Year-End Lists

The Independent: The Best Albums of 2024, compiled by Mark Beaumont and Helen Brown

[see also 2025 • 2023]

1. Romance
   Fontaines D.C.
2. Brat
   Charli XCX
3. Only God Was Above Us
   Vampire Weekend
4. Wild God
   Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5. Bright Future
   Adrianne Lenker
6. Nobody Loves You More
   Kim Deal
7. Chromakopia
   Tyler, The Creator
8. Songs of a Lost World
   The Cure
9. Patterns in Repeat
   Laura Marling
10. Wall of Eyes
    The Smile
11. Cowboy Carter
    Beyoncé
12. Death Songbook
    Paraorchestra
13. This Could Be Texas
    English Teacher
14. Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Billie Eilish
15. Viva Hinds
    Hinds
16. Short n' Sweet
    Sabrina Carpenter
17. Five Dice, All Threes
    Bright Eyes
18. GNX
    Kendrick Lamar
19. The Tortured Poets Department
    Taylor Swift
20. Prelude to Ecstasy
    The Last Dinner Party