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17 May 2022

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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Florence + The MachineDance Fever

"A dance party to release your demons to" (Clash). "Florence crafts huge choruses to explore her evolving relationship with dance" (NME)

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The SmileA Light For Attracting Attention

"A magnificent record by once in a generation musicians" (Northern Transmission). "The best album yet by a Radiohead side project" (Pitchfork)

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WarpaintRadiate Like This

"An unmitigated joy" (Record Collector). "Emphasises how special they are as a band – listen on in wonder" (Northern Transmissions). "Warpaint have leant into a dream pop sensibility" (The Arts Desk)

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Tomberlini dont know who needs to hear this...

"Tomberlin writes songs like they’re talk-therapy sessions, and in turn, her self-soothing becomes a tonic for the listener" (The Skinny). "This is her best yet" (Loud And Quiet)

Let's Eat GrandmaTwo Ribbons

"The duo’s third album uses beautiful melodies and Top 40 choruses to consider their evolving bond" (The Guardian). "‘Two Ribbons’ is nothing short of a masterpiece" (Dork)

SpiritualizedEverything Was Beautiful

"Marks another career-best in Spiritualized’s euphoric discography" (Paste). "A record of immense power, poise and tenderness, created by a bona fide virtuoso" (Northern Transmissions)

Wet LegWet Leg

"An instant classic debut that justifies the hype" (NME). "Believe the hype" (Dork). "This exciting new noise doesn’t sound particularly new nor especially exciting" (The Arts Desk)

Kathryn Josephfor you who are the wronged

"A quiet rage seethes on Kathryn Joseph's bewitching album, which gives voice to the experience of living with abuse" (The Skinny). "It’s a challenging yet enriching experience" (Clash)

Jack WhiteFear Of The Dawn

"Ferociously heavy, wonderfully weird" (DIY). "Packed with nervous energy, its haphazard dash to the finish line is nothing if not fascinating" (Clash). "a bizarre listening experience" (Rolling Stone)

Aldous HardingWarm Chris

"The variety in the instrumentation is only met by the variety in her voice" (Clash). "Warm Chris is neither refined nor contained: it wanders and wonders, affirming the sheer joy of curiosity" (Exclaim)

DestroyerLabyrinthitis

"Perplexing, intriguing, sometimes infuriating, but rarely less than intoxicating" (musicOMH). "His most live-sounding record in years" (Pitchfork). "Bejar at his most villainous" (Beats Per Minute)

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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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Everything Everything

Raw Data Feel

Sixth album from the Manchester-based indie pop/art rock band produced by the band's guitarist Alex Robertshaw and Tom A.D. Fuller
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Wet Tennis

Second album from the Florida-based duo Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern
The Black Crowes

1972

Latest release from the Atlanta, Georgia rock band consists covers of covers of famous tracks released in 1972

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Kendrick Lamar Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

The listening experience is defined by languorous stretches between big moments, and becomes more of an exercise in patience than an engaging and enlivening journey Sputnik Music (staff)

Everything Everything Raw Data Feel

It casts a curious glance over our relationship with technology The Arts Desk

Everything Everything Raw Data Feel

Everything Everything turn to the world of AI, offering up a record of deepfaked pop The Skinny

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A Bit Of Previous by Belle And Sebastian

"Warm, comforting return from a band who do what they do extremely well" (musicOMH). "Strikes a balance between the band’s familiar sound and proving they still have something to say" (Slant)

Arcade FireWE
"All the facets of Arcade Fire’s 20-year career synchronise on WE" (The Line Of Best Fit). "Crystallises just what makes these Canadians so great: when they hit the mark, there’s nobody to touch them" (musicOMH)

Miranda LambertPalomino
"A scattershot travelogue that houses some of her best-ever songwriting" (Pitchfork). "The eighth album from country music’s most ambitious artist is full of welcome departures" (Rolling Stone)

Bloc PartyAlpha Games
"An exciting return with addictive hooks and array of infectious album stand outs" (Clash). "There’s evidence that the band’s line-up changes have reinvigorated them" (musicOMH)

Kurt VileWatch My Moves
"Vile’s sprawling new album captures the magic, loss, and wonderment of being alive" (AV Club). "There really is no weak spot on the album" (Northern Transmission)

Daniel RossenYou Belong There
"A genuinely transporting, multi-dimensional song cycle" (musicOMH). "Riveting, fascinating, and compelling" (Loud And Quiet). "It finds an audience precisely because it's so extraordinary" (All Music)

CalexicoEl Mirador
"They’ve never sounded better" musicOMH. "Though they've branched out over the years with plenty of success, El Mirador shows their roots are as strong as ever" (All Music)

Vince StaplesRamona Park Broke My Heart
"This is easily his most ambitious, personal and hard-hitting work to date" (Exclaim). "It’s a triumph, and perhaps the finest album yet in his storied career" (Clash)

The Linda LindasGrowing Up
"A record that reaches across the generational divide through both its mastery of sound and the universality of its stories" (DIY). "Revelling in the joys of youth, and it sounds great" (Kerrang!)

Kae TempestThe Line Is A Curve
"Their most open, vulnerable and beautiful yet" (The Skinny). "Rife with feelings of ephemeral isolation and deep personal anxieties, they have realised a new wave of modern storytelling" (DIY)

Soul GloDiaspora Problems
"Mixes actionable rhetoric, absurdist humor, and breathtaking vulnerability like no band before them" (Pitchfork). "An essential and enlivening record from start to finish" (Beats Per Minute)

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.

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