It’s that time of year again when we pretend that ranking music matters much more than is really does, and that our own taste is the best. And mine really is! Read on for proof of this.
Included in this list are ambient abstraction that sounds like 90s trance, indie rock albums in the midst of an existential crisis, and electronic records that feel like they might just collapse under their own weight, or are so spectral they’re barely even there. And despite everyone telling me how wrong I am, no Charli XCX at all. For other gaping holes or obvious omissions, I make no apologies whatsoever.
Here are the 50 best albums of 2024. They might change your life.
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50. Bat For Lashes – The Dream of Delphi
49. Jack J – Blue Desert
48. Mabe Fratti – Sentir Que No Sabes
47. XENIA REAPER – Luvaphy
46. Numa Gama – A Spectral Turn
45. Pefkin – The Rescoring
44. 36 – Exit All The Lights
43. Jamie xx – In Waves
42. Madeleine Cocolas – Bodies
41. Naima Bock – A Dark and Massive Land
40. Thee Sacred Souls – Got a Story to Tell
39. Isabel Pine – Where the Flowers Grow
38. Maria W Horn – PANOPTIKON
37. Allegra Krieger – Art of the Unseen Infinity Machine
36. Klara Lewis – Thankful
35. Laryssa Kim – Contezza
34. Leon Bridges – Leon
33. Midland – Fragments Of Us
32. Not Waving, Romance – Infinite Light
31. Skee Mask – D
30. Etelin – Patio User Manual
29. Tinashe – Quantum Baby
28. Actress – Statik
27. Fontaines D.C. – Romance
26. Discovery Zone – Quantum Web
25. Gallery Six – Richness of the Heart
24. NEXCYIA – Exodus
23. Nina Kinert – CHORALS
22. Ann Annie – The Wind
21. Mk.gee – Two Star & The Dream Police
20. Doris Dana – Reveries
19. Mary Lattimore – Rain on the Road
18. Wil Bolton – Null Point
17. Illuvia – Night Prism
16. Reunion Island – Night Words
15. Save The Cat – YOUR SOUL INTERTWINED WITH MINE
14. Hearts and Minds – Hearts and Minds
13. Pale Jay – Low End Love Songs
12. Tren – The Passages Through Space and Time
11. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy
10. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
09. Matthew Halsal – An Ever Changing View
08. Bianca Scout – Pattern Damage
07. Lb Honne – Present Future / Here There
06. Nailah Hunter – Lovegaze
05. Marika Hackman – Big Sigh
04. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
03. Donato Dozzy – Magda
02. Night Tapes – assisted memories
01. Nilufer Yanya – My Method Actor
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