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22 January 2020

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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Keeley ForsythDebris

"One of the defining releases of 2020 may already be upon us" - music OMH's take on the debut album from the Manchester singer-songwriter while Q say it's "as intoxicating as it is unsettling"

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HalseyManic

"Her most complete work to date" The Line Of Best Fit's take on the 3rd LP from the New Jersey pop artist Ashley Nicolette Frangipane. The Music say it "sees her change up her sound and swap theatrics for realness"

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PinegroveMarigold

Gigwise describe the fourth album from the New Jersey indie rock band as "a ray of hope in a hopeless world" while Clash say they "seem to have come out of the darkness much stronger for it"

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StormzyHeavy Is the Head

Clash reckon that with his second album the London-born grime MC "absolutely hits it out of the park" while NME describe it as "a broad-reaching, genre-buckling romp"

DusterDuster

"Their most sonically challenging and emotionally invested record yet" - All Music's take on the first new album in almost 20 years from the California indie rock, slowcore band

ColdplayEveryday Life

The Line Of Best Fit suggest that with their 8th LP the British alternative rock band "continue to grow" while Uncut say it's "intriguingly diverse". The Irish Times say the "double album is just twice as frustrating"

The WhoWHO

NME reckon that with their 12th LP, and first for 13 years, the legendary British rock band "have lost none of their vim and vigour". Clash say "if this is their last hurrah, it's surely a fitting one"

Kanye WestJesus Is King

"It isn’t entertaining in the slightest" - The Line Of Best Fit's take on the 9th LP from the rapper while CoS describe it as "twenty-seven minutes of cliches, half-finished thoughts, and vaguely religious gesturing"

Mount EerieLost Wisdom pt. 2

"An extraordinarily rewarding listen" - Consequence Of Sound's take on the tenth album from Phil Elverum and second collaboration with Canadian singer-songwriter Julie Doiran

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Black Lips

Sing In A World Thats Falling Apart

Ninth album from the Atlanta garage rockers fronted by Cole Alexander and first for Fire Records
Pet Shop Boys

Hotspot

Fourteenth studio album from the English synthpop duo recorded in Berlin and produced by Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers, New Order)
Wire

Mind Hive

Sixteenth studio album from the veteran English post-punk band
Wolf Parade

Thin Mind

Fifth studio album from the Montreal-based indie rock outfit now operating as a trio after bassist Dante DeCaro left the band in 2019

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Keeley Forsyth Debris

Debris can join Nick Cave’s last two albums as the soundtrack to your loneliest moments, the hand you will want to grasp when you come apart, a voice that will touch your sadness and change your world tonight God Is In The TV

Keeley Forsyth Debris

Forsyth’s familiarity and confidence with the material can be heard through every inflection and recitation. This is a boldly honest and startling debut The Quietus

Keeley Forsyth Debris

If more debuts from 2020 are this good it’ll be a fine year Loud And Quiet

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Bombay Bicycle ClubEverything Else Has Gone Wrong
"The sound of a band re-emerging from the ether with an emboldened purpose" - Gigwise's take on the 5th LP from the London indie rock quartet

Bill FayCountless Branches
"This is one of those rare records were extra additions aren't just unnecessary" - The Line Of Best Fit's verdict on the 3rd LP from the veteran English singer-songwriter

Fresh stuff

Walking Like We Do by The Big Moon

"Creatively free, assured but vulnerable, poppy yet innovative" - Northern Transmission's verdict on the 2nd LP from the indie rock quartet. DIY say they're "always right where they need to be"

Holy FuckDeleter
The Skinny describe the fifth album from the Toronto-based experimental noise quartet as "a modern day electro masterclass" while music OMH think "the record is exhilarating"

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of DeadX: The Godless Void and Other Stories
"The sound of a band reinvigorated and enjoying working together again" - music OMH's take 10th LP from the Austin post-hardcore band fronted alternately by Jason Reece and Conrad Keely

PoppyI Disagree
"A true masterpiece in almost every way imaginable" Gigwise's take on the 3rd LP from the singer and YouTube personality though Loud And Quiet say we can "chalk this one up as an ambitious failure"

GeorgiaSeeking Thrills
The Skinny say the second album of electro pop from Georgia Barnes is "filled to the brim with dance touchstones, but with a polished pop sheen". Evening Standard say she "has new-found ear for pop greatness"

Field MusicMaking a New World
"Clever, illuminating brilliance" - The Irish Times' take on the seventh studio album from the Sunderland indie art rock outfit. Evening Standard say "they’ve taken the unsexiest subject matter and made it sing"

KaytranadaBubba
"One of the year’s most addictive club records" NME's take on the 2nd LP from the Haitian-Canadian electronic producer while Northern Transmission say it's "surely one of the 2019’s best"

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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.

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