Classic Rock's 50 Best Rock Albums of 2024

If one thing can be said with any certainty about this year, it's that – once again – rock did not die. Instead, it did what it always does. It flourished, it cropped up in unexpected places, and it k

Published: December 13, 2024 08:46 Source

# 1

Happiness Bastards by The Black Crowes

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Blues Rock Southern Rock

# 2

Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition) by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 3

Luck and Strange by David Gilmour

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Art Rock

# 4

The Mandrake Project by Bruce Dickinson

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 5

V by Black Country Communion

Album • Jun 14 / 2024

# 6

Dark Matter by Pearl Jam

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Alternative Rock Hard Rock

# 7

Defiance Part 2: Fiction by Ian Hunter

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Ohio Players by The Black Keys

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Blues Rock

# 9

=1 by Deep Purple

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Hard Rock

# 10

JPEG RAW by Gary Clark Jr.

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Blues Rock Soul

# 11

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 12

The Art Of Letting Go by Myles Kennedy

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Hard Rock

# 13

No Name by Jack White

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Garage Rock Revival Hard Rock

# 14

Earth to Grace by Massive Wagons

Album • Nov 08 / 2024

# 15

Old Habits Die Hard by FM

Album • May 03 / 2024

# 16

Wardour Street by The Quireboys

Album • Oct 26 / 2024

# 17

Be Right Here by Blackberry Smoke

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Southern Rock

# 18

Science, Not Fiction by Orange Goblin

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Stoner Metal

# 19

In Murmuration by Von Hertzen Brothers

Album • Oct 25 / 2024

# 20

Still Nervous by Bad Nerves

Album • May 31 / 2024

# 21

The Likes of Us by Big Big Train

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Progressive Rock

# 22

Child Within The Man by Sebastian Bach

Album • May 10 / 2024 Hard Rock Heavy Metal

# 23

A Dream Is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs

Album • May 03 / 2024 Pop Rock Sunshine Pop

# 24

TANGK by IDLES

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Punk

# 25

True by Jon Anderson + The Band Geeks

Album • Aug 23 / 2024

# 26

Here Comes The Rain by Magnum

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 AOR

# 27

Moggs Motel by Phil Mogg + Moggs Motel

Album • Sep 06 / 2024

# 28

Dancing on the Milky Way by The Hot Damn!

Album • Sep 27 / 2024

# 29

Orgy of the Damned by Slash

Album • May 17 / 2024 Blues Rock Hard Rock

# 30

Lovecop by Royal Republic

Album • Jun 07 / 2024

# 31

We Are Not Robots by Terrorvision

Album • Sep 20 / 2024

# 32

Saviors by Green Day

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Alternative Rock Pop Punk

# 33

Son of a Broken Man by Fantastic Negrito

Album • Oct 18 / 2024

# 34

Stories From Time And Space by Hawkwind

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Space Rock

# 35

Rogue to Redemption by Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts

Album • Aug 30 / 2024

# 36

Birthday by Blues Pills

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Pop Rock Blues Rock

# 37

Hombres by Gun

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Pop Rock

# 38

The House Beyond The Fires by The Virginmarys

Album • Nov 01 / 2024

# 39

Heavy Lifting by MC5

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Hard Rock

# 40

The Last Will And Testament by Opeth

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Progressive Metal

# 41

Heavy Soul by Joanne Shaw Taylor

Album • Jun 07 / 2024

# 42

Electrified by Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

Album • May 10 / 2024

# 44

Hell, Fire And Damnation by Saxon

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 45

The Cleansing by Peter Perrett

Album • Nov 01 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock

# 46

Yesterwynde by Nightwish

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Symphonic Metal

# 47

The Southern by The Cold Stares

Album • Sep 06 / 2024

# 48

Full Circle by Sweet

Album • Sep 20 / 2024

# 49

Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 50

Forever by Bon Jovi

Album • Jun 07 / 2024