MOJO's 75 Best Albums of 2024

MOJO's team of writers select the 50 best albums of the year. 50. Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Youth - Spaceship To Mars 49. Joan As Policewoman - Lemons Limes And Orchids

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# 1

No Name by Jack White

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Garage Rock Revival Hard Rock

# 2

Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 3

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Woodland by Gillian Welch + David Rawlings

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Americana Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 5

Iechyd Da by Bill Ryder-Jones

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 6

Nobody Loves You More by Kim Deal

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 7

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 8

A Dream Is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs

Album • May 03 / 2024 Pop Rock Sunshine Pop

# 9

Love in Constant Spectacle by Jane Weaver

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Psychedelic Pop Art Pop

# 10

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 11

The Art of the Lie by John Grant

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Art Pop Synthpop Singer-Songwriter

# 12

Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace by Shabaka

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

# 13

Wall of Eyes by The Smile

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Rock

# 14

My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Sophisti-Pop Indie Rock

# 15

This Could Be Texas by English Teacher

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 16

Loophole by Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band

Album • May 17 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter

# 17

66 by Paul Weller

Album • May 24 / 2024 Mod Revival Soft Rock Pop Soul Blue-Eyed Soul

# 18

Luck and Strange by David Gilmour

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Art Rock

# 19

The Cleansing by Peter Perrett

Album • Nov 01 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock

# 20

Slang Spirituals by Lady Blackbird

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Deep Soul Smooth Soul

# 21

Sadness Sets Me Free by Gruff Rhys

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 22

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 23

Ship To Shore by Richard Thompson

Album • May 31 / 2024 Folk Rock

# 24

Born Horses by Mercury Rev

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Chamber Pop Ambient Pop Art Rock

# 25

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 26

Love Changes Everything by Dirty Three

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Post-Rock

# 27

Ensoulment by The The

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 28

POPtical Illusion by John Cale

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 29

The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow by Charles Lloyd

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Post-Bop

# 30

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 31

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 32

Nonetheless by Pet Shop Boys

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Synthpop Dance-Pop

# 33

Dance, No One's Watching by Ezra Collective

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Jazz-Funk Jazz Fusion

# 34

Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Garage Punk

# 35

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 36

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 37

The Auditorium Vol. 1 by Common + Pete Rock

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Boom Bap Conscious Hip Hop

# 38

Sun Without the Heat by Leyla McCalla

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 39

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 40

What Now by Brittany Howard

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Psychedelic Soul

# 41

Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 42

Small Changes by Michael Kiwanuka

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Smooth Soul Psychedelic Soul

# 43

Happiness Bastards by The Black Crowes

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Blues Rock Southern Rock

# 44

Fearless Movement by Kamasi Washington

Album • May 03 / 2024 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 45

Odyssey by Nubya Garcia

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Jazz Fusion Spiritual Jazz

# 46

Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party

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

# 47

Glasgow Eyes by The Jesus and Mary Chain

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Noise Pop Indie Rock

# 48

Indoor Safari by Nick Lowe + Los Straitjackets

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Pub Rock Pop Rock

# 49

Lemons, Limes and Orchids by Joan As Police Woman

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Art Pop

# 50

Spaceship to Mars by Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Youth

Album • Aug 30 / 2024