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8 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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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)

Primus

Green Naugahyde

First album in 12 years from the wacky alt.rock band led by bassist Les Claypool

ADM rating[?]: 6.9
Label: Prawn Song
UK Release date: 12/09/2011
US Release date: 20/09/2011

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8.0 32126
8.0 | The Skinny

A pleasure to have them back
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8.0 | Consequence Of Sound

Another gray area that defies the laws of tradition, which instead of reinventing the wheel gives it a fresh coat of paint
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8.0 | Paste Magazine

Perhaps the first Primus album to avoid settling into a sub-genre, but rather taking from all the styles in Primus’ back catalog.
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6.0 | PopMatters

It is good to have Primus back and sounding energized
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6.0 | Rolling Stone

The writing is more a series of creepy pranks than a set of tunes
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