Slant Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2024

Even when the AI takes over, the LP factories will still be churning out product.

Published: December 12, 2024 16:00 Source

# 1

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 2

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 3

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 4

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 5

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 6

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 7

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 8

My Method Actor by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 9

My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins

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

# 10

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 11

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 12

Critterland by Willi Carlisle

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Progressive Country Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 14

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 15

Britpop by A. G. Cook

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Bubblegum Bass

# 16

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 17

ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis

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

# 18

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 19

The Past Is Still Alive by Hurray for the Riff Raff

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

# 20

Queridão by Dj Anderson do Paraiso

Album • Mar 01 / 2024

# 21

For Your Consideration by Empress Of

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Alt-Pop Dance-Pop

# 22

Night Palace by Mount Eerie

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

# 23

Big Ideas by Remi Wolf

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Pop Rock Dance-Pop

# 24

Pinball by MIKE + Tony Seltzer

Album • Mar 06 / 2024 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 25

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 26

The New Sound by Geordie Greep

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Jazz-Rock Progressive Rock Art Rock

# 27

Almighty So 2 by Chief Keef

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Chicago Drill Hardcore Hip Hop

# 28

Passage Du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies + Sturgill Simpson

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Progressive Country Country Rock

# 29

Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Pop

# 30

SEX DRIVE by Chow Lee

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 East Coast Hip Hop Sample Drill

# 31

Woodland by Gillian Welch + David Rawlings

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

# 32

No Name by Jack White

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Garage Rock Revival Hard Rock

# 33

Cold Visions by Bladee

Album • Apr 24 / 2024 Rage Trap

# 34

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop

# 35

What Happened To The Heart? by AURORA

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Alt-Pop Art Pop

# 36

Cascade by Floating Points

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Tech House IDM

# 37

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

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 38

A Firmer Hand by Hamish Hawk

Album • Aug 16 / 2024

# 39

Quiet in a World Full of Noise by Dawn Richard + Spencer Zahn

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Ambient Art Pop

# 40

Radical Optimism by Dua Lipa

Album • May 03 / 2024 Dance-Pop

# 41

I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Aug 01 / 2024 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 42

Untame the Tiger by Mary Timony

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 43

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 44

Akoma by Jlin

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Footwork IDM

# 45

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 46

Playing Favorites by Sheer Mag

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Power Pop Hard Rock

# 47

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 48

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 49

In Lieu of Flowers by Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock Emo

# 50

What Now by Brittany Howard

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Psychedelic Soul