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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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Albums to watch

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

Tropics

Rapture

A sophmore LP with more emphasis on vocals from London-based chillwave musician Chris Ward

Added: 17/02/2015
6.3

Tricky

ununiform

Thirteenth studio album from the English trip hop artist includes Kazakhstan rapper Scriptonite, Martina Topley-Bird and is co-engineered by Jay-Z

Added: 25/09/2017
6.3

The Phoenix Foundation

Fandango

Fifth album of dreamy indie rock from the Wellington, New Zealand band

Added: 25/04/2013
6.3

The Dears

Times Infinity Volume Two

Second album this year from the Montreal indie rock group led by husband and wife duo Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak

Added: 18/07/2017
6.3

Teen Daze

Morning World

First full band studio album from the chillwave project of the British Columbian known simply as Jamison

Added: 12/08/2015
6.3

Stars

No One Is Lost

Seventh album from the Montreal indie rock / dream pop band

Added: 17/10/2014
6.3

Skrillex, Diplo

Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü

A surprise release from the two producers, featuring guest spots from the likes of Justin Bieber and Kiesza

Added: 05/03/2015
6.3

Shonen Knife

Free Time

Seventeenth album from Japanese pop / punk trio formed in 1981 and fronted by original member Naoko Yamano

Added: 11/07/2011
6.3

Shakira

Shakira.

Tenth album from Columbian-born pop star, her first English language album since 2009's She Wolf

Added: 26/03/2014
6.3

Seasick Steve

Sonic Soul Surfer

Seventh album from the 74 year old blues man, produced and written by himself and recorded in the front room of his farm

Added: 25/03/2015
6.3

Ricked Wicky

I Sell the Circus

Latest lo-fi project from Guided by Voices main man Robert Pollard

Added: 03/02/2015
6.3

Public Image Ltd

End Of World

Eleventh studio album from the John Lydon fronted experimental rock outfit and first for eight years

Added: 10/08/2023
6.3

Popcaan

Forever

Second album from the Jamaican dancehall artist Andrae Hugh Sutherland

Added: 22/07/2018
6.3

Plantman

Whispering Trees

Melancholic indie rock from the band led by Matt Randall, formerly of Beatglider

Added: 28/01/2013
6.3

Olafur Arnalds

Another Happy Day

Third film score from the multi-intrumentalist experimental Icelandic musician and producer

Added: 27/02/2012
6.3

Nightmares On Wax

Shape The Future

Latest studio album of trip hop / electronica from the Leeds-based DJ George Evelyn

Added: 26/01/2018
6.3

Melvins

Pinkus Abortion Technician

Latest self-produced album from the prolific Montesano, Washington sludge band includes Butthole Surfers bassist Jeff Pinkus

Added: 24/04/2018
6.3

Lou Rhodes

theyesandeye

Fourth album of acoustic folk from the Manchester singer songwriter and former member of Lamb

Added: 24/07/2016
6.3

Little Mix

Get Weird

Third album from the X-Factor-winning girl group

Added: 06/11/2015
6.3

Let's Wrestle

Let's Wrestle

Third album from the London-based indie rock three piece with contributions from Darren Hayman and Yuck's Max Bloom

Added: 06/02/2014
6.3

Kyla La Grange

Ashes

Melodramatic alt-pop on the 24-year-old Watford singer's debut album, drawing comparisons to Florence Welch

Added: 27/07/2012
6.3

Kasabian

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Album number three from the stadium indie rockers, with US electronica producer Dan The Automator helping out

Added: 05/06/2009
6.3

Josh T. Pearson

The Straight Hits!

Second solo album from the Texas singer-songwriter and former member of Lift To Experience

Added: 16/04/2018
6.3

Izzy Bizu

A Moment of Madness

Debut album from the London-based Soul/R&B singer-songwriter

Added: 02/09/2016
6.3

Howlin' Rain

The Russian Wilds

Fifth album in seven years from this psyechedelic blues rock group from San Francisco

Added: 24/02/2012
6.3

Gemma Ray

Island Fire

Fourth album of 60s-influenced pop noir from the Essex-born, Berlin-based singer-songwriter

Added: 16/04/2012
6.3

Fujiya & Miyagi

Artificial Sweeteners

Fifth album from the heavily Krautrock-influenced electronic four piece from Brighton

Added: 02/05/2014
6.3

Foxygen

Seeing Other People

Sixth album from California indie duo Jonathan Rado and Sam France

Added: 26/04/2019
6.3

Formation

Look At The Powerful People

Debut album from the South-London dance / house band led by twins Will and Matt Ritson and produced by Leon Vynehall

Added: 26/03/2017
6.3

Faust

j US t

Pronounced 'Just Us', the Krautrockers' latest LP comes with an invitation to listeners to build their own music from it

Added: 01/12/2014

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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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"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.