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Where did the year go. And as I say that, we’re somehow already eight days into the New Year, and no one knows how.
As usual, I waited until the year was actually over before I shared my list. Though this time the delay is more for various reasons and the timing just felt right. Rat race be damned.
2024 was an interesting year for many reasons – especially with music. But as usual, there were a ton of releases that stood out amongst the overwhelming constant overflow. These were 50 that stood out, ranked in some sort of order that may or may not matter.
Here are my top 50 albums of 2024:
50. Nisa – Shapeshifting
49. Soccer Mommy- Evergreen
48. Caroline Says – The Lucky One
47. Christopher Owens – I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
46. Porridge Radio – Clouds in the Sky They Will Always Be There for Me
45. Bess Atwell – Light Sleeper
44. Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer
43. Jagged Baptist Club – Physical Surveillance
42. Friko – Where We’ve Been, Where We Go from Here
41. The Hard Quartet – The Hard Quartet
40. Ty Segall – Three Bells
39. Tyler The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA
38. Hemlock Ernst + Icky Reels – Studying Absence
37. Amen Dunes – Death Jokes
36. Amyl and the Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness
35. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
34. Kneecap – Fine Art
33. The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know
32. Been Stellar – Scream from New York, NY
31. Ducks Ltd. – Harm’s Way
30. Being Dead – Eels
29. Camera Obscura – Look to the East, Look to the West
28. Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
27. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
26. Nilüfer Yanya – My Method Actor
25. Bonny Light Horseman – Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
24. Geordie Greep – The New Sound
23. Wunderhorse – Midas
22. Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat
21. Boeckner! – Boeckner
20. Vince Staples – Dark Times
19. Wishy – Triple Seven
18. Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor – Challengers [Soundtrack]
17. Yard Act – Where’s My Utopia?
16. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana
15. The Smile – Cutouts / Wall Of Eyes
14. MGMT – Loss of Life
13. Los Campesinos! – All Hell
12. Waxahatche – Tigers Blood
11. Adrienne Lenker – Bright Future
10. Bill-Ryder Jones – Iechyd Da
9. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee
8. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
7. Sprints – Letter to Self
6. Jack White – no name
5. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
4. Jessica Pratt – Here In The Pitch
3. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
2. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
- Fontaines D.C. – Romance
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