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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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6.3

Lauren Pritchard

Wasted in Jackson

Debut album from London-based soul singer born in Jackson, Tennessee

Added: 25/10/2010
6.3

Johnny Cash

Out Among the Stars

Recordings from 1980s sessions with Billy Sherrill, shelved at the time by Columbia and recently discovered by the country legend's son

Added: 27/03/2014
6.3

Joe Goddard

Harvest Festival

First solo album from Hot Chip member with elements of house, garage and dubstep all evident

Added: 26/11/2009
6.3

Goldfrapp

Head First

The electro-pop pioneer back with a fifth album of 80s-inspired songs in tandem with musical partner Will Gregory

Added: 12/03/2010
6.3

Friendly Fires

Inflorescent

Third album and first in eight years from the dance rock trio from the St Albans

Added: 16/08/2019
6.3

Daniel Martin Moore

In The Cool Of The Day

Second solo album of folk from the singer songwriter

Added: 20/01/2011
6.3

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Stage Whisper

The actress and singer's third album of psych pop and offbeat electro pop is a combination of live performances and new studio recordings with collaborator Beck

Added: 08/12/2011
6.3

Blockhead

The Music Scene

New York hip hop producer Tony Simon with a third installment of downbeat beats and instrumental samples

Added: 18/01/2010
6.3

Ben Kweller

Changing Horses

Acoustic blues, country tunes and pedal steel guitar on the young Texan's fourth solo outing.

Added: 01/02/2009
6.3

Bell X1

Bloodless Coup

Fifth album from the Irish indie rock trio

Added: 08/04/2011
6.3

A Perfect Circle

Eat The Elephant

Fourth studio album from the Los Angeles alternative metal outfit, led by Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan, and first in 14 years

Added: 20/04/2018
6.3

Twin Atlantic

Great Divide

Third album from the Glaswegian alt.rock quartet produced by Jacknife Lee (Snow Patrol, One Direction) and Gil Norton (Pixies, Maximo Park)

Added: 14/08/2014
6.3

The Naked and Famous

In Rolling Waves

Second album of electropop and shoegaze from the New Zealand five-piece recorded in LA

Added: 17/09/2013
6.3

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

You Break Our Hearts, We’ll Tear Yours Out

Debut album of Gothic Americana from the Manchester trio

Added: 13/01/2010
6.3

The Chemical Brothers

Hanna

First soundtrack album from electronic duo Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons

Added: 06/05/2011
6.3

Seasick Steve

Man from Another Time

Latest batch of acoustic songs from gnarled US bluesman Steve Wold

Added: 18/10/2009
6.3

Scanners

Submarine

Second album of indie and post-punk from the London quartet

Added: 21/03/2011
6.3

Santana

Santana IV

The legendary latin/blues guitarist reunites with his original bandmates to release their fourth record together, spiritual successor to 1971's III

Added: 18/04/2016
6.3

Robert Pollard

Space City Kicks

Former Guided By Voices front man with his latest solo album of indie rock

Added: 21/01/2011
6.3

Psychic Ills

One Track Mind

Album No.4 from the NY psychedelic rock band, with Neil Hagerty (Royal Trux) producing

Added: 19/02/2013
6.3

Porches

Ricky Music

Fourth album from the New York-based synth-pop singer-songwriter Aaron Maine

Added: 13/03/2020
6.3

Pink

Hurts 2B Human

Eighth studio album from the American pop singer Alecia Moore

Added: 26/04/2019
6.3

Pink

Trustfall

Ninth studio album from the American pop singer Alecia Moore featuring guest appearances from First Aid Kit, Chris Stapleton and The Lumineers

Added: 17/02/2023
6.3

Philip Selway

Familial

A collection of acoustic folk songs, written and sung by the Radiohead drummer on his first solo effort

Added: 23/08/2010
6.3

Moddi

Floriography

First release outside his native Norway for the singer-songwriter Pål Moddi Knutsen, specialising in ambient indie pop featuring accordian, piano and guitar

Added: 19/04/2011
6.3

Kings Of Leon

When You See Yourself

Album number eight from the Nashville pop rock outfit produced by Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Florence + the Machine)

Added: 04/03/2021
6.3

Hercules & Love Affair

In Amber

Album number five from Andy Bulter's disco/house project working in collaboration with Anohni (formerly lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons)

Added: 16/06/2022
6.3

George Ezra

Gold Rush Kid

Third album from the Bristol-based folk / blues singer-songwriter produced by Joel Pott and Stuart Price

Added: 09/06/2022
6.3

Foster The People

Torches

Debut album of indie pop from the LA group

Added: 22/06/2011
6.3

Elizabeth Cook

Welder

Fifth album from the Florida-born country singer

Added: 23/06/2010

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