Year-End Lists

Lists

1. Top 40 Best Albums Of 2024

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   mxdwn
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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   Complex
3. Best Albums of 2024

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   Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
4. 40 Favorite Albums of My 2024

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   Brad Luen
5. 10 of the Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2024

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   XXL
6. Top 50 Albums of 2024

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   Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
7. The Best Albums of 2024

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   Jem Aswad: Variety
8. The Best Albums of 2024

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   Flood
9. The Best Albums of 2024

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   Chris Richards: Washington Post
10. 10 Best Albums of 2024

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    Melodic Magazine
11. Best Albums of 2024

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    Stereogum
12. The 25 Best Albums of 2024

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    A.V. Club
13. Best Albums of 2024

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    Billboard
14. The Best Albums of 2024

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    Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
15. The 20 Best Albums of 2024

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    Dazed
16. The 10 Best Albums of 2024

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    Alan Light: Esquire
17. Albums of the Year 2024

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    DIY
18. Best Albums of 2024

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    Maria Sherman: AP
19. Top 20 Albums of 2024

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    Spectrum Culture
20. The 10 Best Albums of 2024

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    Mesfin Fekadu: Hollywood Reporter
21. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    Yardbarker
22. The Best Albums of 2024

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    Chris Willman: Variety
23. 30 Best Albums of 2024

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    The Ringer
24. Albums of the Year 2025

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    New Statesman
25. The Best Albums Of 2024

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    Essence
26. 10 Best Albums of 2024

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    Kitty Empire: Observer
27. Top 50 Albums of 2024

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    Brooklyn Vegan
28. The Best Albums of 2024

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    The Line of Best Fit
29. Best Albums of 2024

    More of our favorite albums include
    Passerby
30. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    Consequence
31. The Best Albums Of 2024

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    HuffPost
32. Best Pop Music Albums of 2024

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    Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
33. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    NME
34. Best Albums of 2024

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    Obscure Sound
35. The Best Albums of 2024

    Honorable Mentions
    David Hajdu: The Nation
36. Top 50 Albums of 2024

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    Beats Per Minute
37. The 20 Best Albums of 2024

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    Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
38. The 25 Best Albums of 2024

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    Sunday Times
39. Albums of the Year 2024

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    Clash
40. 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    Exclaim
41. Albums of the Year 2024

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    Loud And Quiet
42. The Best Albums of 2024

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    Independent
43. The 35 Best Albums of 2024

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    Riff
44. Best 50 Releases of 2024

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    The Alternative
45. The Top 50 Albums Of 2024

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    Still Listening
46. The 100 Best Albums of 2024

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    Paste
47. The 100 Best Albums of 2024

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    Rolling Stone
48. Best Albums of 2024

    And 15 more standouts, in alphabetical order
    Jon Pareles: New York Times
49. Dean's List 2024

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    Robert Christgau
50. Favorite Albums of 2024

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    Grace Robins-Somerville
51. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    Boston Globe
52. My Favorite Music of 2024

    Runners-up
    Steve Erickson
53. 40 Albums I Loved in 2024

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    Adrian Spinelli
54. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    Our Culture
55. The 30 Best Albums of 2024

    Honorable Mention
    KCRW
56. The Best Albums of 2024

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    Atwood Magazine
57. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    Slant
58. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    Albumism
59. The Best Albums of 2024

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    Uproxx
60. Albums of the Year 2024

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    Quietus
61. The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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    NPR: NPR Music
62. Top 100 Albums of 2024

    Honorable Mentions
    Under the Radar