Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2024

The 50 best albums of 2024 according to Crack Magazine, featuring Fontaines D.C., Cindy Lee, Tyler, the Creator, Charli xcx and more.

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# 2

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 3

Endlessness by Nala Sinephro

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Jazz Fusion Space Ambient Progressive Electronic

# 4

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 5

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 6

Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Alternative R&B Neo-Psychedelia Hypnagogic Pop

# 7

40 by Jawnino

Album • May 03 / 2024 UK Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Grime

# 8

Sentir Que No Sabes by Mabe Fratti

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Avant-Folk Art Pop

# 9

Resort by Skee Mask

Album • Jun 17 / 2024 IDM Ambient Techno

# 10

CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator

Album • Oct 28 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul

# 11

Total Blue by Total Blue

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 New Age Tribal Ambient

# 12

Born in the Wild by Tems

Album • Jun 08 / 2024 Contemporary R&B

# 13

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 14

Piano Reverb by Jasmine Wood

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Ambient Modern Classical Drone Electroacoustic

# 15

Your Day Will Come by Chanel Beads

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Dream Pop Hypnagogic Pop

# 16

The Collective by Kim Gordon

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Rock Noise Rock

# 17

Petrichor by 070 Shake

Album • Nov 15 / 2024 Alt-Pop Art Pop Alternative R&B

# 18

The Adept by Lord Spikeheart

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Power Noise Death Industrial

# 19

World of Work by Clarissa Connelly

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Progressive Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 20

The love it took to leave you by Colin Stetson

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Post-Minimalism

# 21

Bubbling Forever by De Schuurman

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Bubbling

# 22

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 23

In Full Effect by Tim Reaper + Kloke

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Jungle

# 24

Backstage Raver by Dean Blunt + Joanne Robertson

Album • May 27 / 2024 Dream Pop Ethereal Wave Slacker Rock

# 25

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 26

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 27

You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To by Knocked Loose

Album • May 10 / 2024 Metalcore

# 28

The Sunset Violent by Mount Kimbie

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 29

REVELATOR by E L U C I D

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 30

Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace by Shabaka

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 New Age Spiritual Jazz Chamber Jazz

# 31

Great Doubt by Astrid Sonne

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Pop Electronic

# 32

Ghosted II by Oren Ambarchi + Johan Berthling + Andreas Werliin

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Avant-Garde Jazz Post-Minimalism

# 33

Magda by Donato Dozzy

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Progressive Electronic Ambient Techno

# 34

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 35

Hostile Environments by Richie Culver

Album • Jun 14 / 2024

# 36

Across the Tracks by Boldy James + Conductor Williams

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Gangsta Rap

# 37

Fabiana Palladino by Fabiana Palladino

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Sophisti-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 38

Soft Power by Ezra Feinberg

Album • May 31 / 2024

# 39

Desde Los Oídos De Un Sapo by Lechuga Zafiro

Album • Oct 18 / 2024

# 40

Pinball by MIKE + Tony Seltzer

Album • Mar 06 / 2024 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 41

Princ€ss by Princ€ss

Album • Mar 11 / 2024

# 42

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 43

Disconnect by KMRU + Kevin Richard Martin

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Spoken Word Dark Ambient

# 44

Cool World by Chat Pile

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 45

Estradas by Nídia & Valentina

Album • Sep 13 / 2024

# 46

Tristwch Y Fenywod by Tristwch Y Fenywod

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Avant-Folk Neofolk

# 47

Now More Than Ever by John Early

Album • Sep 13 / 2024

# 48

Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 49

Akoma by Jlin

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Footwork IDM

# 50

What A Relief by Katie Gavin

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk