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2 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

Múm

Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know

Icelandic folktronica pioneers with a sixth album of quirky indie sounds

Added: 26/08/2009
6.3

Lissie

Catching a Tiger

Debut album of folk rock from Illinois singer-sonwriter

Added: 19/06/2010
6.3

Lali Puna

Our Inventions

Fourth studio album of experimental electro-pop from German quartet

Added: 13/04/2010
6.3

Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm

Debut album from the York-based singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist

Added: 28/06/2011
6.3

Young Guns

Bones

Anthemic alt.rock on the second album from the English five-piece, whose debut earned them support slots with Bon Jovi and Lostprophets

Added: 10/02/2012
6.3

Woodpigeon

Thumbtacks And Glue

The Canadian indie folk/pop band led by Mark Andrew Hamilton with album No.6

Added: 26/02/2013
6.3

William Patrick Corgan

Cotillions

Third solo album from The Smashing Pumpkins frontman William (Billy) Corgan is a double and is self-produced

Added: 06/12/2019
6.3

Wildest Dreams

Wildest Dreams

The legendary DJ Harvey tries his hand at rock n roll

Added: 08/08/2014
6.3

Ulrich Schnauss

A Long Way to Fall

Latest collection of atmospheric techno / shoegaze from the influential Berlin producer and remixer

Added: 24/01/2013
6.3

Tori Amos

Gold Dust

Album number thirteen from the American singer-songwriter consists of reworkings of some older songs with the Amsterdam Metropole Orchestra

Added: 01/10/2012
6.3

Thee American Revolution

Buddha Electrostorm

General release for an album of garage / psych rock put together by Apples in Stereo's Robert Schneider and Craig Morris and given a limited release in 2009

Added: 21/12/2011
6.3

The Skygreen Leopards

Family Crimes

Latest album of sunshine indie pop from duo Donovan Quinn and Glenn Donaldson, recorded on tape without digital alterations

Added: 09/07/2014
6.3

The Rezillos

Zero

The first studio album from the Scottish pop punk band for 37 years following their reformation in 2001

Added: 29/03/2015
6.3

The Pierces

Creation

Fifth album by the New York based folk / indie / psychedelic duo

Added: 01/09/2014
6.3

The Districts

Great American Painting

Fifth album from the Pennsylvania indie-rock four-piece produced by Joe Chiccarelli (Morrissey, Broken Social Scene, Spoon)

Added: 14/03/2022
6.3

The D.O.T.

And That

Mike Skinner's first post-Streets outing, a collaboration with The Music frontman Robert Harvey and assorted guests, encompassing electro, rave and indie rap

Added: 31/10/2012
6.3

The Bandana Splits

The Bandana Splits

Debut album of retro doo-wop pop, from the group fronted by Dawn Landes

Added: 08/09/2011
6.3

The Avett Brothers

The Avett Brothers

Latest full-length release from North Carolina folk rock band led by brothers Seth and Scott was produced by Rick Rubin

Added: 24/05/2024
6.3

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe

Declare Nothing

Collaboration between the Toronto psyche-folk singer and Brian Jonestown Massacre founder recorded in his Berlin studio

Added: 27/08/2015
6.3

Telekinesis

Effluxion

Fifth album of indie pop from Seattle singer-songwriter Michael Lerner

Added: 27/02/2019
6.3

Teebs

E s t a r a

Second album of electronic instrumental hip hop from Mtendere Mandowa

Added: 08/04/2014
6.3

Tamaryn

The Waves

The San Franciscan duo channel vintage shoegaze on their debut longplayer.

Added: 08/11/2010
6.3

Solar Bears

Advancement

Third album from Irish electronic duo John Kowalski and Rian Trench

Added: 15/04/2016
6.3

Soft Hearted Scientists

Wandermoon

Fourth album of 60s-influenced psychedelic rock from the Cardif-based quartet

Added: 09/08/2011
6.3

Sky Larkin

The Golden Spike

Debut album of alt-pop from the northern English band

Added: 08/02/2009
6.3

Shugo Tokumaru

Port Entropy

Fifth album of psychedelic folk pop from this Japanese multi-instrumentalist

Added: 10/05/2011
6.3

Shapes And Sizes

Candle To Your Eye

The Montreal quartet's third album of art rock and post-pop

Added: 11/08/2010
6.3

Rogue Wave

Delusions Of Grand Fur

Album number six from the Californian lo-fi indie rock outfit

Added: 29/04/2016
6.3

Rickie Lee Jones

The Devil You Know

An album of classic rock covers from the veteran R&B singer-songwriter

Added: 28/09/2012
6.3

Rick Ross

Richer Than I Ever Been

Album number eleven from the Miami rapper with guests including Willie Falcon, The-Dream, Benny the Butcher, Future and 21 Savage

Added: 17/12/2021

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Mount Eerie Night Palace

It’s an album that is as broken as it is beautiful, a balance that Elverum appears to be gleefully embracing. Print edition only Uncut

Mount Eerie Night Palace

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