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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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7.6

Roly Porter

Third Law

Third studio album of electronic music from the Bristol-based producer, once one half of dubstep duo Vex'd

Added: 25/01/2016
7.6

Raye

My 21st Century Blues

Debut full-length album from the London singer-songwriter Rachel Agatha Keen

Added: 03/02/2023
7.6

Pedro The Lion

Phoenix

Fifth album and first under the Pedro the Lion moniker since 2004 from creator David Bazan

Added: 18/01/2019
7.6

Pearl Charles

Magic Mirror

Third full-length album from the Los Angeles singer-songwriter produced by Lewis Pesacov (Best Coast, FIDLAR, Local Natives)

Added: 15/01/2021
7.6

Pale Waves

Smitten

Fourth album from the Manchester indie pop four-piece co-produced by Simon Oscroft

Added: 26/09/2024
7.6

Olivia Rodrigo

Sour

Debut album from the American singer and actress produced by Dan Nigro (Carly Rae Jepsen, Sky Ferreira, Empress Of, Lewis Capaldi)

Added: 21/05/2021
7.6

O.

Weirdos

Debut full-length release from the London duo saxophonist Joe Henwood and drummer Tash Keary was recorded live to tape and produced by Dan Carey

Added: 21/06/2024
7.6

Nubya Garcia

Source

Debut full-length album from the London-based jazz musician was produced by Kwes (Loyle Carner, Kelela, DELS)

Added: 21/08/2020
7.6

Nao

And Then Life Was Beautiful

Third studio album from the British R&B artist Neo Joshua

Added: 24/09/2021
7.6

MUNA

Saves The World

Second album from the Los Angeles-based electronic pop trio

Added: 07/09/2019
7.6

Letlive.

The Blackest Beautiful

Third album from the LA-based post-hardcore / alt.rock four-piece

Added: 08/07/2013
7.6

King

We Are King

Debut album from LA soul trio consisting of producer Paris Strother her sister Amber and Anita Bias

Added: 10/02/2016
7.6

Kate NV

WOW

Fifth full-length solo release from the Moscow-based avant-pop artist

Added: 02/03/2023
7.6

Jlin

Akoma

Fourth album and first in seven years from the Indiana-based electronic musician Jerrilynn Patton featuring collaborations with Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet

Added: 22/03/2024
7.6

Helado Negro

This Is How You Smile

Sixth full-length album from the Brooklyn-based psych folk and experimental electronica artist Roberto Carlos Lange

Added: 08/03/2019
7.6

Haley Heynderickx

I Need to Start a Garden

Debut record from the Portland, OR singer-singwriter

Added: 26/03/2018
7.6

Gregory Porter

Take Me To The Alley

Fourth studio album of soulful jazz, followup to 2014's Grammy winning Liquid Spirit

Added: 09/05/2016
7.6

Greentea Peng

Man Made

Debut full-length album from the South London neo-soul artist Aria Wells

Added: 04/06/2021
7.6

Go-Kart Mozart

On The Hot Dog Streets

Third album of indie pop from the eccentric former Felt and Denim frontman Lawrence

Added: 02/07/2012
7.6

Ghost

Meliora

The title of the Swedish doom/heavy metal act's third album means 'the pursuit of the better' in Latin

Added: 21/08/2015
7.6

Father John Misty

Fear Fun

Eighth studio album from the Baltimore-born singer-songwriter, guitarist and drummer J. Tilman who recently left Fleet Foxes

Added: 30/04/2012
7.6

Erykah Badu

But You Caint Use My Phone

Mixtape from the Dallas-born R&B singer recorded over 12 days working with producer Zach Witness

Added: 09/12/2015
7.6

Ducks Ltd.

Harms Way

Second full-length release from Toronto-based indie rock duo Tom McGreevy and Evan Lewis

Added: 09/02/2024
7.6

Deftones

Gore

Eighth studio album from the Sacramento alt. metal band, produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Children of Bodom, Monster Magnet)

Added: 08/04/2016
7.6

Declan McKenna

What Happened To The Beach?

Third album from London-born singer-songwriter produced by Gianluca Buccellati (Lana Del Rey, Arlo Parks, Paris Texas)

Added: 09/02/2024
7.6

Chuck Prophet

Temple Beautiful

The latest album from the Californian singer-songwriter, known also for his work with Green or Red

Added: 07/03/2012
7.6

Cass McCombs

Mangy Love

Album number nine from the American folk / indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 24/08/2016
7.6

Bully

Feels Like

Debut collection of fuzzy grunge pop from the Nashville quartet led by Alicia Bognanno

Added: 22/06/2015
7.6

BTS

Map of the Soul: 7

Fourth Korean-language (seventh overall) album from South Korean boy band featuring guest appearances from Halsey and Sia

Added: 21/02/2020
7.6

Boris

W

Twenty-seventh album from the prolific Japanese experimental noise rock trio

Added: 21/01/2022

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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

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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.