Year-End Lists

No Ripcord: The Best Albums of 2024

[see also 2025 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021]

1. I Got Heaven
   Mannequin Pussy
2. Brat
   Charli XCX
3. Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here
   Friko
4. Manning Fireworks
   MJ Lenderman
5. Prelude to Ecstasy
   The Last Dinner Party
6. Songs of a Lost World
   The Cure
7. Here in the Pitch
   Jessica Pratt
8. Diamond Jubilee
   Cindy Lee
9. Letter to Self
   Sprints
10. Imaginal Disk
    Magdalena Bay
11. Harm's Way
    Ducks Ltd.
12. Bright Future
    Adrianne Lenker
13. My Light, My Destroyer
    Cassandra Jenkins
14. Lafandar
    Heems & Lapgan
15. Only God Was Above Us
    Vampire Weekend
16. WOOF.
    Fat Dog
17. Chromakopia
    Tyler, The Creator
18. Final Summer
    Cloud Nothings
19. Fairweather Friend
    The Umbrellas
20. Box for Buddy, Box for Star
    This Is Lorelei
21. The Collective
    Kim Gordon
22. Disaster Trick
    Horse Jumper of Love
23. Eels
    Being Dead
24. The Sunset Violent
    Mount Kimbie
25. My Method Actor
    Nilüfer Yanya
26. All Born Screaming
    St. Vincent
27. Lived Here For a While
    Good Looks
28. Keeper of the Shepherd
    Hannah Frances
29. Wall of Eyes
    The Smile
30. Paul Bunyan's Slingshot
    Liquid Mike
31. Deep Sage
    Gouge Away
32. Tigers Blood
    Waxahatchee
33. Filthy Underneath
    Nadine Shah
34. Patterns in Repeat
    Laura Marling
35. Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild
    Merce Lemon
36. Absolute Elsewhere
    Blood Incantation
37. My Anti-Aircraft Friend
    Julie
38. Passage du Desir
    Johnny Blue Skies
39. She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
    Chelsea Wolfe
40. Vertigo
    Wand
41. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
    Shabaka
42. Up on Gravity Hill
    Metz
43. Hovvdy
    Hovvdy
44. Blue Lips
    Schoolboy Q
45. I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
    Christopher Owens
46. I'm Totally Fine with It Don't Give a Fuck Anymore
    Arab Strap
47. Musow Danse
    Les Amazones d’Afrique
48. Acadia
    Yasmin Williams
49. Mahashmashana
    Father John Misty
50. Revelator
    Elucid