Year-End Lists

Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2024, as posted on his YouTube channel, The Needle Drop

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Brat
   Charli XCX
2. No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
   Godspeed You! Black Emperor
3. GNX
   Kendrick Lamar
4. No Name
   Jack White
5. The Thief Next to Jesus
   Ka
6. The New Sound
   Geordie Greep
7. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
   Knocked Loose
8. She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
   Chelsea Wolfe
9. Only God Was Above Us
   Vampire Weekend
10. Imaginal Disk
    Magdalena Bay
11. Maze Envy
    Civerous
12. Scrapyard
    Quadeca
13. I Lay Down My Life for You
    JPEGMAFIA
14. Night Palace
    Mount Eerie
15. Patterns in Repeat
    Laura Marling
16. 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
    Xiu Xiu
17. Hotel La Rut
    Joanna Wang
18. Lives Outgrown
    Beth Gibbons
19. Diamond Jubilee
    Cindy Lee
20. Loss Of Life
    MGMT
21. Prelude to Ecstasy
    The Last Dinner Party
22. Bright Future
    Adrianne Lenker
23. King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2
    Denzel Curry
24. Smile! :D
    Porter Robinson
25. Cool World
    Chat Pile
26. Cowboy Carter
    Beyoncé
27. Chromakopia
    Tyler, The Creator
28. Tidal Memory Exo
    Iglooghost
29. Dark Times
    Vince Staples
30. You Like Music
    death's dynamic shroud & Galen Tipton
31. Absolute Elsewhere
    Blood Incantation
32. The Great Bailout
    Moor Mother
33. Something in the Room She Moves
    Julia Holter
34. The Collective
    Kim Gordon
35. What A Fucking Nightmare
    The Chisel
36. Every Bridge Burning
    Nails
37. Ultra 85
    Logic
38. It's Sorted
    Cheekface
39. A Dream Is All We Know
    The Lemon Twigs
40. Carousel from Hell
    Lust$ickPuppy
41. Why Lawd?
    NxWorries
42. Samurai
    Lupe Fiasco
43. #RICHAXXHAITIAN
    Mach-Hommy
44. What Now
    Brittany Howard
45. People Who Aren’t There Anymore
    Future Islands
46. Cascade
    Floating Points
47. Inorganic Rites
    Krallice
48. As Grande As
    Grande Mahogany
49. No Hands
    Joey Valence & Brae
50. 2093
    Yeat

Honorable Mentions

• WOOF.
  Fat Dog
• Fine Art
  Kneecap
• Spiral In A Straight Line
  Touché Amoré
• Wall of Eyes
  The Smile
• Blue Lips
  Schoolboy Q
• Silence Is Loud
  Nia Archives
• Hyperdrama
  Justice
• Glimmer of God
  Jean Dawson
• Cometh The Storm
  High On Fire
• Love Heart Cheat Code
  Hiatus Kaiyote
• Alligator Bites Never Heal
  Doechii
• Songs of a Lost World
  The Cure
• The love it took to leave you
  Colin Stetson
• Hit Me Hard and Soft
  Billie Eilish
• Night Reign
  Arooj Aftab