Year-End Lists

Slant Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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1. Brat
   Charli XCX
2. Bright Future
   Adrianne Lenker
3. Hit Me Hard and Soft
   Billie Eilish
4. All Born Screaming
   St. Vincent
5. Tigers Blood
   Waxahatchee
6. Only God Was Above Us
   Vampire Weekend
7. Songs of a Lost World
   The Cure
8. My Method Actor
   Nilüfer Yanya
9. My Light, My Destroyer
   Cassandra Jenkins
10. Imaginal Disk
    Magdalena Bay
11. I Got Heaven
    Mannequin Pussy
12. Critterland
    Willi Carlisle
13. Diamond Jubilee
    Cindy Lee
14. Manning Fireworks
    MJ Lenderman
15. Britpop
    A.G. Cook
16. Lives Outgrown
    Beth Gibbons
17. Orquídeas
    Kali Uchis
18. Here in the Pitch
    Jessica Pratt
19. The Past Is Still Alive
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
20. Queridão
    Dj Anderson do Paraiso
21. For Your Consideration
    Empress Of
22. Night Palace
    Mount Eerie
23. Big Ideas
    Remi Wolf
24. Pinball
    Mike & Tony Seltzer
25. Cowboy Carter
    Beyoncé
26. The New Sound
    Geordie Greep
27. Almighty So 2
    Chief Keef
28. Passage du Desir
    Johnny Blue Skies
29. Short n' Sweet
    Sabrina Carpenter
30. Sex Drive
    Chow Lee
31. Woodland
    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
32. No Name
    Jack White
33. Cold Visions
    Bladee
34. GNX
    Kendrick Lamar
35. What Happened to the Heart?
    Aurora
36. Cascade
    Floating Points
37. Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here
    Friko
38. A Firmer Hand
    Hamish Hawk
39. Quiet in a World Full of Noise
    Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn
40. Radical Optimism
    Dua Lipa
41. I Lay Down My Life for You
    JPEGMAFIA
42. Untame the Tiger
    Mary Timony
43. Charm
    Clairo
44. Akoma
    Jlin
45. The Collective
    Kim Gordon
46. Playing Favorites
    Sheer Mag
47. Funeral for Justice
    Mdou Moctar
48. Night Reign
    Arooj Aftab
49. In Lieu of Flowers
    Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
50. What Now
    Brittany Howard