Year-End Lists

David Hajdu: The Best Albums of 2024, as published by The Nation

[see also 2025]

• Kris Davis Trio
  Run the Gauntlet
• Mabe Fratti
  Sentir Que No Sabes
• Jihye Lee Orchestra
  Infinite Connections
• Mannequin Pussy
  I Got Heaven
• Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding
  Milton + Esperanza
• Willie Nelson
  Last Leaf On The Tree
• Meshell Ndegeocello
  No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
• Chappell Roan
  The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
• Linda Catlin Smith
  Flowers of Emptiness
• Tyler, The Creator
  Chromakopia

Honorable Mentions

• Beyoncé
  Cowboy Carter
• Laurie Anderson
  Amelia
• Julian Lage
  Speak To Me
• Kendrick Lamar
  GNX
• The Last Dinner Party
  Prelude to Ecstasy
• Charles Lloyd
  The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
• Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
  Rectangles and Circumstance
• Waxahatchee
  Tigers Blood