The 50 Best Albums of 2024

[@markjamie4002]

1 Resort - Skee Mask 2 Iechyd Da - Bill Ryder-Jones 3 Romance - Fontaines D.C. 4 This Could Be Texas - English Teacher 5 Songs of a Lost World - The Cure 6 Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend 7 Imaginal Disk - Maggy Bay 8 Indifferent - Recondite 9 Wild God - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds 10 The Night - Saint Etienne 11 Smile! :D - Porter Robinson 12 RAVE:N, The Remixes - Kelela 13 Dreamstate - Kelly Lee Owens 14 Studio - Monolake 15 Every Inch of Earth Pulsates - W. H. Lung

[@tylerhackner9731]

What a great year for music

[@Count_Deangeli]

I thought of making Top 3 but ended making Top 10 non-metal albums: 1. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy 2. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 3. Vince Staples - Dark Times 4. Christopher Owens - I wanna run barefoot... 5. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk 6. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 7. The Cure - Songs of a lost world 8. Nick Cave - Wild God 9. Charlie XCX - Brat 10. Mono - Oath

[@Malik.lab11]

Great to see Meaningful Stone in your list and Parannoul + Tyler in the Top 5 ! My top 10 best albums of the year: 1. Mk.Gee - Two Stars & The Dream Police 2. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 3. Jamie xx - In Waves 4. Mount Kimbie - The Sunset Violent 5. Charli XCX - brat 6. Joey Valence & Brae - NO HANDS 7. Tyler, The Creator- Chromakopia 8. Julia Holter - Something In The Room She Moves 9. Geordie Greep - The New Sound 10. JPEGMAFIA - I Lay Down My Life For You

[@droquet6961]

Love this list. That Mount Kimbie album got no love this year and I'm a sucker for anyone who has Julia Holter in their 10.

[@Malik.lab11]

@ thanks

[@MarkS_1768]

Good list, nice to see Charli and The Last Dinner Party in there. My top 5: 1. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstacy 2. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 3. Charli xcx - BRAT 4. Nilufer Yanya - My Method Actor 5. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven

[@JamesZurick]

Finally someone discusses I Got Heaven

[@MarkS_1768]

@@JamesZurickI know, right. Such a good album.

[@juanquintana6070]

All the best for 2025 for you. First time i follow your list and enjoyed. These lists are endless but your style is concise and articulate,easy to get the gist. There are lots of pop and R&B with dance and electronica. Good year for music. Thanks for your recommendation.

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

Thank you! You too!

[@alexablood]

Kind of amazing that the biggest year for music in so long is one i barely paid attention to while it was happening. But my favorite album that came out this year was Lives Outgrown!

[@janssendelacruz1595]

Nice to see Porter here!! 🩷

[@Peramon]

Great list, lots of albums that passed under the radar of the media (both mainstream and alternative). Hannah Frances and Friko are in my list and I didn't see anyone else mentioning them!

[@GameJunkyard11]

Obsessed with Chat Pile! Glad you're enjoying their stuff! Unique list as always with many albums most people won't even include on theirs. I'm really missing out on a lot of these!

[@mmumambientsounds-timers]

Here for Mag Bay ❤️

[@Dawn95284]

1. geordie greep - The New Sound 2. Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat of God 3. Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus 4. MAGDALENA BAY - Imaginal Disk 5. Charlie XCX - BRAT 6. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 7. Thou - Umbilical 8. Tyler, the Creator - Chromakopia 9. Syzy - The weight of the world 10. Οπλίτης - Παραμαινομένη 11. Iotunn - Kinship 12. Kendrick Lamar - GNX 13. Iglooghost - Tidal Memory Exo 14. Uboa - Impossible Light 15. Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement 16. Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She 17. Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja 18. Vince Staples - Dark Times 19. Opeth - The Last Will And Testament 20. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 21. Lupe Fiasco - Samurai 22. Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 23. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 24. SPECTRAL WOUND - Songs Of Blood And Mire 25. Pyrrhon - Exhaust 26. Mach-Hommy - #RICHAXXHAITIAN 27. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 28. Theurgy - Emanations of Unconscious Luminescence 29. Colin Stetson - The love it took to leave you 30. Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge 31. Cosmic Putrefaction - Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains 32. drive your plow over the bones of the dead - Tragedy As Catharsis 33. CIVEROUS - Maze Envy 34. LustSickPuppy - Carousel From Hell 35. death's dynamic shroud - You Like Music 36. Brodequin - Harbinger Of Woe 37. yeat - 2093 38. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2 39. Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance of Eternal Fire 40. Black Curse - Burning in Celestial Poison 41. Denzel Curry - King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2 42. Cephalotripsy - Epigenetic Neurogenesis 43. FONTAINES DC - Romance 44. Bladee - COLD VISIONS 45. Primitive Warfare - Extinction Protocol 46. Peeling Flesh - The G Code 47. Avalanche Kaito - Talitakum 48. CupcakKe - Dauntless Manifesto 49. ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips 50. Parannoul Sky - Hundred

[@fuisa8552]

Great list! Looking back it it this has been a pretty great year for music. My list is 1) imaginal disk- magdalena bay 2) gnx- kendrick lamar 3) submarine- the marias 4) tidal memory exo- iglooghost 5) conglomerate- fimiguerro len and lancey foux 6) dark times- vince staples 7) sky hundred- parranoul 8) brat- charli xcx 9) why lawd- nxworries 10) richaxxhatian- mach hommy

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Album of year for 2024 1. The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry. 3. St. Vincent All Born Screaming 4. billie eilish hit me hard and soft 5. Cindy Lee Diamond Jubilee 6. doechii alligator bites never heal 7. The lemon twigs a dream is all we know 8. Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown 9. charli xcx brat 10. tyler the creator chromatopia 11. Kendrick Lamar gmx 12. vampire weekend only god was above us 13. Katy j Pearson someday now

[@gravehaunt3697]

Placing NXWorries and Parannoul so high seem to be what makes your list different than most. My favorite album is Tribulation - Sub Rosa In Æternum which is metal but it's so easily digestible that there's a tiny chance even you may like it...

[@Shoegazeandhiphop]

sad that there wasnt any zoomergaze on here. this was a great year for that genre. my top 5 records from this yr gotta be 1. whirr-raw blue 2. trauma ray-chameleon 3.julie-my anti aircraft friend 4. joey valence & brae-no hands 5. jpegmafia- I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU

[@TheWonkyAngle]

damn I didn't even realize there was a new Comanavago album, will have to check that out at some point

[@CultureDTCTV]

W for Sky Hundred! Such a beautiful album

[@filippo6447]

Having Vultures 1 and 2 tied for first place was unexpected but I respect it

[@erimart63]

The album covers for Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay and Angel Interview - Meaningful Stone bear a certain similarity.

[@danswanger9816]

My top 5 didn't even make your list. 5- Ekko Astral, 4- Sprints, 3- Kim Gordon, 2- Brigitte Calls Me Baby, and 1- Kim Deal.

[@haysleigh1190]

Did you listen to Girl With No Face by Allie X? I'm surprised that I'm not seeing that on more Best of 2024 lists. I thought it was excellent.

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

I did yeah I liked it a lot! Just not quite top 50 for me

[@haysleigh1190]

@NotRealMusicRyan fair enough! Just goes to show how good this year was for new releases.

[@juzrusty6714]

I must be missing something with Magdelena Bay because i rate the first higher than the second. Maybe the fact its less pop adjacent and more prog/alternative? Also would love to see you wrap your ears around some Cheekface they need to be bigger methinks

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

Can’t really get into Cheekface

[@juzrusty6714]

@NotRealMusicRyan 😮 wowza

[@intelligencecycle3523]

Also another addition of albums for a fantastic year 2024 one of the better years through the 2020 decade SZA SOS LANA Deluxe Nyubia Garcia Odyssey Ariana grande eternal sunshine Cyan blue Charlotte day Wilson Julius Rodriguez evergreen The Black Keys Ohio Players

[@intelligencecycle3523]

Best Albums 2024 Thee sacred Souls Got a Story to tell Nxworries Why Lawd?! Tems Born in the wild TYLA TYLA Rayvn lenae Birds eye St Vincent All born Screaming Kelly Moran moves in the field Billie Eilish Hit me hard and soft Friko Where we've been Charli XCX Brat Beyonce Cowboy Carter Justice Hyper drama Pearl Jam Dark Matter Beth Gibbons lives outgrown Chelsea Wolfe she reaches out Zac Bryan Great American Bar scene Fountain DC romance Last Dinner Party Prelude to the Ecstasy Magdelina Bay Imaginal Disk Kendrick Lamar GNX Tyler The Creator Chromakopia The Cure songs of a lost world Sky hundred parranoul Lizzy McAlpine Older Vince Staples Dark Times Bemyfiasco pretty little love Bryson tiller Self titled Leon Thomas MUTT The Marias Submarine Sadness your perfect hands

[@RobertLombardi04]

YEAAAAAAH SKY HUNDRED

[@Count_Deangeli]

So Magdalena Bay it is! And u stuck with Parannoul all the way to #2! For arguments sake I'll say Adrianne Lenker's absence is puzzling, even if you're underwhelmed by the new album, she's out there on another level in her prime dazzling both young & old.

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

Songs is top 50 this decade for me. I do love her!

[@Fenilee]

Hi, do you have the full list posted somewhere? Like perhaps on a rym or aoty account?

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

I’ll probably add the list to the description in a few days!

[@Fenilee]

@NotRealMusicRyan ok keep me posted please!

[@Aidi11]

What about glimmer of god?

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

It’s cool. Absolutely loved Jean’s last two albums and they ranked high on those respective lists but this one just didn’t hit like that

[@garygillam8226]

Why don’t you nominate your favourite track from each album so we can possibly go and check that check out to see if we like what we’re hearing? Helps promote the artists too

[@brennandavid1709]

I also think Smile ranks higher than GNX

[@usurysuspect826]

I am absolutely appalled at the fact that there seems to be no inclusion of “Real Music” by The Machine on these lists, by far the greatest piece of music to ever be conceived by mankind imo

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

Not Real only

[@usurysuspect826]

@ real music better

[@franciscovincent7035]

another year Bladee didn't make the cut ............... we'll get there one day boys

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

He made it on my 2021 list! He was on my honourable mentions video for this year too so make sure you check it out!

[@67lllouis]

No Nettspend😢?

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

Big snub

[@Lebowski55]

Adrianne Lenker didn't even make the top 50?

[@NotRealMusicRyan]

I love her but it’s her weakest to me!

[@thefloodwatch785]