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11 December 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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Lauren MayberryVicious Creature

"Expectations were high, but the realisation is stratospheric" (10/10 - Dork). "An album that manages to be poignant and pointed without sacrificing any of its unabashed sparkle" (8/10 - DIY)

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White Denim12

"An exciting and slightly experimental new chapter for the band and their most cohesive release in quite a while. A late-year stunner" (8/10 - Clash). "A remarkably cohesive and dynamic record" (9/10 - Uncut)

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Father John MistyMahashmashana

"Unequivocally stunning" (10/10 -The Arts Desk). "Striking a compelling balance between the epic and the intimate" (9/10 - DIY). "One of his finest albums" (9/10 - musicOMH)

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Albums to watch

Laura MarlingPatterns in Repeat

"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)

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).

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)

Test

We can now safely hand the ADM Poll Of Polls crown to Kendrick Lamar with only one or two sources still to post their end-of-year lists. But there's still plenty happening further down the chart with Sufjan Stevens and Father John Misty vying for the No2 slot.

And you can also vote for your own favourite albums on the ADM Readers' Poll.
Mail us at admteam@anydecentmusic.com
Put your Top 5 in order with artist name then album name (they can be albums or EPs).
Put Readers' Poll as the subject and we'll do the rest.

Recently added sources: Pitchfork, The Guardian, Under The Radar, musicOMH, Pretty Much Amazing, Earbuddy, Spectrum Culture, No Ripcord, Resident Advisor, State, Tiny Mixed Tapes, Drowned In Sound

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1694 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
1414 Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell
1372 Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear
1127 Grimes Art Angels
1109 Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit And Think…
1083 Sleater-Kinney No Cities To Love
1053 Tame Impala Currents
1042 Bjørk Vulnicura
1028 Julia Holter Have You In My Wilderness
985 Jamie xx In Colour
811 Joanna Newsom Divers
783 Vince Staples Summertime '06
607 Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion
548 Blur The Magic Whip
537 Oneohtrix Point Never Garden of Delete
512 Kasami Washington The Epic
468 Kurt Vile B'lieve I'm Going Down
438 Miguel Wildheart
428 Drake If You're Reading This It's Too Late
424 Holy Herndon Platform
416 Deerhunter Fading Frontier
380 Wolf Alice My Love Is Cool
375 Viet Cong Viet Cong
372 Beach House Depression Cherry
370 Natalie Prass Natalie Prass
370 Unknown Mortal Orchestra Multi-Love
359 D'Angelo and the Vanguard Black Messiah
357 Tobias Jesso Jr Goon
335 Jenny Hval Apocolypse, Girl
331 Laura Marling Short Movie
328 Shamir Ratchet
322 Alabama Shakes Sound & Color
321 New Order Music Complete
315 Florence And The Machine How Big, How Blue…
313 Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment Surf
311 Young Fathers White Men Are Black Men Too
305 John Grant Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
294 Protomartyr The Agent Intellect
287 Floating Points Elaenia
276 Earl Sweatshirt I Don't Like Shit. I Don't Go Outside
255 Dr Dre Compton
251 Ezra Furman Perpetual Motion People
250 Girl Band Holding Hands With Jamie
250 Torres Sprinter
246 Deafheaven New Bermuda
246 Foals What Went Down
246 The Weeknd Beauty Behind The Madness
240 Hop Along Painted Shut
237 Jason Isbell Something More Than Free
236 Future DS2

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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.