Year-End Lists

Brad Luen: 40 Favorite Albums of My 2024, as posted to his newsletter, Semipop Life

[see also 2025]

1. Bright Future
   Adrianne Lenker
2. GNX
   Kendrick Lamar
3. Am I Okay?
   Megan Moroney
4. Finally Famous Too
   Dlala Thukzin
5. Alligator Bites Never Heal
   Doechii
6. Mid Air
   Romy
7. Hello, I’m From The Future
   Thomas Anderson
8. turnchest
   Eirik Hegdal
9. The Interrogator
   The Paranoid Style
10. Wearing Out the Refrain
    Bad Moves
11. Y'Y
    Amaro Freitas
12. Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Billie Eilish
13. Chamber Music Vol. 2
    Hans Winterberg
14. hummingbird
    Carly Pearce
15. Akoma
    Jlin
16. Utopia Now!
    Rosie Tucker
17. Franco Luambo Makiadi Presents Les Editions Populaires (1968-1970)
    Franco & O.K. Jazz
18. Postcards from Texas
    Miranda Lambert
19. Greatest Hits
    Deerlady
20. Quarter Life Crisis
    Baby Queen
21. Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye)
    Darius Jones
22. Modern Flora
    Dylan Hicks & Small Screens
23. Short n' Sweet
    Sabrina Carpenter
24. Glorious
    GloRilla
25. East African Legends Live
    Shikamoo Jazz
26. Mille Morceau
    DJ Finale
27. Run the Gauntlet
    Kris Davis Trio
28. Fe3O4: Break
    Nmixx
29. I Got Heaven
    Mannequin Pussy
30. Hood Hottest Princess
    Sexyy Red
31. Unholier Than Thou: 7/7/77
    Unholy Modal Rounders
32. Anth01
    Jacques Greene
33. Continuing
    Tyshawn Sorey
34. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran
    Shakira
35. Francesca
    David Murray Quartet
36. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
    Chappell Roan
37. A Dog's Chance
    Polo Perks / FearDorian / AyooLii
38. Only God Was Above Us
    Vampire Weekend
39. A moi la liberté - Early Electronic Raï (Algérie 1983-90)
    various artists
40. Blood Burden
    Alfredo Colón