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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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7.7

Camp Cope

How To Socialise & Make Friends

Second album from the Melbourne alt.rock trio

Added: 02/03/2018
7.7

Boy Azooga

1, 2, Kung Fu!

Debut album of indie garage rock from the Welsh quartet, led by singer/guitarist Davey Newington

Added: 12/06/2018
7.7

Boniface

Boniface

Debut album from the the Winnipeg-born singer-songwriter Micah Visser produced by Neil Comber (Charli XCX)

Added: 14/02/2020
7.7

Blood Red Shoes

Get Tragic

Fifth full-length release from the Brighton based indie rock duo features guest appearances from Clarence Clarity, Ed Harcourt and The Wytches

Added: 25/01/2019
7.7

Black Lips

Arabia Mountain

Sixth studio album from the Atlanta, Georgia psych rock quartet produced by Mark Ronson

Added: 02/06/2011
7.7

Ashley Monroe

Like a Rose

The country singer-songwriter with her 2nd album, after a spell with Miranda Lambert in Pistol Annies

Added: 15/03/2013
7.7

Wye Oak

The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

Sixth full-length release the Baltimore folk rock duo mixed by John Congleton

Added: 04/04/2018
7.7

Wire

Mind Hive

Sixteenth studio album from the veteran English post-punk band

Added: 23/01/2020
7.7

The Rolling Stones

Hackney Diamonds

The latest release from the rock veterans, and first album of original material since 2005, includes guest appearances from Elton John, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Bill Wyman

Added: 17/10/2023
7.7

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta

Seventh album and first in ten years from the progressive rock duo Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodruguez

Added: 16/09/2022
7.7

The Field

Cupid's Head

Fourth full-length album from Swedish-born, Berlin-based ambient techno specialist Axel Willner

Added: 01/10/2013
7.7

The Chemical Brothers

No Geography

Album number nine from the British electronic duo features Japanese rapper Nene and Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora

Added: 10/04/2019
7.7

The Big Moon

Here Is Everything

Third album from the London indie rock quartet led by Juliette Jackson and produced by Adam Barlett

Added: 13/10/2022
7.7

Steve Earle & The Dukes

Ghosts of West Virginia

Seventeenth studio album from the alt.country singer songwriter recorded in Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, NYC

Added: 22/05/2020
7.7

Spoon

Hot Thoughts

Ninth studio album from the Austin, Texas indie rock band formed in 1993 and first on Matador since their debut

Added: 14/03/2017
7.7

Spirit Of The Beehive

You'll Have To Lose Something

Fifth album from the Philadelphia-based psych rock trio

Added: 23/08/2024
7.7

Shura

forevher

Second album from Manchester-born '80s-inspired synthpop musician Alexandra Denton

Added: 14/08/2019
7.7

Shrag

Canines

Third album from the Brighton-based high-energy indie rock five-piece

Added: 02/07/2012
7.7

Sampa The Great

As Above, So Below

Second full-length album from the Zambia-born, Melbourne-based rapper Sampa Tembo was produced by Mag44

Added: 08/09/2022
7.7

Ride

Interplay

Seventh studio album by Oxford alt.rock / shoegaze quartet produced with Richie Kennedy

Added: 29/03/2024
7.7

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Viscerals

Third full-length album from the Newcastle sludge-rock band

Added: 02/04/2020
7.7

Paul Weller

On Sunset

Album number fifteen from the former Jam and Style Council frontman

Added: 26/06/2020
7.7

Paul Weller

Fat Pop (Volume 1)

Sixteenth full-length solo album from the veteran English rock artist with contributions from Andy Fairweather Low, Hannah Peel and his daughter Leah

Added: 12/05/2021
7.7

Offa Rex

The Queen Of Hearts

Collaboration between The Decemberists and English folk-rock artist Olivia Chaney

Added: 10/07/2017
7.7

Marika Hackman

Big Sigh

Fourth album from the London-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter produced by Hackman, Sam Petts-Davies and Charlie Andrew

Added: 10/01/2024
7.7

Mac DeMarco

This Old Dog

Third full-length self-produced album from the Canadian multi-instrumentalist and multi-media artist

Added: 02/05/2017
7.7

LUMP

Animal

Second full-length album for the collaboration between Laura Marling and Tunng's Mike Lindsay

Added: 27/07/2021
7.7

Laetitia Sadier

Rooting For Love

Fifth solo album and first in seven years from the French-born Stereolab frontwoman

Added: 23/02/2024
7.7

King Creosote

Astronaut Meets Appleman

Latest release from the eclectic Fife-based alt.folk singer-songwriter & guitarist Kenny Anderson

Added: 01/09/2016
7.7

Kali Malone

All Life Long

Sixth album from the Stockholm-based, American composer and organist with contributions from the Macadam Ensemble and Anima Brass

Added: 09/02/2024

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