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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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6.2

Beverley Knight

Soul UK

Seventh album from the Wolverhampton-born soul / R&B singer is a collection of British soul covers

Added: 04/07/2011
6.2

Babymetal

Metal Resistance

Second album from the Japanese metal idol group

Added: 07/04/2016
6.2

Yoko Ono

Warzone

Sixteenth solo album from the singer-songwriter featuring new arrangements of songs from her back catalogue

Added: 18/10/2018
6.2

Those Dancing Days

Daydreams & Nightmares

Second album from Stockholm-based indie pop five-piece

Added: 03/03/2011
6.2

The Japanese Popstars

Controlling Your Allegiance

Second LP of house from the Northern Ireland duo

Added: 14/06/2011
6.2

Sondre Lerche

Sondre Lerche

6th album of indie pop from Norwegian singer/songwriter

Added: 29/06/2011
6.2

Sea of Bees

Songs for the Ravens

Debut full-length effort of dark and strange pop from the California singer-songwriter

Added: 03/02/2011
6.2

Plants And Animals

La La Land

Second album of guitar rock with touches of retro folk and psychedelia from the Montreal trio

Added: 09/05/2010
6.2

Marilyn Manson

Heaven Upside Down

Tenth album from the American industrial act, inspired by the death of lead singer Marilyn Manson/Brian Warner's father

Added: 05/10/2017
6.2

Jessie Ware

Glasshouse

Album no.3 from the English R&B pop star, with producers including ST!NT, Benny Blanco, Kid Harpoon and Bastian Langebaek

Added: 20/10/2017
6.2

Gift Of Gab

Escape 2 Mars

Californian MC and member of Blackalicious Timothy Parker with his second solo album

Added: 06/01/2010
6.2

G.O.O.D. Music

Cruel Summer

Kanye West's compilation "crew" album featuring artists signed to his G.O.O.D. Music collective, plus assorted other hip hop luminaries

Added: 18/09/2012
6.2

Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros

Here

Second album of indie folk and laid-back country from the LA band led by Alexander Ebert

Added: 28/05/2012
6.2

Damon & Naomi

False Beats & True Hearts

Album number eight from the Boston dream pop duo

Added: 11/05/2011
6.2

Zayn

Icarus Falls

Second solo album from former One Direction singer Zayn Malik

Added: 20/12/2018
6.2

Yellow Ostrich

Strange Land

Alex Schaaf has added two members to his lo-fi indie project, following up his 2011 debut

Added: 21/03/2012
6.2

They Might Be Giants

Nanobots

Album number sixteen from the Brooklyn alt.rock veterans formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell

Added: 17/03/2013
6.2

The Amazons

The Amazons

Debut full-length album from the Reading-based indie rock quartet

Added: 28/05/2017
6.2

Surfer Blood

Pythons

Second album from the Floridian lo-fi indie rockers, following 2011's successful Tarot Classics EP

Added: 11/06/2013
6.2

San Fermin

Belong

Third album of post-rock / chamber-pop from the Brooklyn composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone now expanded to a seven-piece band

Added: 11/04/2017
6.2

Riff Raff

Neon Icon

Second album from the Houston rapper, with guest spots from Mac Miller, Childish Gambino, Paul Wall, Amber Coffman, Mike Posner, and Slim Thug

Added: 01/07/2014
6.2

Prince Rama

Trust Now

The fifth album from these psychedelic Brooklynites, who were raised in a Hare Krishna commune in Florida

Added: 21/10/2011
6.2

Mike and The Melvins

Three Men and A Baby

An album of sludge metal recorded way back in 1999 by Tim Green and finished last year by Toshi Kasai, featuring The Melvins fronted by godheadSilo's Mike Kunka

Added: 06/04/2016
6.2

Maxïmo Park

Too Much Information

The Newcastle indie quintet release their fifth album, its title a nod to their tendency towards overtly emotional lyrics

Added: 31/01/2014
6.2

Manchester Orchestra

Simple Math

Third album from the Atlanta alt.rock band

Added: 06/05/2011
6.2

Mac DeMarco

Five Easy Hot Dogs

Fifth full-length release from the Canadian multi-instrumentalist recorded during a road trip from Los Angeles to Utah

Added: 20/01/2023
6.2

Lenny Kravitz

Black And White America

Album number nine from the rock / soul / funk multi-insrumentalist includes a contribution from Jay-Z

Added: 23/08/2011
6.2

Lake Street Dive

Free Yourself Up

Sixth album from the Boston group fronted by Rachael Price

Added: 06/05/2018
6.2

Justice

Woman Worldwide

An album of reworkings of tracks from across Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay's 10 year career, inspired by their live sets

Added: 30/08/2018
6.2

Hanni El Khatib

Will The Guns Come Out

Debut album of stripped back garage rock from the San Francisco-based son of Palestinian and Filipino immigrants

Added: 29/09/2011

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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

On Night Palace, Phil Elverum continues to muddy the idea of a musical identity, sounding closer to work he's released as The Microphones The Skinny

Mount Eerie Night Palace

Phil Elverum seems to have made peace with impermanence on his latest, a sprawling 26-track double album Paste Magazine

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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.