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5 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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6.4

Summer Camp

Beyond Clueless

English lo-fi indie pop duo Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey, release their third album - a soundtrack to Beyond Clueless, a documentary about teen movies

Added: 07/08/2014
6.4

Steve Reich and Kronos Quartet

WTC 9/11

Avant-garde composer and pioneer of minimalism Steve Reich's tribute to the events of 9/11

Added: 27/10/2011
6.4

Seratones

Get Gone

Debut album from the Louisiana rock n roll quartet

Added: 10/05/2016
6.4

Sea of Bees

Build A Boat To The Sun

The third album from Sacramento indie-pop singer-songwriter Julie Baenziger

Added: 12/07/2015
6.4

Rizzle Kicks

Stereo Typical

Teenage pop / hip hop from the youthful Brighton duo, graduates of the Brit School

Added: 30/10/2011
6.4

Radkey

Dark Black Makeup

Debut LP from the Missouri garage rock trio comprising brothers Isaiah, Solomon and Dee Radke, produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys)

Added: 21/08/2015
6.4

R. Kelly

Love Letter

Tenth studio album from the Chicago-born R&B singer and producer

Added: 04/01/2011
6.4

Pyyramids

Brightest Darkest Day

Debut release of post-punk and indie pop from OK Go bassist Tim Nordwind and He Say, She Say singer Drea Smith

Added: 30/04/2013
6.4

Plank!

Animalism

The Manchester experimental instrumental rock / prog / Krautrock trio with their debut long player

Added: 31/07/2012
6.4

Peter Doherty & the Puta Madres

Peter Doherty & the Puta Madres

Debut album from the Libertines and Babyshambles leader's new band recorded live in France

Added: 03/05/2019
6.4

Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms

Wooden Arms

More cabaret indie rock in the Montreal band's follow-up to 2007's acclaimed Close to Paradise

Added: 11/05/2009
6.4

Pantha Du Prince

XI Versions of Black Noise

11 remixes of five songs from Hendrick Weber's highly-acclaimed 2010 minimal electronica album

Added: 20/04/2011
6.4

Oh No Oh My

People Problems

Second studio album of indie rock from Austin, Texas quartet

Added: 04/03/2011
6.4

Munch Munch

Double Visions

Debut album from Bristol noise pop quartet

Added: 12/12/2010
6.4

Mates Of State

You're Going To Make It

A 5 track EP from the husband and wife indie synth pop duo, following May's greatest hits release

Added: 29/07/2015
6.4

Man Man

On Oni Pond

The Philadelphia-based experimental rock band with album No.5

Added: 12/09/2013
6.4

Major Lazer

Free The Universe

Second album from super-producer duo Switch and Diplo featuring appearances from Wyclef Jean, Shaggy and Vampire Weekend

Added: 11/04/2013
6.4

Madeleine Peyroux

Standing On The Rooftop

Seventh album from the publicity-shy, jazz singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 07/07/2011
6.4

Lunice

CCCLX

Debut album from the Montreal-based hip hop producer, pronounced "360"

Added: 13/09/2017
6.4

Lovvers

OCD Go Go Go Girls

Debut release from the English indie pop/rock act

Added: 10/08/2009
6.4

Levek

Look A Little Closer

Debut album from Florida’s David Levesque, dealing in psych-pop, indie folk and chamber-pop

Added: 01/10/2012
6.4

Larry Gus

Years Not Living

Greek electronic producer Panagiotis Melidis covers dance, psychedelic pop, free jazz and electronica on his 2nd album

Added: 02/09/2013
6.4

Kyte

Dead Waves

Debut album of synth-laden orchestral pop and shoegaze from the English four-piece

Added: 21/04/2010
6.4

Kula Shaker

Pilgrims Progress

Fourth studio album of psychedelic rock from London quartet fronted by Crispian Mills

Added: 02/07/2010
6.4

Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds

Gorilla Rose

Latest slice of garage punk from the band led by ex-Cramps, Gun Club and Bad Seeds man Kid Congo Powers

Added: 02/06/2011
6.4

Kate Boy

One

First album from the Stockholm-based Australian/Swedish electro-poppers Kate Akhurst, Markus Dextegen and Hampus Nordgren Hemlin

Added: 15/11/2015
6.4

Karen O

Crush Songs

A collection of lo-fi bedroom recordings made in 2006-2007 from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman

Added: 04/09/2014
6.4

Johnny Marr

Playland

Second solo album from the former Smiths, Modest Mouse and Cribs guitar legend

Added: 03/10/2014
6.4

Isobel Campbell

Bow To Love

Sixth solo album from the former Belle & Sebastian member and Mark Lanegan collaborator

Added: 31/05/2024
6.4

Imogen Heap

Ellipse

Web savvy London songwriter's third album, blending electronica and indie pop

Added: 24/08/2009

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Mount Eerie Night Palace

Elverum took his time with this album. Night Palace is startling, brave, and utterly brilliant Spill Magazine

The Cure Songs Of A Lost World

There is a finality to Smith’s thematic choice of words, but it is in the delivery that the urgency and desperation can really be felt as he wrestles with regret, grief, ageing, and humanity’s futile nature Northern Transmissions

The Cure Songs Of A Lost World

The West Sussex legends' first album of new material since 4:13 Dream maps out the hours, minutes, seconds of our 16 years apart, playing back the sound of surviving the death of a planet, hoping that Robert Smith’s voice is there with us as the ground goes cold Paste Magazine

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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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Leon BridgesLeon
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"Somehow bolder, stranger and more accessible than his work with Black Midi" (10/10 - Loud And Quiet). "Absolutely bonkers and utterly brilliant" (9/10 - DIY). "Wildly accomplished and utterly absurd" (8/10 - Far Out)

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"A brave undertaking; perhaps a new beginning; certainly a triumph" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Grief has never sounded so captivating" (9/10 - Clash)

Katy J PearsonSomeday, Now
"A departure but a truly successful one, full of sublime vocals and creative confidence" (10/10 - DIY). "Wistful synth-pop that showcases her ever evolving creativity" (8/10 - musicOMH)

BlossomsGary
"A collection of arrestingly catchy, carefree pop songs that are sure to steal the hearts of fans and newcomers alike" (9/10 - God Is In The TV). "‘Gary’ is the most fun you’ll have with any band in 2024" (8/10 - Dork)

All-time top 10

Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.