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16 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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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)

Brittany HowardWhat Now

"Dancefloor bangers, vintage soul, joyous funk… the winningly candid Alabama Shakes frontwoman mixes it up to perfection on her second solo album" (The Observer). "A gem" (DIY)

Sting

If On a Winter's Night

A festive offering of winter-themed folk songs, carols and lullabies from the singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]: 4.2
Label: Deutsche Grammophone
UK Release date: 27/10/2009

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8.0 2029
8.0 | The Irish Times

This is one of the most adventurous albums you’ll hear this year
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6.0 6780
6.0 | The Independent

Sting's own baritone vocals are too similarly warm in timbre, and his delivery too ponderous, rendering many of the songs somewhat indistinct and blurry
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4.0 | Q

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4.0 | Uncut

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2.0 | Independent on Sunday

It's a project which might have potential, but ...
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2.0 | The Guardian

Even ardent fans are advised to exercise caution
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