Complex sentence: The album was released to generally positive reviews from music critics, with several writers referring to it as the band's best album in over a decade, and it was ranked by several publications as one of the best albums of 2015.
Split into simpler sentences: The album was released to generally positive reviews from music critics. Several writers referred to it as the band's best album in over a decade, and multiple publications ranked it as one of the best albums of 2015.