Year-End Lists

Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2024

[see also 2025 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. Deeper Well
   Kacey Musgraves
2. Songs of a Lost World
   The Cure
3. Vantablack
   Lalah Hathaway
4. The Tortured Poets Department
   Taylor Swift
5. Until We Meet Again
   Sy Smith
6. The Auditorium, Vol. 1
   Common & Pete Rock
7. Lives Outgrown
   Beth Gibbons
8. No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
   Meshell Ndegeocello
9. The Great American Bar Scene
   Zach Bryan
10. The Collective
    Kim Gordon
11. No Name
    Jack White
12. All Born Screaming
    St. Vincent
13. Cowboy Carter
    Beyoncé
14. Brat
    Charli XCX
15. Dark Matter
    Pearl Jam
16. Wall of Eyes
    The Smile
17. Don't Forget Me
    Maggie Rogers
18. Please Don't Cry
    Rapsody
19. Lover, Other
    Rosie Lowe
20. Small Changes
    Michael Kiwanuka
21. Nonetheless
    Pet Shop Boys
22. Blind Faith
    Gemma Hayes
23. Odyssey
    Nubya Garcia
24. Little Rope
    Sleater-Kinney
25. You Only Die 1nce
    Freddie Gibbs
26. Radical Optimism
    Dua Lipa
27. Blue Electric Light
    Lenny Kravitz
28. Tigers Blood
    Waxahatchee
29. Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Billie Eilish
30. Timeless
    KAYTRANADA
31. The Dream of Delphi
    Bat for Lashes
32. Richmond Hill
    Masta Ace & Marco Polo
33. The Secret of Us
    Gracie Abrams
34. Weird Faith
    Madi Diaz
35. Audio Vertigo
    Elbow
36. Algorithm
    Lucky Daye
37. Here in the Pitch
    Jessica Pratt
38. GNX
    Kendrick Lamar
39. Happiness Bastards
    The Black Crowes
40. Tension II
    Kylie Minogue
41. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
    Shabaka
42. Eternal Sunshine
    Ariana Grande
43. Short n' Sweet
    Sabrina Carpenter
44. This Ain't the Way You Go Out
    Lucy Rose
45. Love (the) Ominous World
    Blu & Exile
46. A Psalm for Emily Salvi
    Nerina Pallot
47. Fake Is The New Dope
    Hooverphonic
48. Enjoy Youth
    Bright Light Bright Light
49. Dark Times
    Vince Staples
50. Gratitude
    Mary J. Blige