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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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7.5

Oneohtrix Point Never

Again

Album number ten from the Massachusetts-born experimental electronica producer Daniel Lopatin

Added: 01/10/2023
7.5

Omar Souleyman

Shlon

Latest release from the Syria dabke musician featuring contributions from Hasan Alo, Moussa Al Mardood and Azad Salih

Added: 26/11/2019
7.5

Nation Of Language

A Way Forward

Second album from the Brooklyn indie pop trio

Added: 04/11/2021
7.5

Miya Folick

Premonitions

Debut full-length release by Californian indie-pop singer-songwriter co-produced with Justin Raisen (Charli XCX, Angel Olsen)

Added: 26/10/2018
7.5

Megan Thee Stallion

Traumazine

Second full-length album from the Houston, Texas rapper with guest appearances from Key Glock, Latto, Pooh Shiesty, Rico Nasty, Jhené Aiko, Lucky Daye, Sauce Walka, Lil' Keke and Big Pokey

Added: 16/08/2022
7.5

Mavis Staples & Levon Helm

Carry Me Home

Collaboration between the legendary R&B and gospel singer and the former member of The Band was recorded at his Woodstock studios during the summer of 2011 shortly before his death

Added: 22/05/2022
7.5

Mariah Carey

Caution

Fifteenth studio album by American pop icon featuring guest appearances from Blood Orange, Gunna, Slick Rick, and Ty Dolla Sign

Added: 20/11/2018
7.5

Lawrence English

Cruel Optimism

Latest release by the prolific English-born Brisbane-based ambient electronic musician and sound artist

Added: 15/02/2017
7.5

Koffee

Gifted

Debut album from the Jamaican reggae artist working with producers JAE5 and Frank Dukes

Added: 25/03/2022
7.5

Kamaal Williams

Wu Hen

Second album from the London-based jazz artist features guest appearances from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Lauren Faith

Added: 24/07/2020
7.5

Ho99o9

Skin

Second album from the New Jersey-based hip hop/hardcore duo theOGM and Eaddy

Added: 11/03/2022
7.5

Hiss Golden Messenger

Quietly Blowing It

Latest release from MC Taylor's North Carolina-based indie folk ensemble

Added: 25/06/2021
7.5

Happyness

Write In

Second album of alt-rock from the London trio

Added: 07/04/2017
7.5

Hannah Diamond

Reflections

Debut full-length release from the Norwich-born singer and visual artist

Added: 25/11/2019
7.5

Grumbling Fur

Furfour

Fourth album from the London psyche-pop duo Daniel O'Sullivan and Alexander Tucker

Added: 15/09/2016
7.5

Grammatics

Grammatics

Debut album from Leeds art rock quartet

Added: 24/03/2009
7.5

Gold Panda

The Work

Fourth full-length album from the London-born electronic music producer, performer, and composer

Added: 11/11/2022
7.5

Goat

Goat

Fifth studio album from the Swedish experimental psychedelic rock outfit

Added: 10/10/2024
7.5

Flasher

Constant Image

Debut full-length release from the Washington, DC post-punk band produced by Nicolas Vernhes (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, The Fiery Furnaces, Dirty Projectors, The War on Drugs)

Added: 11/06/2018
7.5

Fixers

We'll Be The Moon

Psychedelic pop and synth pop on the debut from the Oxford band

Added: 15/05/2012
7.5

Emma Ruth Rundle

Engine Of Hell

Fifth solo album from the Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter

Added: 15/11/2021
7.5

Edwyn Collins

Badbea

Ninth solo album from the indie legend and former Orange Juice frontman now relocated to his native Scotland

Added: 29/03/2019
7.5

Dylan Carlson

Conquistador

First solo album under his own name from the drone rock innovator and frontman of Earth

Added: 01/05/2018
7.5

Dave Rawlings Machine

Nashville Obsolete

The second album from Rawlings' group, recorded to analogue tape in Nashville, TN

Added: 17/09/2015
7.5

Daniel Bachman

The Morning Star

Album number twelve from the Virginia guitarist and drone musician with contributions from Forrest Marquisee and Ian McColm

Added: 01/08/2018
7.5

D.R.A.M.

Big Baby D.R.A.M.

Debut studio album from the Virginia-born rapper featuring guest appearances from Young Thug, Erykah Badu and Lil Yachty,

Added: 04/11/2016
7.5

Cut Worms

Cut Worms

Third full-length album from the Brooklyn-based indie rock musician Max Clarke

Added: 21/07/2023
7.5

Claud

Supermodels

Second album from the Brooklyn-based indie-pop artist workking with prodecers Zach and Roger, Ethan Gruska and Valley Girl

Added: 14/07/2023
7.5

City And Colour

Little Hell

Third solo album of acoustic folk / blues from the Ontario-based singer-songwriter Dallas Green and member of post-hardcore band Alexisonfire

Added: 21/06/2011
7.5

Chelsea Wolfe

Abyss

Fourth studio album from the Sacramento experimental, noise-folk singer-songwriter

Added: 05/08/2015

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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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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.