Year-End Lists

Yardbarker: The 50 Best Albums of 2024

[see also 2023]

1. Transa
   various artists
2. Brat
   Charli XCX
3. Imaginal Disk
   Magdalena Bay
4. Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, and Dylan Day
   Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, and Dylan Day
5. Diamond Jubilee
   Cindy Lee
6. What Now
   Brittany Howard
7. GNX
   Kendrick Lamar
8. You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
   Knocked Loose
9. Songs of a Lost World
   The Cure
10. Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here
    Friko
11. Chromakopia
    Tyler, The Creator
12. The New Sound
    Geordie Greep
13. Little Rope
    Sleater-Kinney
14. Keeper of the Shepherd
    Hannah Frances
15. What Lies Ahead Of Me
    all under heaven
16. The Room
    Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel
17. Night Palace
    Mount Eerie
18. Awe
    XG
19. Night Reign
    Arooj Aftab
20. Cunningham Bird
    Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird
21. Chameleon
    trauma ray
22. Cowboy Carter
    Beyoncé
23. Short n' Sweet
    Sabrina Carpenter
24. Orquídeas
    Kali Uchis
25. All Hell
    Los Campesinos!
26. Absolute Elsewhere
    Blood Incantation
27. Find Your Flame
    Nubiyan Twist
28. Right Place, Wrong Person
    RM
29. Stereophonic (Original Cast Recording)
    Original Cast of Stereophonic
30. As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
    The Decemberists
31. King of the Mischievous South
    Denzel Curry
32. Funk Generation
    Anitta
33. Daryl Johns
    Daryl Johns
34. Close Your Eyes
    ionnalee
34. Blund
    ionnalee
35. Akoma
    Jlin
36. Bright Future
    Adrianne Lenker
37. The Year I Turned 21
    Ayra Starr
38. look at me but through me
    bad tuner
39. Alligator Bites Never Heal
    Doechii
40. Sandy Legs
    Kolumbo
41. Pull the Rope
    Ibibio Sound Machine
42. Ohio Players
    The Black Keys
43. Nutty
    Bodysync
44. The FORCE
    LL Cool J
45. Cutouts
    The Smile
46. Speaking Across Time
    Gilligan Moss
47. Leviathan
    d'Eon
48. Born in the Wild
    Tems
49. Black Sheep
    Cakes da Killa
50. Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Billie Eilish