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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

Fyfe Dangerfield

Fly Yellow Moon

Pop songs and folk ballads on the first solo album from the Guillemots main man

Added: 15/01/2010
6.4

Eddie Vedder

Ukulele Songs

Throaty Pearl Jam frontman Vedder releases a collection of covers, originals and Pearl Jam songs in a folk style

Added: 25/05/2011
6.4

Zayn

Mind of Mine

Debut solo album from former One Direction singer Zayn Malik

Added: 25/03/2016
6.4

Wolf Gang

Suego Faults

Debut album of symphonic pop / rock written and recorded by London-based solo artist Max McElligott and produced by Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips, MGMT)

Added: 20/07/2011
6.4

Weezer

Everything Will Be Alright In The End

Ninth studio album from LA-based alt.rock four piece produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars

Added: 30/09/2014
6.4

Vivian Girls

Everything Goes Wrong

Second album from the Brooklyn lo-fi garage / punk all-girl trio

Added: 28/09/2009
6.4

Two Door Cinema Club

GameShow

Third studio album from the Irish indie pop outfit, produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer, One Direction and Taylor Swift)

Added: 13/10/2016
6.4

Trailer Trash Tracys

Althaea

Second album of melancholic indie pop from the London band led by Susanne Aztoria and James Lee

Added: 11/08/2017
6.4

The Stranglers

Giants

Album number seventeen and first for six years for the veteran new wave band (minus original guitarist Hugh Cornwell) who formed in 1974

Added: 05/03/2012
6.4

The Stepkids

The Stepkids

Debut album of acid-fried psychedelic funk from this Connecticut group

Added: 27/09/2011
6.4

The Fall

Ersatz G.B.

The influential Salford group continue their astonishingly prolific album release schedule, releasing their 29th album of uncategorisable rock music

Added: 10/11/2011
6.4

The Decemberists

Long Live the King

An EP of outtakes from the King Is Dead sessions by this Portland indie folk group

Added: 01/11/2011
6.4

Teen Daze

All Of Us, Together

Official long-playing debut from Canadian chillwave producer Jamison

Added: 28/05/2012
6.4

Surf City

Kudos

Debut album of indie pop from New Zealand four-piece

Added: 05/11/2010
6.4

Simple Minds

Walk Between Worlds

Eighteenth studio album from the Scottish new wave group formed in 1977

Added: 01/02/2018
6.4

RY X

Unfurl

Second studio album from the Australian-born singer-songwriter

Added: 13/02/2019
6.4

Pernice Brothers

Goodbye Killer

Sixth studio album from the Massachusetts indie rock band fronted by Joe Pernice

Added: 29/06/2010
6.4

Norah Jones

...Featuring

Fifth album from the American singer-songwriter of collaborations including Foo Fighters, Ryan Adams and Belle And Sebastian

Added: 16/11/2010
6.4

Mint Julep

Save Your Season

Debut album from husband and wife dream-pop duo from Portland, Oregon

Added: 22/11/2011
6.4

Lupe Fiasco

Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1

Fourth hip-hop album from Chicago rapper and record producer

Added: 27/09/2012
6.4

Local Natives

Sunlit Youth

Third album from the Silver Lake indie rock group fronted by Taylor Rice

Added: 09/09/2016
6.4

Lana Del Rey

Paradise

Eight-track mini album follow-up to her big selling debut from the NY pop singer

Added: 16/11/2012
6.4

Imperial Teen

Feel The Sound

Fifth album from the long-standing San Francisco power pop quartet

Added: 31/01/2012
6.4

Hunx

Hairdresser Blues

Grungy punk on the solo outing from garage rockers Hunx And His Punx frontman Seth Bogart

Added: 01/03/2012
6.4

Guided By Voices

Cool Planet

Second album in three months for the prolific indie rock outfit from Dayton, Ohio, this one recorded during the sub-freezing Polar Vortex of 2014

Added: 16/05/2014
6.4

Glen Hansard

Between Two Shores

Third solo album from the Irish singer-songwriter and Frames frontman

Added: 19/01/2018
6.4

dEUS

Keep You Close

Sixth album from the Antwerp indie rock quintet who have been influential on Belgian music scene since the mid 90s

Added: 26/09/2011
6.4

Death Cab For Cutie

Kintsugi

Eighth album from Ben Gibbard's indie rock group, their last with guitarist, producer and founding member Chris Walla

Added: 26/03/2015
6.4

Cut Copy

Freeze, Melt

Sixth album from the Melbourne-based synth-pop band

Added: 21/08/2020
6.4

Best Coast

The Only Place

The Californian duo are back with their second album of sunny garage pop, drawing influence from The Beach Boys to the Shangri-Las

Added: 08/05/2012

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Latest Reviews

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
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Leon BridgesLeon
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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.