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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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6.3

Givers

In Light

Debut album of avant pop / afropop from the Louisiana band

Added: 07/10/2011
6.3

Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler

This Is Christmas

A predominantly self-penned album of Christmas songs from the Ash front man and his partner Emma Lee Moss

Added: 29/11/2011
6.3

Ellie Goulding

Halcyon

Second collection of folk/pop and electro-pop songs from the British singer-songwriter, produced by Jim Eliot

Added: 05/10/2012
6.3

Deadmau5

4 X 4 = 12

Third album from the Canadian electro / house producer Joel Zimmermann

Added: 03/12/2010
6.3

Conor Maynard

Contrast

Electronic R&B and urban pop on the first album from the 19-year-old Brighton singer unwillingly known as the British Justin Bieber

Added: 29/07/2012
6.3

Chaka Khan

Hello Happiness

Twelfth studio album from the funk and soul legend, her first since 2007

Added: 15/02/2019
6.3

Born Ruffians

Say It

Second album of indie rock from Canadian three-piece

Added: 25/05/2010
6.3

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Fourth album from the indie pop Glasgow trio and first since they broke up in 2003

Added: 05/05/2014
6.3

Alicia Keys

Keys

Eighth album from the Grammy-winning urban soul singer features produced by Mike Will Made It (Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Future)

Added: 10/12/2021
6.3

Albert Hammond Jr

Momentary Masters

Third solo album from the Strokes guitarist

Added: 24/07/2015
6.3

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Wallop

Eighth studio album from the New York dance-punk outfit

Added: 01/09/2019
6.3

The Rebel Yell

Love & War

Second album from the Australian R&B singer/songwriter and Mark Ronson collaborator

Added: 01/06/2009
6.3

Prinzhorn Dance School

Clay Class

Album No2, after a 5-year gap, from English minimal post-punk / alt.rock duo Tobin Prinz and Suzi Horn

Added: 25/01/2012
6.3

Memoryhouse

The Slideshow Effect

The debut full-length release from the Canadian chillwave duo, following a string of well-received EPs

Added: 22/02/2012
6.3

Javelin

No Más

Tropical, electro and hip hop on the debut album from the Rhode Island duo

Added: 13/05/2010
6.3

Jarvis Cocker

Further Complications

Second solo offering from the former Pulp leader

Added: 15/05/2009
6.3

Interpol

Interpol

New York's prime purveyors of gloom return to their old label for their fourth outing.

Added: 02/09/2010
6.3

Half-handed Cloud

As Stowaways in Cabinets of Surf We Liveout in Our Members a Kind of Rebirth

Fifth studio album of indie folk from John Ringhofer, sometime trombonist with Sufjan Stevens

Added: 06/12/2010
6.3

Guillemots

Walk The River

Third album from the Birmingham BRIT Award-nominated indie rock quartet fronted by Fyfe Dangerfield

Added: 14/04/2011
6.3

FM Belfast

How To Make Friends

Debut album of dancefloor-friendly offbeat electro-pop from the Icelandic three piece

Added: 05/02/2010
6.3

Dent May

Do Things

The Mississippi purveyor of quirky pop abandons his ukelele in favour of a synth-driven disco feel on his 2nd album

Added: 12/06/2012
6.3

Daniel Merriweather

Love & War

Second album from the Australian R&B singer/songwriter and Mark Ronson collaborator

Added: 01/06/2009
6.3

Dan Mangan

Nice, Nice, Very Nice

Second LP from the indie folk singer-songwriter, based in Vancouver

Added: 22/11/2010
6.3

Big Boi

Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

The OutKast rapper's second solo release, with a guest list including Killer Mike, Ludacris, Wavves, A$AP Rocky and Little Dragon

Added: 11/12/2012
6.3

Art Brut

Brilliant! Tragic!

Fourth album from the South London-based indie rock five-piece produced by Frank Black

Added: 18/05/2011
6.3

Alice in Chains

Black Gives Way to Blue

First release in 14 years from the US grunge act, following the death of singer Layne Staley

Added: 01/10/2009
6.3

Zayn

Room Under The Stairs

Fourth solo album from former One Direction singer Zayn Malik working with various producers including Dave Cobb, Gian Stone and James Ghaleb

Added: 19/05/2024
6.3

Yusuf

Tell 'Em I'm Gone

Album number fourteen from the singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens is co-produced by Rick Rubin

Added: 27/10/2014
6.3

Yung Lean

Stranger

Third studio album from Swedish rapper Jonatan Leandoer Håstad

Added: 10/11/2017
6.3

Young Dreams

Between Places

Multi-man, Bergen based ensemble release debut album of psychedelic indie rock

Added: 05/03/2013

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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).

Soccer MommyEvergreen
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"It invites us to bask in rich soundscapes that can often overwhelm—but in the best way possible" (9/10 - Far Out). "Goat continue to make some magical and mysterious music" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Leon BridgesLeon
"The musician’s emotional fourth album borrows liberally from the past but the themes are modern and the sound utterly timeless" (10/10 - The Observer). "A beautifully constructed contradiction" (9/10 - Far Out)

Geordie GreepThe New Sound
"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)

Pale WavesSmitten
"There’s a newfound directness and pop joy on the Manchester band’s fourth record" (8/10 - NME). "May be the band’s most complete package to date" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Alan SparhawkWhite Roses, My God
"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.