Year-End Lists

Rough Trade: UK Albums of the Year 2024

[see also 2025 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Sophie
   Sophie
2. English Teacher
   This Could Be Texas
3. Laura Marling
   Patterns in Repeat
4. The Smile
   Cutouts
5. The Last Dinner Party
   Prelude to Ecstasy
6. Idles
   Tangk
7. Amyl and The Sniffers
   Cartoon Darkness
8. Charli XCX
   Brat
9. Sprints
   Letter to Self
10. Yard Act
    Where's My Utopia?
11. Father John Misty
    Mahashmashana
12. Big Special
    Postindustrial Hometown Blues
13. Fontaines D.C.
    Romance
14. Ezra Collective
    Dance, No One's Watching
15. St. Vincent
    All Born Screaming
16. Clairo
    Charm
17. Katy J Pearson
    Someday, Now
18. Magdalena Bay
    Imaginal Disk
19. Bill Ryder-Jones
    Iechyd Da
20. Fabiana Palladino
    Fabiana Palladino
21. Adrianne Lenker
    Bright Future
22. Jamie xx
    In Waves
23. The Cure
    Songs of a Lost World
24. MJ Lenderman
    Manning Fireworks
25. Waxahatchee
    Tigers Blood
26. Kneecap
    Fine Art
27. Cassandra Jenkins
    My Light, My Destroyer
28. Denzel Curry
    King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2
29. Jack White
    No Name
30. Max Richter
    In A Landscape
31. Jane Weaver
    Love in Constant Spectacle
32. Geordie Greep
    The New Sound
33. Thurston Moore
    Flow Critical Lucidity
34. Tindersticks
    Soft Tissue
35. Marika Hackman
    Big Sigh
36. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
    Wild God
37. Kim Gordon
    The Collective
38. Peggy Gou
    I Hear You
39. The Lemon Twigs
    A Dream Is All We Know
40. Caribou
    Honey
41. Camera Obscura
    Look to the East, Look to the West
42. Wunderhorse
    Midas
43. Mount Kimbie
    The Sunset Violent
44. Beth Gibbons
    Lives Outgrown
45. Thandii
    Dream With You
45. Thandii
    Come As You
46. Kiasmos
    II
47. Master Peace
    How To Make a Master Peace
48. The Bug Club
    On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System
49. Fat Dog
    WOOF.
50. Cloud Nothings
    Final Summer
51. High Vis
    Guided Tour
52. NxWorries
    Why Lawd?
53. Nala Sinephro
    Endlessness
54. Floating Points
    Cascade
55. Hinds
    Viva Hinds
56. Nia Archives
    Silence Is Loud
57. Maggie Antone
    Rhinestoned
58. John Grant
    The Art Of The Lie
59. Brigitte Calls Me Baby
    The Future Is Our Way Out
60. Molchat Doma
    Belaya Polosa
61. Allie X
    Girl With No Face
62. Thus Love
    All Pleasure
63. Tapir!
    The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain
64. Whitelands
    Night-Bound Eyes Are Blind to the Day
65. The Jesus and Mary Chain
    Glasgow Eyes
66. Pernice Brothers
    Who Will You Believe
67. Mannequin Pussy
    I Got Heaven
68. Dog Unit
    At Home
69. Beabadoobee
    This Is How Tomorrow Moves
70. Dehd
    Poetry
71. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
    Loophole
72. Lip Critic
    Hex Dealer
73. Marina Allen
    Eight Pointed Star
74. Bonny Light Horseman
    Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free
75. Deadletter
    Hysterical Strength
76. Isobel Campbell
    Bow To Love
77. Hermanos Gutiérrez
    Sonido Cósmico
78. Zsela
    Big For You
79. Richard Thompson
    Ship to Shore
80. Kelly Finnigan
    A Lover Was Born
81. Lynks
    Abomination
82. Confidence Man
    3AM (La La La)
83. Still House Plants
    If I Don't Make It, I Love U
84. Katie Gavin
    What A Relief
85. Chanel Beads
    Your Day Will Come
86. Clarissa Connelly
    World of Work
87. The Decemberists
    As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
88. Bob Vylan
    Humble As the Sun
89. The Mysterines
    Afraid of Tomorrows
90. Ibibio Sound Machine
    Pull the Rope
91. The Courettes
    The Soul of... The Fabulous Courettes
92. cumgirl8
    the 8th cumming
93. MGMT
    Loss Of Life
94. Justice
    Hyperdrama
95. The Soundcarriers
    Through Other Reflections
96. Pale Jay
    Low End Love Songs
97. Pond
    Stung!
98. Public Service Broadcasting
    The Last Flight
99. Paranoid London
    Arseholes, Liars, and Electronic Pioneers
100. Kamasi Washington
     Fearless Movement