Year-End Lists

PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2024

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1. Brat
   Charli XCX
2. Cowboy Carter
   Beyoncé
3. Diamond Jubilee
   Cindy Lee
4. Funeral for Justice
   Mdou Moctar
5. Romance
   Fontaines D.C.
6. The Collective
   Kim Gordon
7. Livet, döden, skiten däremellan
   Miss Li
8. In Waves
   Jamie xx
9. Tigers Blood
   Waxahatchee
10. Wild God
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
11. Manning Fireworks
    MJ Lenderman
12. Songs of a Lost World
    The Cure
13. Musow Danse
    Les Amazones d’Afrique
14. This Is How Tomorrow Moves
    Beabadoobee
15. Passage du Desir
    Johnny Blue Skies
16. Chromakopia
    Tyler, The Creator
17. EELS
    Being Dead
18. Akoma
    Jlin
19. I hit the water
    Lollise
20. Window in the Rhythm
    Fred Thomas
21. Here in the Pitch
    Jessica Pratt
22. Veena
    Heems
23. Night Reign
    Arooj Aftab
24. Lives Outgrown
    Beth Gibbons
25. Trail Of Flowers
    Sierra Ferrell
26. The Healer
    Sumac
27. Wall of Eyes
    The Smile
28. Prelude to Ecstasy
    The Last Dinner Party
29. Acadia
    Yasmin Williams
30. Where's My Utopia?
    Yard Act
31. Malegría
    Reyna Tropical
32. Night Palace
    Mount Eerie
33. Woodland
    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
34. New Internationale
    Kit Sebastian
35. Cloudward
    Mary Halvorson
36. Deep Sage
    Gouge Away
37. This Could Be Texas
    English Teacher
38. Audio Vertigo
    Elbow
39. What Now
    Brittany Howard
40. The Past Is Still Alive
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
41. Weird Faith
    Madi Diaz
42. Imaginal Disk
    Magdalena Bay
43. Untame the Tiger
    Mary Timony
44. Short n' Sweet
    Sabrina Carpenter
45. Maisha
    The Zawose Queens
46. Dulling the Horns
    Wild Pink
47. No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
    Meshell Ndegeocello
48. All Hell
    Los Campesinos!
49. Radical Optimism
    Dua Lipa
50. Prude
    Drug Church
51. The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty
    Carly Cosgrove
52. Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Billie Eilish
53. Absolute Elsewhere
    Blood Incantation
54. Mahashmashana
    Father John Misty
55. Pull the Rope
    Ibibio Sound Machine
56. Patterns in Repeat
    Laura Marling
57. I Got Heaven
    Mannequin Pussy
58. Big Sigh
    Marika Hackman
59. Letter to Self
    Sprints
60. The Tortured Poets Department
    Taylor Swift
61. Love in Constant Spectacle
    Jane Weaver
62. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
    The Decemberists
63. Eternal Sunshine
    Ariana Grande
64. Keeper of the Shepherd
    Hannah Frances
65. Dreamstate
    Kelly Lee Owens
66. Only God Was Above Us
    Vampire Weekend
67. A LA SALA
    Khruangbin
68. Charm
    Clairo
69. Observations From A Crowded Room
    Joy Oladokun
70. Rooting for Love
    Laetitia Sadier
71. MRA
    Emel
72. Sentiment
    claire rousay
73. Guided Tour
    High Vis
74. Disaster Trick
    Horse Jumper of Love
75. Cool World
    Chat Pile
76. Paradise Pop. 10
    Christian Lee Hutson
77. Amelia
    Laurie Anderson
78. Frog In Boiling Water
    DIIV
79. Polaroid Lovers
    Sarah Jarosz
80. Enough
    Office Culture