Year-End Lists

PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2024

1. Charli XCX
   Brat
2. Beyoncé
   Cowboy Carter
3. Cindy Lee
   Diamond Jubilee
4. Mdou Moctar
   Funeral for Justice
5. Fontaines D.C.
   Romance
6. Kim Gordon
   The Collective
7. Miss Li
   Livet, döden, skiten däremellan
8. Jamie xx
   In Waves
9. Waxahatchee
   Tigers Blood
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
    Wild God
11. MJ Lenderman
    Manning Fireworks
12. The Cure
    Songs of a Lost World
13. Les Amazones d’Afrique
    Musow Danse
14. Beabadoobee
    This Is How Tomorrow Moves
15. Johnny Blue Skies
    Passage du Desir
16. Tyler, The Creator
    Chromakopia
17. Being Dead
    Eels
18. Jlin
    Akoma
19. Lollise
    I hit the water
20. Fred Thomas
    Window in the Rhythm
21. Jessica Pratt
    Here in the Pitch
22. Heems
    Veena
23. Arooj Aftab
    Night Reign
24. Beth Gibbons
    Lives Outgrown
25. Sierra Ferrell
    Trail Of Flowers
26. Sumac
    The Healer
27. The Smile
    Wall of Eyes
28. The Last Dinner Party
    Prelude to Ecstasy
29. Yasmin Williams
    Acadia
30. Yard Act
    Where's My Utopia?
31. Reyna Tropical
    Malegría
32. Mount Eerie
    Night Palace
33. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
    Woodland
34. Kit Sebastian
    New Internationale
35. Mary Halvorson
    Cloudward
36. Gouge Away
    Deep Sage
37. English Teacher
    This Could Be Texas
38. Elbow
    Audio Vertigo
39. Brittany Howard
    What Now
40. Hurray for the Riff Raff
    The Past Is Still Alive
41. Madi Diaz
    Weird Faith
42. Magdalena Bay
    Imaginal Disk
43. Mary Timony
    Untame the Tiger
44. Sabrina Carpenter
    Short n' Sweet
45. The Zawose Queens
    Maisha
46. Wild Pink
    Dulling the Horns
47. Meshell Ndegeocello
    No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
48. Los Campesinos!
    All Hell
49. Dua Lipa
    Radical Optimism
50. Drug Church
    Prude
51. Carly Cosgrove
    The Cleanest of Houses Are Empty
52. Billie Eilish
    Hit Me Hard and Soft
53. Blood Incantation
    Absolute Elsewhere
54. Father John Misty
    Mahashmashana
55. Ibibio Sound Machine
    Pull the Rope
56. Laura Marling
    Patterns in Repeat
57. Mannequin Pussy
    I Got Heaven
58. Marika Hackman
    Big Sigh
59. Sprints
    Letter to Self
60. Taylor Swift
    The Tortured Poets Department
61. Jane Weaver
    Love in Constant Spectacle
62. The Decemberists
    As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
63. Ariana Grande
    Eternal Sunshine
64. Hannah Frances
    Keeper of the Shepherd
65. Kelly Lee Owens
    Dreamstate
66. Vampire Weekend
    Only God Was Above Us
67. Khruangbin
    A La Sala
68. Clairo
    Charm
69. Joy Oladokun
    Observations From A Crowded Room
70. Laetitia Sadier
    Rooting for Love
71. Emel
    MRA
72. Claire Rousay
    Sentiment
73. High Vis
    Guided Tour
74. Horse Jumper of Love
    Disaster Trick
75. Chat Pile
    Cool World
76. Christian Lee Hutson
    Paradise Pop. 10
77. Laurie Anderson
    Amelia
78. DIIV
    Frog In Boiling Water
79. Sarah Jarosz
    Polaroid Lovers
80. Office Culture
    Enough