesso Jr., Julia Michaels and Tame Impala's Kevin Parker

Added: 03/05/2024
6.6

Brian Fallon

Painkillers

Debut solo album of alt rock from The Gaslight Anthem singer/guitarist

Added: 11/03/2016
6.6

7 Worlds Collide

The Sun Came Out

Another charity outing for Crowded House frontman Neil Finn's all-star project, with Johny Marr, Jeff Tweedy and more

Added: 10/08/2009
6.6

!!!

As If

Sixth studio album from the NY dance-punk outfit, with guest appearances from Yolanda Harris Dancy and Taletha Manor

Added: 13/10/2015
6.6

Zara Larsson

Poster Girl

Third album from the Swedish popstar featuring a guest appearance from Young Thug

Added: 05/03/2021
6.6

Yungblud

Yungblud

Third album from the Doncaster-born alternative pop artist featuring a guest appearance from Willow

Added: 02/09/2022
6.6

VCMG

Ssss

Debut techno album from Vince Clarke and Martin Gore reunited 30 years after the former left Depeche Mode

Added: 09/03/2012
6.6

The Twilight Sad

Forget The Night Ahead

Follow up to the critically acclaimed 2007 debut Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters from the Scottish indie rock outfit

Added: 02/10/2009
6.6

The Thermals

We Disappear

Seventh studio album of lo-fi indie rock from the longstanding Portland trio

Added: 24/03/2016
6.6

The Greenhornes

****

The rhythm section from The Raconteurs return to their day job, delivering retro rock and roll with a psychedelic tint

Added: 18/11/2010
6.6

The Faint

Doom Abuse

Latest release from the indie rock quartet formed in Omaha, Nebraska and who were once known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)

Added: 09/04/2014
6.6

Teddy Thompson

Bella

Fifth album of folk-rock from the son of Richard and Linda Thompson

Added: 31/01/2011
6.6

Taylor Swift

Red

'America's Sweetheart' releases her fourth album of country pop, co-written with artists such as Dan Wilson and Ed Sheeran

Added: 21/10/2012
6.6

Taylor Swift

reputation

Sixth studio album from the popstar, self-produced alongside Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Shellback, and Ali Payami

Added: 10/11/2017
6.6

Spiral Stairs

Doris And The Daggers

Second solo album from Pavement co-founder Scott Kannberg

Added: 23/03/2017
6.6

Seven Davis Jr

Universes

Debut LP of funky house from the Texas-born, California-based producer and vocalist

Added: 17/07/2015
6.6

Santigold

99¢

Third album from Philly electropop artist Santi White

Added: 20/02/2016

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