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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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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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6.6

Lucy Rose

Something's Changing

Third album from the English singer-songwriter, recorded in Brighton with Tim Bidwell

Added: 07/07/2017
6.6

Karl Hyde

Edgeland

Solo debut from the Underworld singer co-produced with composer Leo Abrahams

Added: 21/04/2013
6.6

Jungle

For Ever

Second album of modern soul from the London-based collective

Added: 13/09/2018
6.6

Howling Bells

Heartstrings

Fourth record from the gloomy, country-tinged indie act from Sydney led by Juanita Stein

Added: 01/06/2014
6.6

Guided By Voices

August By Cake

The latest album by Robert Pollard, self-described as the band's 100th

Added: 07/04/2017
6.6

Gotye

Making Mirrors

Third album from the Belgian-Australian indie rock multi-instrumentalist Wouter De Backer

Added: 10/02/2012
6.6

Gary Clark Jr.

Blak and Blu

Major label debut from the much-hyped 28-year-old Texas-based blues guitarist and R&B singer-songwriter, touted by many as the new Hendrix

Added: 24/10/2012
6.6

Foo Fighters

Concrete and Gold

Ninth studio album from the post-grunge rock stalwarts, with guest appearances from Justin Timberlake, Boyz II Men member Shawn Stockman, and Paul McCartney

Added: 14/09/2017
6.6

Emeli Sandé

Long Live The Angels

Second album of R&B / soul from the Aberdeenshire-born songwriter who's worked for Rihanna, Alicia Keys and Leona Lewis

Added: 11/11/2016
6.6

Dropkick Murphys

Signed and Sealed in Blood

The celtic rockers' eighth studio album was promoted by asking fans to have its artwork tattooed on themselves in exchange for having their photo appear in the liner notes

Added: 06/01/2013
6.6

DRC Music

Kinshasa One Two

Damon Albarn put together this experimental producer collective to stage a five day open studio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and these are the results

Added: 04/10/2011
6.6

Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band

Outer South

Alternative country/rock sounds in their second album

Added: 01/05/2009
6.6

Cold Specks

Neuroplasticity

Second album from soulful Montreal singer-songwriter Al Spx, featuring lead single “Absisto”

Added: 25/08/2014
6.6

Christina Aguilera

Liberation

Eighth studio album from the American singer, her first in six years, with Kanye West and Anderson Paak amongst the producer credits

Added: 15/06/2018
6.6

Ben Folds

So There

A chamber pop collaboration between Folds, the yMusic Ensemble and the Nashville Symphony

Added: 14/09/2015
6.6

Bastille

Bad Blood

Debut album from London indie pop quartet formed by frontman Dan Smith

Added: 03/03/2013
6.6

Babymetal

Metal Galaxy

Third album from the Japanese kawaii metal band and first since Yuimetal left due to ill health

Added: 10/10/2019
6.6

Arbouretum

The Gathering

Fourth album from the Baltimore psych-rock quartet

Added: 13/02/2011
6.6

The Vaccines

What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

Debut album from London-based indie rock quartet who were 3rd in the BBC Sound of 2011 poll

Added: 09/03/2011
6.6

Take That

Circus

Album number seven, and the follow up to the critically well received Blackout

Added: 28/11/2008
6.6

Son Lux

Bones

New York based producer Ryan Lott with his fourth album of post-rock and alternative hip-hop

Added: 16/06/2015
6.6

Slaves

Are You Satisfied?

Debut album from the Kent punk duo with Laurie Vincent on guitar and Issac Holman on drums

Added: 26/05/2015
6.6

Poppy

I Disagree

Third full-length album from the Boston-born singer and YouTube personality

Added: 09/01/2020
6.6

of Montreal

False Priest

Tenth album of funk-laced indie pop from the Georgia five-piece fronted by the extrovert Kevin Barnes

Added: 10/09/2010
6.6

Oberhofer

Time Capsules II

Debut album from the Brooklyn-based indie pop quartet led by Brad Oberhofer and produced by Steve Lillywhite

Added: 11/04/2012
6.6

Noah And The Whale

The First Days Of Spring

Second album from London indie pop act fronted by Charlie Fink

Added: 21/08/2009
6.6

Nicki Minaj

The Pink Print

Third album of rap and pop from the Trinidad-born MC from Queens, New York

Added: 16/12/2014
6.6

Miles Kane

Colour Of The Trap

Debut solo album of retro pop from former Rascals frontman and member of Last Shadow Puppets along with Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner

Added: 02/05/2011
6.6

Magnetic Man

Magnetic Man

Debut album from dubstep producers and DJs Skream, Benga and Artwork

Added: 04/10/2010
6.6

Hospitality

Trouble

The Brooklyn indie pop trio's second record sees them take a darker, rougher approach

Added: 27/01/2014

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