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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

Mixtapes & Cellmates

ROX

Second album from the Swedish outfit, now ditching electronica in favour of back to basic indie rock

Added: 20/04/2010
6.6

Mirrors

Lights And Offerings

Debut album from Brighton-based electro-pop quartet

Added: 23/02/2011
6.6

Mini Mansions

Guy Walks Into A Bar...

Third album from the LA indie-pop band featuring Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman

Added: 30/07/2019
6.6

Medicine

Home Everywhere

Sixth album for the LA dream-pop/shoegaze act, their second since reforming in 2013

Added: 30/10/2014
6.6

Mary J Blige

My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)

Ninth album of R&B and spiritual sequel to her 1994 album

Added: 21/11/2011
6.6

Marcus Foster

Nameless Path

Debut album of blues /folk from the London singer-songwriter on the label part owned by Mumford and Sons' Ben Lovett

Added: 30/09/2011
6.6

Manchester Orchestra

Mean Everything To Nothing

Indie rock band from Atlanta with their second release

Added: 27/04/2009
6.6

Magic Kids

Memphis

Debut album of indie pop from Memphis five-piece produced by Shane Stoneback (Vampire Weekend, Sleigh Bells)

Added: 20/08/2010
6.6

Lupe Fiasco

Drill Music in Zion

Eighth album from the Chicago rapper featuring collaborations with Ayesha Jaco and Nayirah

Added: 30/06/2022
6.6

Lostprophets

The Betrayed

Fourth studio album from Welsh alt.rock sextet

Added: 15/01/2010
6.6

Lil B

I'm Gay (I'm Happy)

This controversially titled album is the Californian rapper's ffth album in just two years

Added: 01/08/2011
6.6

Lightning Dust

Fantasy

Third installment of electronic indie pop from Amber Webber and Josh Wells of Canadian stoner rock band Black Mountain

Added: 03/07/2013
6.6

Le Loup

Family

Indie/folk and gentle sonic experimentation on the second album from the Washington-based band

Added: 28/10/2009
6.6

Lamb Of God

Resolution

Album number seven from the big-selling US metal outfit

Added: 24/01/2012
6.6

L.A. Witch

Play With Fire

Third album from the Los Angeles garage rock three-piece

Added: 21/08/2020
6.6

Kid Cudi

Man On The Moon II - The Legend Of Mr Rager

Second album from the Brooklyn rapper Scott Mescudi

Added: 07/11/2010
6.6

Jolie Holland & The Grand Chandeliers

Pint Of Blood

Fifth album from Texan country / folk singer and former member of The Be Good Tanyas

Added: 01/07/2011
6.6

John Mellencamp

No Better Than This

The rock roots singer-songwriter and guitarist harking back to vintage styles on his 19th album

Added: 18/08/2010
6.6

Joan Of Arc

1984

Album number twenty three from the Chicago emo / indie rock band formed in 1995 and led by its only permanent member Tim Kinsella

Added: 13/06/2018
6.6

James

The Morning After

Second mini-album from veteran Manchester indie rock band who reformed in 2007

Added: 15/09/2010
6.6

Jah Wobble & Keith Levene

Yin & Yang

The former Public Image bandmates get together again for an album of varied post-punk stylings underpinned by Wobble's trademark dub-heavy bass

Added: 29/01/2013
6.6

Jacco Gardner

Hypnophobia

Second album of psychedelic indie pop from the Dutch producer/multi-instrumentalist

Added: 05/05/2015
6.6

J. Cole

Born Sinner

Second full-length release from the North Carolina rapper and Jay-Z protegé, featuring contributions from Kendrick Lamar and Miguel

Added: 21/06/2013
6.6

How To Destroy Angels

An Omen

Second EP release from the electro-pop collective comprising Trent Reznor, his wife Mariqueen Maandig and Nine Inch Nails colleagues Atticus Ross and Rob Sheridan

Added: 19/11/2012
6.6

Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions

Through The Devil Softly

The ex Mazzy Star singer-songwriter, with a laid-back solo album recorded in Ireland

Added: 27/09/2009
6.6

HÆLOS

Any Random Kindness

Second full-length album from the East London trip-hop / electronica band and first with touring guitarist Daniel Vildósola

Added: 14/05/2019
6.6

Grumbling Fur

Furrier

Supergroup "jam" album from members of assorted British and Finnish metal, krautrock, doom and freak-folk outfits

Added: 22/08/2011
6.6

Grass Widow

Past Time

Debut album of lo-fi garage pop from the San Francisco outfit

Added: 05/10/2010
6.6

Four Tet

Fabriclive 59

5 years since his last commercially release DJ set, the famously eclectic producer sticks largely to UK Garage on this outing

Added: 23/09/2011
6.6

Foo Fighters

Saint Cecilia

Free ep from Dave Grohl's alt.rock veterans recorded live in Austin at Hotel Saint Cecilia

Added: 03/12/2015

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