FLOOD's Best Albums of 2024

50 records that dispel the notion that the 2020s will be remembered as the decade of the single.

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# 1

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 2

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 3

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop

# 4

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 5

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 6

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 7

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 8

King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 by Denzel Curry

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop Memphis Rap

# 9

What Now by Brittany Howard

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Psychedelic Soul

# 10

Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party

Album • Feb 02 / 2024 Indie Rock Pop Rock Glam Rock

# 11

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 12

CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator

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

# 13

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 14

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 15

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 16

Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii

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

# 17

This Could Be Texas by English Teacher

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 18

Dark Times by Vince Staples

Album • May 24 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 19

Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 20

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 22

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 23

Night Palace by Mount Eerie

Album • Nov 01 / 2024 Slacker Rock Avant-Folk Post-Rock

# 24

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 25

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 26

Disaster Trick by Horse Jumper of Love

Album • Aug 16 / 2024 Slowcore Slacker Rock

# 27

Nobody Loves You More by Kim Deal

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 28

Submarine by The Marías

Album • May 31 / 2024 Bedroom Pop Indie Pop Alt-Pop

# 29

BLUE LIPS by ScHoolboy Q

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 30

Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee

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

# 31

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 32

Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild by Merce Lemon

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 33

No Name by Jack White

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Garage Rock Revival Hard Rock

# 34

Passage Du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies + Sturgill Simpson

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Progressive Country Country Rock

# 35

Cool World by Chat Pile

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 36

Weird Faith by Madi Diaz

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter

# 37

X's by Cigarettes After Sex

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Dream Pop Slowcore

# 38

pink balloons by Ekko Astral

Album • Apr 17 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Queercore

# 39

“NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Post-Rock

# 40

Glimmer of God by Jean Dawson

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Alt-Pop Art Pop

# 41

Fine Art by Kneecap

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Political Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 42

Silence Is Loud by Nia Archives

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Liquid Drum and Bass Jungle

# 43

Samurai by Lupe Fiasco

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Jazz Rap Abstract Hip Hop Boom Bap

# 44

Umbilical by Thou

Album • May 31 / 2024 Sludge Metal

# 45

ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Contemporary R&B Latin Pop

# 46

Letter To Yu by Bolis Pupul

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Outsider House Electro House

# 47

Little Rope by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 48

Chaos Angel by Maya Hawke

Album • May 31 / 2024 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 49

Spiral In A Straight Line by Touché Amoré

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Emo

# 50

The Legend of ABM by Angry Blackmen

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Industrial Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop