Year-End Lists

Yardbarker: The 50 Best Albums of 2024

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