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  1. Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
  2. People: Jeff Nelson: Top 10 Albums of 2024
  3. Esquire: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
  4. Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2024
  5. Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
  6. Billboard: Best Albums of 2024
  7. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2024
  8. Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2024
  9. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2024
  10. The Forty-Five: The Best Albums of 2024
  11. Riff: The 35 Best Albums of 2024
  12. Rolling Stone: Rob Sheffield: Top 20 Albums of 2024
  13. The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca: Best Pop Music Albums of 2024
  14. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
  15. Consequence: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
  16. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
  17. Daily Mail: Adrian Thrills: Top 10 Albums of 2024
  18. New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Albums of 2024
  19. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
  20. Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
  21. Variety: Steven J. Horowitz: The Best Albums of 2024
  22. A.V. Club: The 25 Best Albums of 2024
  23. New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2024
  24. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 20 Best Albums of 2024
  25. Independent: The Best Albums of 2024
  26. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Best Albums of 2024
  27. Sunday Times: The 25 Best Albums of 2024
  28. Time Out: The Best Albums of 2024
  29. Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
  30. Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2024
  31. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2024
  32. The Ringer: 30 Best Albums of 2024
  33. Flood: The Best Albums of 2024
  34. Yardbarker: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
  35. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
  36. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2024
  37. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
  38. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2024
  39. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of 2024

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