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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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6.2

Tom Odell

Wrong Crowd

Second album from the piano-playing emotional pop singer-songwriter produced by Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Adele)

Added: 11/06/2016
6.2

The Strokes

Comedown Machine

Julian Casablancas & co look to 80s new wave and synth pop for inspiration on album No.5

Added: 19/03/2013
6.2

The Lovely Eggs

Wildlife

Album number three from the Lancaster indie rock duo

Added: 29/11/2012
6.2

Tensnake

Glow

Debut album from German producer and DJ Marco Niemerski which includes contributions from Nile Rodgers

Added: 11/03/2014
6.2

Sum 41

Order In Decline

Album number seven from the Canadian punk-pop quartet produced by frontman Deryck Whibley

Added: 22/07/2019
6.2

Speck Mountain

Badwater

Third release from the ambient soul band from Chicago

Added: 22/01/2013
6.2

Pontiak

Echo Ono

The latest album of sludge rock from the incredibly prolific Virginia group

Added: 12/03/2012
6.2

Plan B

Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose

Fourth album from the Brit Award-winning soul singer Ben Drew

Added: 04/05/2018
6.2

Phish

Big Boat

13th studio album from the Vermont rock band recorded in Nashville, New York and the band's home studio and produced with Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed,Alice Cooper, Kiss, Pink Floyd)

Added: 07/10/2016
6.2

Peter Doherty

Hamburg Demonstrations

Second solo album from the Libertines and Babyshambles leader

Added: 28/11/2016
6.2

Pete Yorn

Arranging Time

Sixth album from the American alt.rock singer-songwriter working again with his first producer by R. Walt Vincent

Added: 14/03/2016
6.2

Of Monsters And Men

Fever Dream

Third album from the Icelandic indie folk band produced by Rich Costey (Sigur Rós, The Killers, Snow Patrol)

Added: 25/07/2019
6.2

Minor Victories

Minor Victories - Orchestral Variations

Instrumental re-workings of last year's record from the Mogwai/Slowdive/Editors supergroup

Added: 26/01/2017
6.2

Methyl Ethel

Oh Inhuman Spectacle

Debut album of soulful pop from the trio from Perth, Australia led by Jake Webb

Added: 23/05/2016
6.2

Merz

No Compass Will Find Home

Fourth album of folk / electronica from Dorset-born Conrad Lambert produced by Matthew Herbert

Added: 07/01/2013
6.2

Matt Berry

Music for Insomniacs

An album of instrumental new age synth music from the comedian and musician perhaps best known for his roles on the IT Crowd and The Mighty Boosh

Added: 18/05/2014
6.2

Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek

Latest solo release from the Sun Kil Moon man was recorded in various hotel rooms in his home city of San Francisco

Added: 12/05/2018
6.2

Machinedrum

Room(s)

North Carolina resident Travis Stewart releases his latest collection of IDM, hip-hop and dubstep flavoured beats

Added: 25/07/2011
6.2

Little Boots

Working Girl

Third album from the UK electro pop artist Victoria Hesketh produced by Ariel Rechtshaid and Com Truise

Added: 08/07/2015
6.2

Lil Bub

Science & Magic: A Soundtrack to the Universe

Debut (or 59th?) album of instrumental chip-tune electronica from the internet-famous feline, channelled through her creative vessels, Mike Bridavsky and Matt Tobey

Added: 04/12/2015
6.2

Levellers

Static On The Airwaves

10th studio release from the long-serving English folk punk band

Added: 03/07/2012
6.2

KT Tunstall

KIN

Album number 6 from the Scots singer-songwriter, recorded in LA with Tony Hoffer (Beck, Belle & Sebastian, M83)

Added: 09/09/2016
6.2

Keane

Cause & Effect

Fifth full-length studio release for English pop-rock quartet Keane and their first in seven years, produced by David Kosten and the band themselves

Added: 20/09/2019
6.2

Johnny Marr

The Messenger

First solo album proper from the guitar legend following assorted collaborations and contributions, 26 years after the demise of The Smiths

Added: 19/02/2013
6.2

Jeff Beck

Loud Hailer

Eleventh studio album from the veteran rock and blues guitarist

Added: 15/07/2016
6.2

James Blake

Enough Thunder

EP follow-up to his acclaimed debut album from the London post-dubstep producer and singer-songwriter

Added: 10/10/2011
6.2

Girl Talk

All Day

Fourth release of furious mashups of everything from metal to hip hop by the Pennsylvanian

Added: 29/11/2010
6.2

Courtney Barnett

End Of The Day

Fifth album from the Melbourne indie rock singer-songwriter features instrumental tracks written for Danny Cohen's 2021 documentary Anonymous Club

Added: 06/09/2023
6.2

Caveman

Caveman

Second album from New York indie folk five-piece

Added: 15/04/2013
6.2

Cats And Cats And Cats

If I'd Had An Atlas

Debut album of indie pop from London five-piece

Added: 09/07/2010

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