Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2024

Featuring Charli XCX, Bladee, MJ Lenderman, Tyla, xaviersobased, Jessica Pratt, and more

Published: December 03, 2024 14:00 Source

# 2

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 3

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 4

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 5

Endlessness by Nala Sinephro

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

# 6

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 7

Night Palace by Mount Eerie

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

# 8

Cold Visions by Bladee

Album • Apr 24 / 2024 Rage Trap

# 9

Great Doubt by Astrid Sonne

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Pop Electronic

# 10

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 11

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 12

#gigi by skaiwater

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Pop Rap

# 13

My Method Actor by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 14

Spectral Evolution by Rafael Toral

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Ambient Electroacoustic

# 15

If I Dont Make It, I Love U by Still House Plants

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 16

Ultimate Love Songs Collection by DORIS

Album • Jul 06 / 2024

# 17

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 18

Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee

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

# 19

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 20

Sentir Que No Sabes by Mabe Fratti

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Avant-Folk Art Pop

# 21

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 22

TYLA by Tyla

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Afropiano Contemporary R&B

# 23

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 24

The Thief Next to Jesus by KA

Album • Sep 19 / 2024 Drumless East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 25

Akoma by Jlin

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Footwork IDM

# 26

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 27

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

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Post-Rock

# 28

My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins

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

# 29

keep it goin xav by xaviersobased

Album • Jan 21 / 2024 East Coast Hip Hop Jerk Rap

# 30

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 31

Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 32

Rong Weicknes by Fievel Is Glauque

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Progressive Pop Jazz Pop Art Pop

# 33

The Past Is Still Alive by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 34

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 35

Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Pop

# 36

ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis

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

# 37

Groovy Steppin Sh*t by Lisha G + Trini Viv

Album • Oct 18 / 2024

# 38

Eels by Being Dead

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 39

Box for Buddy, Box for Star by This Is Lorelei

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

# 40

Still by Erika de Casier

Album • Feb 21 / 2024 Contemporary R&B

# 41

Opus by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 Modern Classical Film Soundtrack

# 42

One Day by Loidis

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Microhouse Dub Techno

# 43

Wood Blues by [Ahmed]

Single • Apr 12 / 2024

# 44

Leave Another Day by Milan W.

Album • Oct 01 / 2024

# 46

Your Day Will Come by Chanel Beads

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Dream Pop Hypnagogic Pop

# 47

Phasor by Helado Negro

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia

# 48

Meaning's Edge by Djrum

EP • Nov 22 / 2024 IDM UK Bass

# 49

Almighty So 2 by Chief Keef

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Chicago Drill Hardcore Hip Hop

# 50

Viewfinder by Wendy Eisenberg

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Avant-Garde Jazz Chamber Jazz