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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

Hinds

Viva Hinds

Fourth album from the Madrid-based garage rock quartet (formerly know as Deers) produced by former The Vaccines drummer Pete Robertson, and features guest appearances by Beck and Grian Chatten (Fontaines D.C.)

Added: 05/09/2024
7.7

Hauschka

What If

Eighth album of avante-garde electronic music / contemporary classical from Dusseldorf-based pianist Volker Bertelmann

Added: 04/04/2017
7.7

Haiku Salut

The General

Fourth album from the Derbyshire instrumental trio Gemma Barkerwood, Sophie Barkerwood and Louise Croft originally commissioned for a live screening of Buster Keaton’s 1926 classic comedy

Added: 02/08/2019
7.7

Goat Girl

On All Fours

Second album from the South London post punk quartet

Added: 28/01/2021
7.7

Georgia

Georgia

Debut album of electro pop from London-born multi-instrumentalist Georgia Barnes, daughter of Leftfield’s Neil Barnes

Added: 06/08/2015
7.7

Genesis Owusu

Struggler

Second full-length release from Ghanaian-born, Canberra-based rapper Kofi Owusu-Ansah working with producers Jason Evigan, Jeff Gitelman and Smile High

Added: 18/08/2023
7.7

Gas

Rausch

Sixth studio album of ambient techno from German electronic composer Wolfgang Voigt

Added: 18/05/2018
7.7

Fugazi

First Demo

The legendary DC post-hardcore act release their first demo, recorded in 1988

Added: 19/11/2014
7.7

Foxing

Nearer My God

Third studio album of indie art rock from the St Louis based quartet, their first without founding member Josh Coll

Added: 10/08/2018
7.7

EMA

Past Life Martyred Saints

First solo album of lo-fi alt.rock from former Gowns and Amps For Christ member Erika M Anderson

Added: 03/05/2011
7.7

Elbow

The Take Off And Landing Of Everything

Album number six from the Manchester alt.rock five-piece recorded partly in Peter Gabriel's studio and completed in their own Salford space

Added: 05/03/2014
7.7

Deerhoof

The Magic

The experimental San Fran noise rockers' latest is a 15 track album written and recorded in just 7 days

Added: 22/06/2016
7.7

Dawn

New Breed

Fifth solo album from Dawn Richard (formerly of Danity Kane), focusing on her upbringing in New Orleans

Added: 25/01/2019
7.7

Darkside

Spiral

Second full-length album from ambient producer Nicolas Jaar and jazz guitarist Dave Harrington

Added: 20/07/2021
7.7

Charles Bradley

Victim of Love

Second album of retro soul and funk from the Brooklyn singer-songwriter who released his debut aged 62

Added: 05/04/2013
7.7

Carl Craig

Versus

A classical orchestra covers a selection of tracks by the renowned Detroit producer

Added: 09/05/2017
7.7

Calexico

El Mirador

Tenth studio album from the Arizona-based indie Americana duo John Convertino and Joey Burn featuring vocals from Gaby Moreno and Jairo Zavala

Added: 14/04/2022
7.7

Cabaret Voltaire

Shadow Of Fear

Album number fifteen and first for twenty six years from Richard H. Kirk now operating as a solo act

Added: 21/11/2020
7.7

BROCKHAMPTON

Saturation III

Third 2017 release from the Texas alternative hip hop group

Added: 22/12/2017
7.7

Broadcast and The Focus Group

Broadcast & the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

Collaborative mini album by the Birmingham 60s-influenced electronic outfit Broadcast and The Focus Group (Ghost Box label boss Julian House)

Added: 02/11/2009
7.7

Bellowhead

Revival

Album number five and first for a major label from the English folk band which comprises mainly of traditional folk songs and sea shanties

Added: 22/06/2014
7.7

Beirut

Hadsel

Sixth studio album from the indie folk group led by Zach Condon

Added: 10/11/2023
7.7

Beach Slang

A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings

Second album from the Philadelphia indie rock trio led by James Alex, a member of Weston in the 90s

Added: 21/09/2016
7.7

Be Your Own Pet

Mommy

Third album and first in fifteen years from the Nashville punk band working with with longtime collaborator, engineer and producer Jeremy Ferguson

Added: 24/08/2023
7.7

Arca

Mutant

Second album from London-based Venezuelan electronic producer Alejandra Ghersi who's worked with FKA Twigs, Bjork and Kanye West

Added: 19/11/2015
7.7

Angel Olsen

Whole New Mess

Fifth full-length studio release from the St Louis-born singer-songwriter recorded in 2018 at The Unknown (Phil Elverum and Nicholas Wilbur‘s converted church studio in the Pacific Northwest)

Added: 27/08/2020
7.7

Amen Dunes

Death Jokes

Sixth full-length of lo-fi rock from from New York-based Damon McMahon

Added: 10/05/2024
7.7

Amber Arcades

Fading Lines

Debut LP from Dutch-born musician Annelotte de Graaf, backed by a band consisting of members of Real Estate, Quilt and Kevin Morby, and produced by The Men’s Ben Greenberg

Added: 02/06/2016
7.7

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

II

Second album of psychedelic rock from the Oregon band led by New Zealander Ruban Nielson

Added: 28/01/2013
7.7

Twin Shadow

Forget

Debut album of indie electronica from the Brooklyn outfit

Added: 25/10/2010

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