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23 June 2017

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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Jeff TweedyTogether At Last

The first in a series of solo albums from the Wilco frontman is "nice, but not quite essential" if you ask Uncut, though The Music think these acoustic versions "as powerful as any full-band arrangement"

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AlgiersThe Underside Of Power

"Confirms Algiers as one of our time's most relevant bands" - The Music's take on the 2nd LP from the Atlanta, Georgia experimental post-rock trio. AC Club say it's "it’s galvanizing, uncompromising, and uplifting"

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UmfangSymbolic Use Of Light

Emma Olson's debut full-length is "a thrillingly live and raw techno album with the emphasis placed on capturing the moment" according to Pop Matters, with GIITTV calling it "uncompromising stuff"

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Big BoiBoomiverse

Pitchfork say the third LP from the Atlanta rapper and Outkast member is "a collection of shiny bangers unbothered with modern trends". Exclaim say it's "characterized by new ideas, but also familiar tones, too"

Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, James McAlisterPlanetarium

Exclaim reckon this collaboration demonstrates "four powerful multi-instrumentalists at the top of their respective games" though Earbuddy say "this is a painful record to get through"

Kevin MorbyCity Music

"Another magnificent record from Morby" - The Skinny's verdict on the 4t LP from the former Woods bassist and The Babies frontman. Q say it "maps a landscape of uncertainty and wonder"

PhoenixTi Amo

NME reckon the sixth album from the French synth pop band is "the most summery music they’ve ever made" while The Music say "this record is the sweetest and freshest breath of air imaginable"

RideWeather Diaries

The Quietus reckon the fifth studio album from the Oxford alt.rock / shoegaze quartet - and first release since 1996 - "feels like the rightful heir to Going Blank Again" while Mojo say it "leaves a warm afterglow"

Alt-JRelaxer

The Skinny say the 3rd LP from the Leeds art rock trio "is testament to Alt-J’s demonstrable talents as artists". CoS feel it's "a scattershot album from a band still trying to form their own identity"

Marika HackmanI'm Not Your Man

"A record that shines with a captivating vibrancy" - TLoBF's take on the 2nd LP from the London-based singer-songwriter while The Guardian describe it as "pop with a sultry swagger"

Unlisted Releases : current releases

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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Bedouine

Bedouine

Debut album of sixties and seventies inspired folk from Azniv Korkejian
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The Beautiful Stories

Second album under this name and fourth overall from the post-punk band from Umeå, Sweden led by Dennis Lyxzén
Omar Souleyman

To Syria, With Love

The Syria dabke musician's latest is his first with Hasan Alo handling synths and programming
Palehound

A Place I'll Always Go

Second album from the Boston-based alt-rock trio led by Ellen Kempner
Robert Hood

Paradygm Shift

Latest full-length release from the minimal techno producer Detroit-born, Alabama-based artist
The Strypes

Spitting Image

Third record from the Irish mod revival group
Thea Gilmore

The Counterweight

Sixteenth studio album from the English singer-songwriter
Vince Staples

Big Fish Theory

Second full-length album from the Long Beach, California rapper with guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Damon Albarn, A$AP Rocky, Rick Ross and Justin Vernon
Young Thug

Beautiful Thugger Girls

Debut studio album from Atlanta rapper Jeffery Lamar Williams features guest appearances from Millie Go Lightly, Future, Snoop Dogg, Lil Durk, Jacquees, Travis Scott

Latest Reviews

Big Boi Boomiverse

‘Boomiverse’ won’t be remembered as Big Boi’s finest moment, but that’s more a testament to a fine career than anything else Gig Soup

Lorde Melodrama

You can hear Lorde replacing the passion of a failed relationship with a renewed fervor for getting lost within the songs themselves, celebrating music’s uncanny ability to make her dance again as well as rescue her from despair The Line Of Best Fit

Fleet Foxes Crack-Up

Melodies as miraculous as White Winter Hymnal, Mykonos or Battery Kinzie are in short supply here, but moments of the old magic remain music OMH

Crack Up by Fleet Foxes

"Possibly the greatest indie-folk act of the decade" - Sputnik give a perfect 10 to the Seattle band's first record in 5 years. Uncut find it "distinctive, involving, challenging, accessible, progressive"

GoldieThe Journey Man
"Only Goldie could make this LP. It is, and is for, him – pure and simple" - Mixmag's take on the first full-length release in 19 years from the Walsall drum and bass artist. Q say it's "a mature work full of optimism"

Steve Earle & The DukesSo You Wannabe an Outlaw
GigSoup suggest that with his 16th studio album the alt.country singer songwriter has "just made one of the best albums of his career". The Arts Desk say "the album’s frame of musical reference is wide"

Big BoiBoomiverse
Pitchfork say the third LP from the Atlanta rapper and Outkast member is "a collection of shiny bangers unbothered with modern trends". Exclaim say it's "characterized by new ideas, but also familiar tones, too"

Royal BloodHow Did We Get So Dark?
The "riffology achieves a merciless muscularity" in the Brighton duo's second, according to Mojo, although The Independent find "it's like being hectored loudly by a bore"

Portugal. The Man.Woodstock
"A musical light for all those lost in the darkness" - Gig Soup are impressed with the Alaskan group's eighth, but AV Club are skeptical, finding "each song moves deliberately towards a radio-friendly chorus"

The DrumsAbysmal Thoughts
Earbuddy say the 4th LP of indie pop from Jonny Pierce is the "most memorable album to date while God Is In The TV say it's "difficult not to be charmed". The Skinny think "the overall charm is undeniable"

Jason Isbell And The 400 UnitThe Nashville Sound
"Truly spellbinding" - God Is In The TV's verdict on the latest from the former Drive-By Trucker man. Uncut say he's "at his best on the reflective ballads"

Songhoy BluesResistance
Mojo think the second album from the Northern Mali band - including an appearance from Iggy Pop - "bubbles with zest and vitality" while The Music say "the grooves are infectious, venomous even"

All-time top 10

Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past eight years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.