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1 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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5.9

Kate Rusby

20

10th studio album from the Yorkshire folk singer, noteable for being one of the few folk singers to have been nominated for the Mercury Prize

Added: 04/12/2012
5.9

Joker

The Vision

The one-time "king of bass music" releases his first full-length album of dubstep and grime

Added: 31/10/2011
5.9

James Yuill

These Spirits

The onetime folktronica specialist with an album of electronic indie pop, released on his own label

Added: 28/03/2013
5.9

Great Lake Swimmers

A Forest Of Arms

Sixth album from the Canadian folk-rock band led by singer-songwriter Tony Dekker

Added: 24/04/2015
5.9

Goodluck Jonathan

This Is Our Way Out

Debut album from the Brighton-based post-hardcore band five-piece

Added: 22/07/2011
5.9

Gang Colours

Invisible in Your City

Second batch of laid-back electronica from Southampton's Will Ozanne

Added: 08/10/2013
5.9

Fryars

Dark Young Hearts

19 year old Ben Garett, with a debut release of 80s-accented electro-pop / rock

Added: 05/10/2009
5.9

Fountains of Wayne

Sky Full Of Holes

Fifth album from the New York power pop quartet formed in 1996

Added: 29/07/2011
5.9

Flogging Molly

Speed of Darkness

Fifth studio album from these LA celtic punks, the first on their own label, Borstal Beat

Added: 14/06/2011
5.9

Editors

In This Light And On This Evening

Third release of brooding indie rock from the big-selling Birmingham four-piece

Added: 09/10/2009
5.9

Diplo

Diplo

Second studio album from the American producer includes guest appearances from Miguel, Paul Woolford, Damian Lazarus, and TSHA

Added: 10/03/2022
5.9

Delorean

Muzik

Fifth album from the Barcelona-based Balearic house quartet

Added: 29/06/2016
5.9

Deer Tick

The Black Dirt Sessions

Third album from Providence, Rhode Island indie folk quartet

Added: 23/06/2010
5.9

Danton Eeprom

Yes Is More

Debut album of dancefloor friendly electro, glitch and offbeat house from the maverick French producer and remixer

Added: 17/03/2010
5.9

Cortney Tidwell

Boys

Second album from the Nashville-based alt country singer/songwriter

Added: 14/07/2009
5.9

Cold Crows Dead

I Fear A New World

Xcerts frontman Murray McLeod and fellow Brighton-based singer-songwriter and producer Paul Steel combine for a debut album merging retro psychedelia and grunge

Added: 06/12/2013
5.9

Coheed and Cambria

The Color Before The Sun

New York's prog-rock quartet release their eighth studio album

Added: 01/11/2015
5.9

Carrie Underwood

Storyteller

Fifth studio album from the Oklahoma-born country singer-songwriter and winner of the 2005 American Idol

Added: 04/11/2015
5.9

Birdy

Birdy

Debut album from the 15 year old English folk singer

Added: 15/06/2012
5.9

AraabMuzik

The Remixes, Vol. 1

Album of EDM remixes from the Rhode Island based Hip Hop producer

Added: 29/07/2013
5.9

Zulu Winter

Language

Debut album of melodic, emotional indie rock and synth pop from the London quintet

Added: 01/06/2012
5.9

Yungblud

Weird!

Second album from the Doncaster-born alternative pop artist with contributions from Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker and Dan Reynolds

Added: 04/12/2020
5.9

Wolfmother

Victorious

Fourth studio album from the Australian hard rock band led by Andrew Stockdale and produced by Brendan O'Brien (AC/DC, The Killers, The Gaslight Anthem)

Added: 20/02/2016
5.9

Weezer

Hurley

Eighth studio album from L.A.'s kings of pop-punk.

Added: 13/09/2010
5.9

The Drums

Encyclopedia

Third LP from the Brooklyn indie pop group, now a duo

Added: 22/09/2014
5.9

Greta Van Fleet

The Battle at Garden's Gate

Second studio album by Michigan rock quartet produced by Greg Kurstin (Adele, Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney, CHVRCHES)

Added: 15/04/2021
5.9

Ben Folds Five

The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind

Folds returns to his deceptively named trio for another collection of alternative piano rock songs

Added: 17/09/2012
5.9

Vetiver

Complete Strangers

Sixth album of indie folk from Andy Cabic's San Francisco five-piece

Added: 24/03/2015
5.9

Sting

57th & 9th

The Police frontman goes for straight up rock 'n' roll vibe for his ninth solo record

Added: 11/11/2016
5.9

Refused

Freedom

Fourth studio album from the Swedish hardcore punk band and first to be released since breaking up in 1998

Added: 24/06/2015

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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.