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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

The Dirtbombs

Party Store

Fifth album for Detroit garage rock band formed by The Gories front man Mick Collins

Added: 28/01/2011
6.6

The Crookes

Hold Fast

Second album of jangly indie pop from the Sheffield quartet

Added: 13/07/2012
6.6

The Berg Sans Nipple

Build With Erosion

Third album from this duo of drummers, hailing from Paris and Nebraska. This release sees them expand their post-rock palette

Added: 09/05/2011
6.6

Talib Kweli

Gutter Rainbows

Fifth official solo album from the stalwart of indie hip hop

Added: 28/01/2011
6.6

Sun Airway

Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier

Debut album from Philadelphia-based synth pop duo Jon Barthmus and Patrick Marsceill

Added: 12/01/2011
6.6

Starfucker

Reptilians

Second album from the Portland indie electronica group, formerly the solo project of Joshua Hodges

Added: 10/03/2011
6.6

Spector

Now Or Whenever

Fourth album and first in six years from London indie rock quartet

Added: 10/01/2022
6.6

Sondre Lerche

Please

Album number seven of indie pop from Norwegian-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter

Added: 25/09/2014
6.6

Son Volt

American Central Dust

Seventh studio album from Jay Farrar's post-Uncle Tupelo alt country outfit

Added: 31/07/2009
6.6

Smoke Fairies

Through Low Light and Trees

Americana and blues-influenced folk on the debut album from Sussex duo Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies

Added: 09/09/2010
6.6

sir Was

Digging A Tunnel

Debut album of lo-fi indie pop from Swedish-born Joel Wästberg

Added: 10/03/2017
6.6

Shirley Bassey

The Performance

The ultimate diva, back with her first full studio album in more than 20 years

Added: 06/11/2009
6.6

Shimmering Stars

Violent Hearts

Debut album of 60s-influenced, wall-of-sound, lo-fi indie pop / rock from the Vancouver three-piece

Added: 06/09/2011
6.6

Sherwood & Pinch

Late Night Endless

Dubstep artists Adrian Sherwood and Rob Ellis collaborate to deliver their debut LP

Added: 21/02/2015
6.6

Selena Gomez

Revival

Second solo album from the US popstar, featuring an appearance from A$AP Rocky

Added: 17/10/2015
6.6

Sage Francis

Li(f)e

Fourth album from Rhode Island poet/rapper Paul Francis

Added: 28/05/2010
6.6

Sa Dingding

Harmony

Third album of electronica and oriental folk / pop from the Mongolian-born singer-songwriter dubbed 'the Chinese Bjork'

Added: 13/03/2010
6.6

Röyksopp

Senior

The Norwegian duo deliver the sequel to last year's Junior

Added: 09/09/2010
6.6

Rosanne Cash

The List

A collection of versions of standards based on a list given to her on her 18th birthday by her illustrious father

Added: 09/10/2009
6.6

Ras G

Back On The Planet

Album number eight from LA hip hop producer and DJ Gregory Shorter

Added: 15/08/2013
6.6

Qluster

Echtzeit

An Ambient Krautrock record from Hans-Joachim Roedelius' group, previously known as Cluster and Kluster, now a trio with Onnen Bock and Armin Metz

Added: 04/03/2016
6.6

Philip Glass

Rework: Philip Glass Remixed

A dozen artists rework pieces by the prolific minimalist composer in a project led by Beck and featuring Amon Tobin, Tyondai Braxton, Pantha du Prince, Cornelius and more

Added: 14/11/2012
6.6

Pharoahe Monch

W.A.R. (We Are Renagades)

Indie label release following major label problems from the Organized Konfusion veteran rapper

Added: 30/03/2011
6.6

Panico

Kick

The Chilean quintet with their first album of post-punk funk / dance-rock in five years

Added: 15/10/2010
6.6

nothing,nowhere

Trauma Factory

Fourth full-length album from the Massachusetts-based, Vermont-based emo-rap artist featuring appearances from Judge, Kennyhoopla and Misogi

Added: 19/02/2021
6.6

Norah Jones

Begin Again

Seventh album from the jazz/pop singer-songwriter produced by Doveman (St Vincent, Joan As Policewoman, Martha Wainwright)

Added: 12/04/2019
6.6

Nick Cave

Seven Psalms

A spoken word collaboration with Warren Ellis

Added: 06/07/2022
6.6

Mozart’s Sister

Field of Love

Second synth pop album from Montréal native Caila Thompson-Hannant

Added: 21/02/2017
6.6

Mountains

Air Museum

This sixth album from duo Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp walks the line between acoustic and electronic

Added: 18/05/2011
6.6

Monotonix

Not Yet

Third outing on Drag City for the Tel Aviv garage rock trio

Added: 03/02/2011

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