Best of 2024 Album Lists

[kosmo vinyl]

I'm sure everyone is beavering away on making their lists of best 2024 album, except me of course because A. I loathe/stink at making lists and b. CVDP will make a snide remark about mine and hurt my feelings.

In the meantime I feel as though we should listen to and assess the records topping music sites lists, i.e. Quietus, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, there will be others I'm sure

I'll start with the Quietus nod of  Ex-Easter Island Head - Norther.  A 6 track 37 minute album of ambient rock stuff, you do the math The opening 9:45 track has a almost four minute crescendo before it starts going.   So if  guitars struck with mallets and sticks is your thing, then this is an album for you.  My reaction is this is nice, but where are hooks and singalong courses...

So currently up for grabs to assess are

Pitchfork - Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee a 32-track magnum opus from the glamorous alter-ego of Canadian musician Patrick Flegel. Only available on Bandcamp https://cindylee.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-jubilee

Rolling Stone - Charli XCX, ‘Brat’

Paste - Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch

I'll add others as I see them..

[Space Freely]

Indeed I am beavering away making my own list. I'd rather not look at any other lists until my own is complete. Then I'll play the game. In the meantime, when my own list is complete, should I place it here or start a new thread?

[sweetcell]

for those needing a cheat-sheet or blacklist: NPR's 50 Best Albums of 2024

I'd rather not look at any other lists until my own is complete.

gawdang purists...

[Space Freely]

for those needing a cheat-sheet or blacklist: NPR's 50 Best Albums of 2024

I'd rather not look at any other lists until my own is complete.

gawdang purists...

My wife already says I'm a slave to what critics say when it comes to my music, film, and tv picks. If I look at a critic's year end list first and let it influence mine...then she's right.

[Justin Tonation]

The Wire's 50 best

Biggest shocker is #36

[hutch]

My list


1. Nick Cave

[nkotb]

My list is pretty set, but I'm catching up on some stuff I missed this year. 

[hutch]

Word

[kosmo vinyl]

A couple more lists to digest... My eyes generally glaze over at most of these lists, but I what I enjoy about Louder Than Wars list is they'll include albums I actually listened and enjoyed and don't feel the need to be a hipstery or picking the obvious chart toppers.  So group like James, HiFi Sean & David McAlmont, Kneecap, etc make their list.  I also learned the New Model Army released a new album..  Beginning to suspect some of you might be contributors to this site give the top three choices..

1. Amyl & The Sniffers: Cartoon Darkness
2. The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seed: Wild God
(Bad Seed)

I also spy some of sidehatchamthingys favorites on this list and also definitely need to check out Peter Perrett of The Only Ones "The Cleansing" 

https://louderthanwar.com/albums-of-2024/

[kosmo vinyl]

This list seems relevant to the interest of some here, I've added Lost Legion = Behind The Concrete Veil to my list to checkout as someone else noted it

Straight Hedge! The Best Punk and HC of 2024

https://thequietus.com/tq-charts/columns-of-the-year/best-punk-and-hardcore-albums-2024-review/

[kosmo vinyl]

I listened to Radio 6's Craig Charles best funk and soul of 2024 and ended up with several new open tabs and a bunch of albums to check out...

I'm most intrigued by the London based label Original Gravity and couple of it's artists Junior Dell & The D-Lites a new band doing ska and rocksteady.  Also, a Spanish label Discos Antifaz and particular the mysterious  Tito Ramírez doing Latin Soul

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Here’s my personal top 11 list which also happens to be the only correct list anyone has put out:

1. Charli XCX - Brat
2. Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet
3. Charli XCX - Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat
4. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
5. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
6. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
7. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
8. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
9. Shellac - To All Trains
10. Jack White - No Name
11. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

[kosmo vinyl]

i found likely the most  Kilsalyesque best of 2024 list

https://www.smallalbums.com/best-100-tracks

[sweetcell]

i found likely the most  Kilsalyesque best of 2024 list

https://www.smallalbums.com/best-100-tracks

taking the temperature of the room here: does anyone recognize any bands on that list?

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

Well, I follow Azaghal on Twitter, so yes.