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29 April 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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St. VincentAll Born Screaming

"Restlessly inventive and packed with ideas" (10-/10 - The Guardian). "A visceral examination of art and nature when both are pushed to the brink" (9/10 - Slant)

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Pet Shop Boysnonetheless

"One of their best albums in years" (8/10 - musicOMH). "Pet Shop Boys are as familiarly brilliant as ever" (8/10 - Dork). "'An utterly brilliant, dependably polished listen" (8/10 - CLash)

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Fat White FamilyForgiveness Is Yours

"Quirky yet profound, playful but often deeply moving" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "This will delight longtime fans who have been along for the ride" (8/10 - Clash)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

Vampire WeekendOnly God Was Above Us

"Neat summation of where they've been, while still looking forward" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Their most accomplished album yet" (9/10 - DIY). "Sprawling ode to a long-gone, old New York City" (8/10 - NME)

RideInterplay

"When they delve into the big guitar histrionics of yesteryear, as on “Light in a Quiet Room,” the results are breathtaking" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "One of the most intriguing albums of their career to date" (8/10 - Clash)

ElbowAudio Vertigo

"This is phenomenal stuff" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "An album that further cements their legacy" (9-10 - Clash). "It’s nice to see Elbow stepping outside their comfort zone" (8/10 - Under The Radar)

Kacey MusgravesDeeper Well

"Revels in Laurel Canyon folk and psychedelic pop on her fantastic sixth album" (10/10 - The Independent). "Ring it up as another jewel in the crown" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

Kim GordonThe Collective

"An astonishing work that’s at least as good (if not better) than some of the albums with which she made her fame and fortune" (10/10 musicOMH)

Yard ActWheres My Utopia?

"Wry, riveting, chaotic, and infectious throughout, Where's My Utopia? easily upstages what was an impressive debut" (All Music). "A resounding, charismatic and dance-heavy sophomore LP" (Paste)

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

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7.2

Bear In Heaven

Beast Rest Forth Mouth

Second album of psychedelic, electronic influenced rock from Brooklyn-based band

Added: 26/03/2010
7.2

Band of Skulls

Baby Darling Doll Face Honey

Debut offerring of blues tinged rock from the Southampton band

Added: 07/12/2009
7.2

Babeheaven

Home For Now

Debut full-length album from the West London duo Nancy Andersen and Jamie Travis

Added: 24/11/2020
7.2

Ana Roxanne

Because Of A Flower

Second album from the Californian ambient musician

Added: 19/11/2020
7.2

Alice Cooper

Road

The latest solo album from the veteran shock rocker features contributions from MC5's Wayne Kramer, Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, and Buckcherry's Keith Nelson

Added: 26/08/2023
7.2

Aimee Mann

Charmer

Eighth album from the Richmond, Virgina rock singer-songwriter includes a duet with The Shins' James Mercer

Added: 18/09/2012
7.2

ADULT.

This Behaviour

Seventh studio album of techno synthpop from Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus

Added: 11/09/2018
7.2

2 Chainz

Pretty Girls Like Trap Music

Fourth studio album from the Georgia-based rapper, with Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Farrell amongst numerous guest appearances

Added: 28/06/2017
7.2

We Are Augustines

Rise Ye Sunken Ships

Anthemic indie rock on the debut album from the New York trio fronted by Billy McCarthy, given a belated UK release

Added: 27/02/2012
7.2

TV on the Radio

Seeds

The Brooklyn art rock band with album No.5, following up the acclaimed Nine Types Of Light after a gap of three years

Added: 12/11/2014
7.2

The Very Best

MTMTMK

Second album of Afro-pop meets electro-pop from the Malawi/Sweden duo Esau Mwamwaya and Johan Hugo Karlberg

Added: 12/07/2012
7.2

The Unthanks

The Songs Of Robert Wyatt And Anthony & The Johnsons

The acclaimed Northumbrian folk duo with a selection of Wyatt and Johnsons versions recorded at two concerts in London

Added: 27/11/2011
7.2

The Raveonettes

Pe'ahi

Album number seven from the Danish noise pop duo recorded in southern California

Added: 23/07/2014
7.2

The Kills

Blood Pressures

Fourth studio album by the transatlantic duo, featuring more blues riffs, dirty electronics and boy/girl vocals

Added: 25/03/2011
7.2

Rufus Wainwright

Out of the Game

The Canadian singer-songwriter brings producer Mark Ronson on board for his 7th album and focuses on 70s pop and soul

Added: 17/04/2012
7.2

Röyksopp

The Inevitable End

Final release in the album format from the Norwegian electronic duo, featuring past collaborator Robyn

Added: 06/11/2014
7.2

Mikal Cronin

MCIII

Third album from the Californian garage punk / power pop singer-songwriter and Ty Segall collaborator

Added: 01/05/2015
7.2

Martyn

Ghost People

The pioneering Dutch producer moves beyond dubstep to future funk on his latest collection

Added: 30/09/2011
7.2

John Maus

A Collection Of Rarities And Previously Unreleased Material

A self-explanatory album from the Minnesota electronic artist

Added: 16/07/2012
7.2

John Grant

Love is Magic

Fourth solo studio release by acclaimed American singer-songwriter and former frontman of The Czars in collaboration with producer Paul Alexander (Midlake)

Added: 08/10/2018
7.2

Joey Bada$$

All-Amerikkkan Badass

Second studio album from the Brooklyn rapper and co-founder of the hip-hop collective Pro Era

Added: 07/04/2017
7.2

Hot Chip

Freakout/Release

Eighth album from the indie dance synthpop outfit written and recorded in their East London studio

Added: 16/08/2022
7.2

Glen Hansard

Didn't He Ramble

Second solo album from the Irish singer-songwriter and Frames frontman

Added: 17/09/2015
7.2

Franz Ferdinand

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

Fourth album from the Glasgow art rock / indie rock quartet, after a gap of three years

Added: 15/08/2013
7.2

Field Music

Plumb

The Brewis brothers from Sunderland return with their fourth full-length album of alternative pop

Added: 06/02/2012
7.2

Craig Finn

Faith In The Future

Second solo album of indie rock/country from The Hold Steady frontman

Added: 09/09/2015
7.2

Cloud Control

Bliss Release

Debut album from Australian indie rock quartet

Added: 20/05/2011
7.2

Cate Le Bon

Mug Museum

The Welsh folk-rocker releases her first record since her relocation to LA

Added: 04/11/2013
7.2

British Sea Power

Machineries of Joy

The Brighton-based indie rock sextet with album No.5

Added: 31/03/2013
7.2

Ariel Pink

Dedicated To Bobby Jameson

Eleventh studio album of alt.pop from LA-based Ariel Marcus Rosenberg

Added: 13/09/2017

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Iron & Wine Light Verse

On his first album of new material in six years, Sam Beam mines the onset of middle age for sharp-eyed songs that are lively and relatively breezy, despite the melancholy subject matter Pitchfork

Iron & Wine Light Verse

Light Verse turns out to be one of the most enjoyable, varied, and well-crafted of the band's records All Music

St. Vincent All Born Screaming

Clark has more than earned the freedom she gives herself to express so many different sides to her music, and it's a thrill to hear her stretch out on these ferocious, heartbroken, and ultimately life-affirming songs All Music

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"A truly brilliant piece of work" (10/10 - The Skinny). "One of the best rock records of the year" (9/10 - Exclaim. "Eschews typical song forms in favor of a kind of collective flickering" (8.5/10 - Pitchfork)

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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.