Any decent music? We review the reviews. You get the final word

Hello

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.

Just in

New albums just added

Unlisted recent releases

Follow us on

Source list

View top rated by publication

Specialist Genres

Browse specific styles

New

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)

New

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)

New

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)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

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)

all time

The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

Customise your chart

7.5

When Saints Go Machine

Konkylie

Second album of electro-pop from the Danish quartet

Added: 21/06/2011
7.5

The Jim Jones Revue

Burning Your House Down

Second album from the London-based garage rock five-piece

Added: 15/09/2010
7.5

The Imagined Village

Empire And Love

Second installment of Simon Emmerson's folk/world project bringing together an array of folk luminaries with a stellar world music cast

Added: 13/01/2010
7.5

Teenage Fanclub

Endless Arcade

Eleventh studio album from the veteran Scottish alt-rockers is its first with Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci member Euro Childs and the first without co-founder Gerard Love

Added: 27/04/2021
7.5

Suede

Night Thoughts

Seventh album from the English alt. rock group, their second since reforming in 2010, to be accompanied by a film directed by Robert Sargent

Added: 17/01/2016
7.5

Sudan Archives

Athena

Debut full length album from the Cincinati-born violinist and singer Brittney Parks

Added: 30/10/2019
7.5

Smith Westerns

Dye It Blonde

Second album from the youthful Chicago indie rock quartet, influenced by classic pop rock of the 70s

Added: 14/01/2011
7.5

Sleater-Kinney

Little Rope

Eleventh studio album from the Olympia, Washington punk duo Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein produced by John Congleton (St Vincent, The War on Drugs, Sparks)

Added: 15/01/2024
7.5

Sam Amidon

Bright Sunny South

The Vermont singer-songwriter adds jazz touches to his established template of reworking traditional folk songs

Added: 13/05/2013
7.5

Ryley Walker

Course In Fable

Latest release from the Rockford, Illinois singer-songwriter and guitarist produced by John McEntire of Tortoise and The Sea and Cake

Added: 01/04/2021
7.5

Pottery

Welcome To Bobby's Motel

Debut full-length album from the Montreal-based indie rock band produced by Jonathan Schenke (Parquet Courts, The Drums)

Added: 24/06/2020
7.5

Old Crow Medicine Show

Remedy

Eighth studio album from the Nashville-based Grammy-winning neu-folk bluegrass outfit

Added: 01/07/2014
7.5

Neurosis

Honor Found In Decay

Album number ten from the Oakland, California post-metal veterans who formed in 1985

Added: 30/10/2012
7.5

Male Bonding

Nothing Hurts

Debut album of lo-fi garage punk from London three-piece

Added: 11/05/2010
7.5

Luke Abbott

Holkham Drones

Debut album from Norwich-based electronic producer and musician

Added: 19/08/2010
7.5

Lotic

Power

Debut full-length album from the Houston-born Berlin-based electronic producer J'Kerian Morgan

Added: 11/07/2018
7.5

Leon Bridges

Gold-Diggers Sound

Third studio album of gospel/soulful R&B from the American singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Robert Glasper, Ink and Terrace Martin

Added: 22/07/2021
7.5

Lanterns On The Lake

Beings

Third album from the Newcastle-based indie rock quintet

Added: 13/11/2015
7.5

James Blake

The Colour In Anything

Third album from the English electronic pop purveyor, featuring collaborations from Frank Ocean and Justin Vernon, and produced by Rick Rubin

Added: 09/05/2016
7.5

Indigo De Souza

All Of This Will End

Third album from the North Carolina-based indie rock musician

Added: 27/04/2023
7.5

Hot Chip

In Our Heads

Fifth album from Grammy-nominated, London-based electropop five-piece

Added: 05/06/2012
7.5

Gold Panda

Good Luck And Do Your Best

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

Added: 25/05/2016
7.5

Girlpool

Powerplant

Second album from the LA lo-fi teenage punk rock duo Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad

Added: 10/05/2017
7.5

Ghostface Killah

Apollo Kids

Ninth studio album of hip hop from former Wu-Tang Clan member Dennis Coles

Added: 02/01/2011
7.5

Frog Eyes

Paul's Tomb: A Triumph

Fifth album from the Canadian purveyors of idiosyncratic indie rock

Added: 26/04/2010
7.5

Celeste

Not Your Muse

Debut full-length album the Los Angeles-born, London-based singer-songwriter who won the BBC Sound of 2020

Added: 30/01/2021
7.5

Cass McCombs

Tip Of The Sphere

Ninth studio album from the California-born singer-songwriter, produced by Dan Horne

Added: 05/02/2019
7.5

Billie Eilish

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Debut album from the 17-year-old LA-born pop star working produced by her brother Finneas O’Connell

Added: 29/03/2019
7.5

Ben Frost

The Centre Cannot Hold

Latest album of minimalist electronic compositions from the Melbourne-born composer

Added: 29/09/2017
7.5

Beach House

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Album number six from the Baltimore dream pop duo coming just two months after the release of Depression Cherry

Added: 19/10/2015

Previous
1
...
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
...
323
Next

Latest Reviews

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

More reviews

Support what we do

As we're sure you are aware this is a really tough time for websites like ours. So we are asking you to help support us in any way you can via Patreon. Whether it's a small amount each month or a one-off payment, everything we receive will be put back into making ADM as good as it can possibly be.

Fresh stuff

Cartoon Darkness by Amyl And The Sniffers

"It's a truly glorious rock’n’roll album that is forceful without being simplistic and lairy while maintaining a good sense of humour" - 10/10 - The Arts Desk).

Amyl And The SniffersCartoon Darkness
"It's a truly glorious rock’n’roll album that is forceful without being simplistic and lairy while maintaining a good sense of humour" - 10/10 - The Arts Desk).

Soccer MommyEvergreen
"As nuanced as it is captivating" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Even though it stems from the worst of times, it might well be her best album yet" (8/10 - Dork). "It makes you feel less alone" (8/10 - DIY)

GoatGoat
"It invites us to bask in rich soundscapes that can often overwhelm—but in the best way possible" (9/10 - Far Out). "Goat continue to make some magical and mysterious music" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Leon BridgesLeon
"The musician’s emotional fourth album borrows liberally from the past but the themes are modern and the sound utterly timeless" (10/10 - The Observer). "A beautifully constructed contradiction" (9/10 - Far Out)

Geordie GreepThe New Sound
"Somehow bolder, stranger and more accessible than his work with Black Midi" (10/10 - Loud And Quiet). "Absolutely bonkers and utterly brilliant" (9/10 - DIY). "Wildly accomplished and utterly absurd" (8/10 - Far Out)

Pale WavesSmitten
"There’s a newfound directness and pop joy on the Manchester band’s fourth record" (8/10 - NME). "May be the band’s most complete package to date" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Alan SparhawkWhite Roses, My God
"A brave undertaking; perhaps a new beginning; certainly a triumph" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Grief has never sounded so captivating" (9/10 - Clash)

Katy J PearsonSomeday, Now
"A departure but a truly successful one, full of sublime vocals and creative confidence" (10/10 - DIY). "Wistful synth-pop that showcases her ever evolving creativity" (8/10 - musicOMH)

BlossomsGary
"A collection of arrestingly catchy, carefree pop songs that are sure to steal the hearts of fans and newcomers alike" (9/10 - God Is In The TV). "‘Gary’ is the most fun you’ll have with any band in 2024" (8/10 - Dork)

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.

See full list