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23 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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Taylor SwiftThe Tortured Poets Department

"A terrific reminder of the intense, personal connection Swift can conjure in song" (10/10 - The Independent). "Surprisingly flat and, at times, cringeworthy" (6/10 - NME)

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Pearl JamDark Matter

"It’s thrilling. It’s moving. It’s surprising. It’s a band still operating at the peaks of their powers" (10/10 - Kerrang!) "Experiment with new sonic avenues after years of playing it safe" (8/10 - NME)

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Lucy RoseThis Ain't The Way You Go Out

"It’s hard not to be in awe of the scale of her growth and transformation" (9/10 - DIY). "Nothing here is a misfire, as Rose deftly navigates new approaches" (8/10 - All Music)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

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)

Liam Gallagher & John SquireLiam Gallagher John Squire

"This is too much fun to be a one-off" (Mojo). "The half-inched tunes come and go rather forgettably but they’re charged with an electric vigour" (The Independent). OR "An excruciating exercise in bluster and swagger" (The Irish Times)

IdlesTangk

"The sound of a band who’ve finally arrived" (Northern Transmissions). "A raucous expression of love, TANGK is raw, vulnerable and inimitably IDLES" (The Skinny). "Their best yet" (The Irish Times)

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.
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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.