No Ripcord's 50 Best Albums of 2024

# 1

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 2

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 3

Where we've been, Where we go from here by Friko

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 4

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 5

Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party

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

# 6

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 7

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 9

Letter to Self by SPRINTS

Album • Jan 05 / 2024 Garage Punk Post-Punk

# 10

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 11

Harm's Way by Ducks Ltd.

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Jangle Pop Indie Pop

# 12

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 13

My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins

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

# 14

LAFANDAR by Heems + Lapgan

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 15

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 16

WOOF. by Fat Dog

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 New Rave EBM

# 17

CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator

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

# 18

Final Summer by Cloud Nothings

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 19

Fairweather Friend by The Umbrellas

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Jangle Pop Twee Pop

# 20

Box for Buddy, Box for Star by This Is Lorelei

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Indie Pop Indie Folk Indie Rock

# 21

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 22

Disaster Trick by Horse Jumper of Love

Album • Aug 16 / 2024 Slowcore Slacker Rock

# 23

Eels by Being Dead

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 24

The Sunset Violent by Mount Kimbie

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 25

My Method Actor by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 26

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 27

Lived Here For a While by Good Looks

Album • Jun 07 / 2024

# 28

Keeper of the Shepherd by Hannah Frances

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Progressive Folk

# 29

Wall of Eyes by The Smile

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Rock

# 30

Paul Bunyan's Slingshot by Liquid Mike

Album • Feb 02 / 2024

# 31

Deep Sage by Gouge Away

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock Alternative Rock

# 32

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 33

Filthy Underneath by Nadine Shah

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Art Rock Art Pop Gothic Rock

# 34

Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 35

Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild by Merce Lemon

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

# 36

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 37

my anti-aircraft friend by julie

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Slacker Rock Shoegaze Noise Pop

# 38

Passage Du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies + Sturgill Simpson

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Progressive Country Country Rock

# 39

She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She by Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Darkwave Post-Industrial

# 40

Vertigo by Wand

Album • Jul 26 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 41

Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace by Shabaka

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

# 42

Up On Gravity Hill by METZ

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Noise Rock Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

# 43

Hovvdy by Hovvdy

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Indie Pop Indie Folk

# 44

BLUE LIPS by ScHoolboy Q

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

# 45

I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair by Christopher Owens

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 46

I'm totally fine with it 👍 don't give a fuck anymore 👍 by Arab Strap

Album • May 10 / 2024

# 47

Musow Danse by Les Amazones d'Afrique

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Mande Music Electropop

# 48

Acadia by Yasmin Williams

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 American Primitivism Contemporary Folk

# 49

Mahashmashana by Father John Misty

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Baroque Pop Chamber Pop

# 50

REVELATOR by E L U C I D

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