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1 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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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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Amyl And The SniffersCartoon Darkness

"It's a truly glorious rock’n’roll album that is forceful without being simplistic and lairy while maintaining a good sense of humour" - 10/10 - The Arts Desk).

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Soccer MommyEvergreen

"As nuanced as it is captivating" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Even though it stems from the worst of times, it might well be her best album yet" (8/10 - Dork). "It makes you feel less alone" (8/10 - DIY)

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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)

BeabadoobeeThis Is How Tomorrow Moves

"It fizzes with energy gleaned from Nirvana and Beck, The Breeders and Blondie" (8/10 - The Arts Desk). "Marks the maturing of a fine talent" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

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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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7.9

Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine

A Beginner's Mind

First collaboration between the Detroit-born indie folk singer-songwriter and the Californian musician

Added: 23/09/2021
7.9

Sufjan Stevens

The Ascension

Eighth full-length album and first in five years from the Detroit-born indie folk singer-songwriter

Added: 22/09/2020
7.9

Special Interest

Endure

Third full-length album from the New Orleans electronic punk band featuring a guest appearance from Mykki Blanco

Added: 04/11/2022
7.9

Sofia Kourtesis

Madres

Debut full-length realease from the Berlin based Peruvian DJ and producer

Added: 29/10/2023
7.9

Shellac

To All Trains

Sixth studio album from the Chicago post-hardcore trio is the final album with Steve Albini, who passed away in May 2024

Added: 20/05/2024
7.9

Robert Forster

Inferno

Seventh solo album from the Brisbane-born indie rock singer-songrwiter and former Go-Betweens frontman

Added: 01/03/2019
7.9

Perfume Genius

Learning

Debut album of minimal arrangements from Seattle-based solo artist Mike Hadreas

Added: 21/06/2010
7.9

Pallbearer

Heartless

Third full-length album from the Little Rock, Arkansas doom metal band

Added: 24/03/2017
7.9

Oblivians

Desperation

The Memphis garage punk trio with their first album in 16 years

Added: 13/06/2013
7.9

Metz

Metz

Debut album from Canadian post-hardcore trio produced by Holy Fuck's Graham Walsh

Added: 08/10/2012
7.9

Mary Lattimore

Silver Ladders

Third full-length album from the Los Angeles-based harpist working with producer Slowdive's Neil Halstead

Added: 12/10/2020
7.9

Marilyn Manson

We Are Chaos

Eleventh album from the American industrial act produced by Shooter Jennings

Added: 10/09/2020
7.9

Magdalena Bay

Imaginal Disk

Second full-length release from Los Angeles synth pop duo Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin was self-produced

Added: 22/08/2024
7.9

Mac DeMarco

Salad Days

Second full-length studio album from the Canadian multi-instrumentalist and multi-media artist

Added: 27/03/2014
7.9

Loraine James

Gentle Confrontation

Fifth album from the London-based electronic producer featuring guest appearances from Contour, Marina Herlop, keiyaA, Corey Mastrangelo, George Riley, RiTchie and Eden Samara

Added: 21/09/2023
7.9

Linda Thompson

Proxy Music

Fifth solo album from the London-born folk singer-songwriter performed by a number of artists including daughter Kami her son Teddy, and her ex-husband Richard Thompson due to Linda's spasmodic dysphonia which prevents her from being able to sing

Added: 26/06/2024
7.9

Juana Molina

Halo

Seventh album of electronic folk-pop from the Argentinian singer-songwriter and actress

Added: 10/05/2017
7.9

Iceage

Seek Shelter

Fifth album from the Danish post-punk quartet led by Elias Bender Rønnenfelt

Added: 05/05/2021
7.9

Holly Herndon

Platform

Second album of voice-based experimental electronica / techno from the Tennessee-born, California-based producer and composer

Added: 12/05/2015
7.9

Girl Band

The Talkies

Follow up to the Irish rock band's ground breaking 2015 debut, recorded at Ballintubbert House in Ireland with the aim of making an audio representation of the house through exploring the phenomenon of sound

Added: 23/09/2019
7.9

Everything Everything

Get To Heaven

Third studio album from the Manchester-based indie pop and art rock band produced by Stuart Price (Scissor Sisters, Kylie Minogue, Hard-Fi)

Added: 12/06/2015
7.9

Bop English

Constant Bop

First solo album from James Petralli of indie rockers White Denim who also appear along with a host of other guest musicians

Added: 16/04/2015
7.9

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Cool It Down

Fifth studio album from New York's dance-rock three-piece and first in nine years produced by Dave Sitek (Liars, Foals, Little Dragon)

Added: 27/09/2022
7.9

Tyler, The Creator

Igor

Fifth album from the Los Angeles-based Odd Future rapper featuring guest appearances from Kanye West, Playboi Carti, Pharrell Williams, Lil Uzi Vert, Charlie Wilson, Jessy Wilson, Solange, Santigold and ASAP Rocky

Added: 20/05/2019
7.9

The Tallest Man On Earth

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

Second ep from Swedish singer-sonwriter Kristian Mattson

Added: 09/11/2010
7.9

The Roots

undun

Tenth studio recording from the Philadelphia hip hop innovators is a concept album about the life of fictional Redford Stephens

Added: 02/12/2011
7.9

The Lemon Twigs

Everything Harmony

Fourth studio album of psychedelic pop from the Long Island, New York brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario

Added: 05/05/2023
7.9

The Antlers

Burst Apart

Fourth album and follow-up to the acclaimed Hospice from the Brooklyn-based ambient indie rock band led by Peter Silberman

Added: 10/05/2011
7.9

Sudan Archives

Natural Brown Prom Queen

Second full length album from the Cincinati-born violinist and singer Brittney Parks

Added: 08/09/2022
7.9

Slowdive

everything is alive

Fifth album and first for seven years from the dream pop / shoegaze band who reformed in 2014

Added: 29/08/2023

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