29 October 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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Halsey The Great Impersonator
Ambitious set that finds the pop chameleon channeling her favorite artists on a fascinating journey from past to present All Music
As she tries on different versions of herself and pushes her musicality in new directions, Halsey seems to find a lifeline in the songs on ‘The Great Impersonator’, and it is one she clings to Dork
The singer proves to be a less than great impersonator…and that’s mostly a good thing Slant Magazine
It's depressive power also gives it a a spirit of commiseration Rolling Stone
Its concept, eloquence and even just its sheer emotional weight all serve to make this record special nonetheless, both for its quality and as a document of Halsey’s survival Kerrang!
An eclectic, intimate new album Clash
On the surface, the ever-evolving artist’s fifth album is an homage to the musicians who have helped shape them. Dig deeper, though, and you’ll find a her grappling with her own mortality, singing from “the space between life and death” NME
The Cure Songs Of A Lost World
On Songs of a Lost World Robert Smith reaches into the depths of his cobwebbed heart; it's the best Cure album since Disintegration Rolling Stone
Laura Marling Patterns in Repeat Signed
Despite the uncertainty of what is to come, Patterns in Repeat is so assured in its sound. Marling is the captain of her own ship, off on another adventure with one more crew member on board The Line Of Best Fit
Amyl And The Sniffers Cartoon Darkness
The Australian punks' hardened third LP is a muscular dose of righteous anger in the face of a harsh reality Albumism
Pixies The Night the Zombies Came
The band's first album with bassist Emma Richardson upholds their brash, eccentric, oddly moving legacy with some flashes of brilliance All Music
Soccer Mommy Evergreen
Although the songs here are solid enough and likely to sate fans, the overall effect is a soundscape that's somewhere in the in-between, suiting the limbo of Evergreen's ruminations but not warranting superlatives within Soccer Mommy's growing catalog All Music
The band’s first album in 16 years finds Robert Smith and co on reliably melancholy form – with the exception of one out-and-out pop banger The Observer
Australian modern punk outfit’s third album features delightfully asinine lyrics, hair-raising guitar solos and spiky, choppy riffs musicOMH
Ezra Collective Dance, No One's Watching
The 2023 Mercury Prize winners’ third album is an ode to the ability of music to unite, and make us dance like we just don’t care musicOMH
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.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Dave We’re All Alone In This Together