Top 30 Albums - 2024
I haven't made a list in a while, so I might as well go ahead and share with you my top 30, be gentle. |
| 1 |  | Charli XCX
Brat
This could be the best pop record of the decade and unquestionably the best of this year. I've always loved Charli but Brat feels like the pinnacle of her journey as an artist. There are no bigger bops than 365, Everything Is Romantic, Sympathy is a Knife or Guess in 2024. |
| 2 |  | State Faults
Children of the Moon
It is a faultless record (no pun intended) and its peaks are higher than anything from 2024. I will never forget the transition from No Gospel to Transfiguration. |
| 3 |  | Foxing
Foxing
An absolute curveball of a record, I've always loved them but I wasn't expecting them to go this hard. |
| 4 |  | Jamie xx
In Waves
Club music excellence and a sampling masterclass |
| 5 |  | Opeth
The Last Will and Testament
I am rarely objective when it comes to Opeth, but listening to this for the first time reminded me of when I blasted Watershed on my shitty speakers back in 2009 |
| 6 |  | Lip Critic
Hex Dealer
Not everyone was on board with this thing, but I love its devotion to complete fuckery. I expect greatness from this band in the future. |
| 7 |  | Magdalena Bay
Imaginal Disk
Gorgeous production, great songs and sheer creativity on display, it hits all the right spots for me. |
| 8 |  | Floating Points
Cascade
If anything, 2024 was a phenomenal year for club music and Cascade is further proof of that. |
| 9 |  | The Cure
Songs of a Lost World
To have a new The Cure album that's on par with some of their best work in 2024 was not on my bingo card. Beautiful from start to finish. |
| 10 |  | Full of Hell
Coagulated Bliss
I love whatever the fuck this thing is. |
| 11 |  | Vampire Weekend
Only God Was Above Us
Vampire Weekend's most mature record, not only in terms of lyricism and themes but as a complete work of art. No skips on this one. |
| 12 |  | Chelsea Wolfe
She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
The most hypnotic record I've heard in a while, it feels like a trance (the good kind) and I need to listen to it from top to bottom every time I play it. |
| 13 |  | Geordie Greep
The New Sound
Listening to this makes me think that Black Midi was holding the Greepster back. I'm glad he went solo. |
| 14 |  | Kendrick Lamar
GNX
I'm a big Kendrick whore ngl |
| 15 |  | Blood Incantation
Absolute Elsewhere
Gargantuan in every possible way, took me multiple listens to get a grasp of how massive and ambitious this album is. |
| 16 |  | Julia Holter
Something in the Room She Moves
I expected a better reception for this, but most people just forgot about it. Maybe I'm a bit biased when it comes to Holter's music, but it is what it is. |
| 17 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
No Title as of 13 Feb 2024 28,340 Dead
Free Palestine. |
| 18 |  | Chat Pile
Cool World
As nihilistic and dirty as I thought it would be. |
| 19 |  | Discovery Zone
Quantum Web
Lovely little electro/pop/ambient throwback, been quite addicted to it for the past month or so. |
| 20 |  | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God
It's Ulcerate being Ulcerate, for better or worse. For all of us who like the band, it's a great thing, but it might be time to shake things up a little bit. Still rips, though. |
| 21 |  | Caoilfhionn Rose
Constellation
Beautiful instrumentation, gorgeous textures and a lot of meat to sink our teeth in. |
| 22 |  | Lupe Fiasco
Samurai
I love how straight to the point this is, like it just comes and goes in a heartbeat, but stays long after it's finished. The production in particular is some of the best in terms of hip-hop this year. |
| 23 |  | Ellis
No Place That Feels Like
Probably some of the most melancholic shit I've heard all year, a beautiful combination of folk and emo that delivers the goods. |
| 24 |  | Everything Everything
Mountainhead
This band just continues to deliver and I can't get enough of their brand of freaky, danceable pop. |
| 25 |  | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Challengers OST
It rarely gets as iconic as this score, and the movie would crumble without it. |
| 26 |  | Kali Uchis
OrquÃdeas
Recently got into this one and I'm completely entranced by it. Some of the finest, catchiest pop of the year. |
| 27 |  | Maruja
Connla's Well
Not an LP, but still just as great. Can't wait for them to release a full album. |
| 28 |  | Viva Belgrado
Cancionero de los Cielos
La Dispute but in Spanish, good stuff. |
| 29 |  | Mabe Fratti
Sentir que no sabes
Mabe Fratti continues her weird, incredible journey into alternative/experimental music, but this time with a bit more of a hook. |
| 30 |  | NAILS
Every Bridge Burning
Fast, unrelenting, angry and tremendously underrated. |
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