Year-End Lists

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2024

[see also 2025 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2012]

1. Diamond Jubilee
   Cindy Lee
2. Brat
   Charli XCX
3. Bright Future
   Adrianne Lenker
4. Here in the Pitch
   Jessica Pratt
5. Tigers Blood
   Waxahatchee
6. Songs of a Lost World
   The Cure
7. I Got Heaven
   Mannequin Pussy
8. The Past Is Still Alive
   Hurray for the Riff Raff
9. My Light, My Destroyer
   Cassandra Jenkins
10. My Method Actor
    Nilüfer Yanya
11. Cool World
    Chat Pile
12. Cowboy Carter
    Beyoncé
13. See You at the Maypole
    Half Waif
14. GNX
    Kendrick Lamar
15. The Collective
    Kim Gordon
16. Endlessness
    Nala Sinephro
17. Night Palace
    Mount Eerie
18. Night Reign
    Arooj Aftab
19. The Thief Next to Jesus
    Ka
20. Sentir Que No Sabes
    Mabe Fratti
21. Romance
    Fontaines D.C.
22. This Could Be Texas
    English Teacher
23. All Hell
    Los Campesinos!
24. Foxing
    Foxing
25. Lives Outgrown
    Beth Gibbons
26. Something in the Room She Moves
    Julia Holter
27. Charm
    Clairo
28. All Born Screaming
    St. Vincent
29. Manning Fireworks
    MJ Lenderman
30. Obsidian Wreath
    Infant Island
31. Only God Was Above Us
    Vampire Weekend
32. Mahashmashana
    Father John Misty
33. Critterland
    Willi Carlisle
34. Patterns in Repeat
    Laura Marling
35. Dark Times
    Vince Staples
36. SHAME
    meth.
37. Na
    Nayeon
38. Imaginal Disk
    Magdalena Bay
39. American Standard
    Uniform
40. sleep paralysis
    Bbymutha
41. tragedy as catharsis
    drive your plow over the bones of the dead
42. Your Day Will Come
    Chanel Beads
43. Hit Me Hard and Soft
    Billie Eilish
44. No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
45. Woodland
    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
46. Two Star & The Dream Police
    Mk.gee
47. Romanticism
    Hana Vu
48. Cutouts
    The Smile
49. For Your Consideration
    Empress Of
50. You Could Do It Tonight
    Couch Slut