12 August 2022
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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7th album from the country / folk singer-songwriter, following her Grammy-winning gospel LP and singing with partner Robert Plant's Band of Joy
8.5
A triumph of songwriting and expressive singing Read Review
Patty Griffin has clearly been saving the best of her own material for a long time, making this perhaps her finest hour Read Review
Seals Griffin’s reputation as a remarkable artist in the roots tradition Read Review
Taking emotional truths and cutting to the quick, her razor-sharp sense of detail has never been sharper Read Review
One of the best albums of the year so far Read Review
It's her most stripped-down recording since her debut Read Review
American Kid successfully recaptures Griffin’s acoustic roots in haunting and moving fashion Read Review
Griffin reaches deep for the songs Read Review
A compelling experience Read Review
It's her devastating voice and ear for the smallest detail that makes all the difference. Print edition only
Her writing remains as surprising as it is masterful Read Review
Deeply affectionate without being sentimental. Print edition only
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Danger Mouse & Black Thought Cheat Codes
Cheat Codes finds Danger Mouse rolling with a new lyrical foil and this one feels like it could run and run. Print edition only Uncut
The aesthetic, specifically, is that of finely matured vintage hip-hop, full of cognoscenti nods and crate- digger samples. Print edition only Mojo
Sylvan Esso No Rules Sandy
They keep coming back, with the same electricity, the same compassion, the same humanity and the same insistence that being human is a complicated but glorious thing to be Northern Transmissions
The US synth-pop duo embrace their freak selves on enjoyable fourth album The Skinny
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom Reset
Reset takes shape as a tribute to the consolatory powers of music and companionship, brimming with convivial charm and inner-voyage invention Record Collector
This long-awaited album arrives as a tribute to a whole scene rather than just two artists DIY
Kasabian The Alchemist's Euphoria
The most authentic this band have sounded in a long time DIY
As warm a listen as Sonic Boom’s near-forgotten records must’ve been in lockdown Lisbon DIY
Pale Waves Unwanted
The album is a defiant expression of darker emotions DIY
Kiwi Jr. Chopper
With Chopper, Kiwi Jr. have managed to extend their shelf life indefinitely, showing the world that they’re much more than mere slacker rock pretenders Loud And Quiet
If Kiwi Jr. continue to challenge themselves and improve with each release, they’re sure to reach plenty more peaks just beyond the horizon Northern Transmissions
The band wear their influences well, flitting between the melancholic indie-pop of The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and the gleeful abandon of Jonathan Richman DIY
Like much of Panda Bear and Sonic Boom's best work, Reset is disorienting — an album of songs that feels cyclical and never-ending. But then again, so do the times we live in Exclaim
Gwenno Tresor
A thoroughly modern approach to an endangered language provides a new musical context Spectrum Culture
Lennox and Kember create breezy sonic collages of sunshine melody, fluidly chugging rhythms and fizzing analogue synths without succumbing to full retro-jukebox pastiche. Print edition only Uncut
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