Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2024

# 1

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 2

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 3

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop

# 4

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 5

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 6

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 7

Night Palace by Mount Eerie

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

# 8

Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat by Charli xcx

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Electronic Dance Music Bubblegum Bass Electropop

# 9

Alligator Bites Never Heal by Doechii

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

# 10

All Hell by Los Campesinos!

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 11

Triple Seven by Wishy

Album • Aug 16 / 2024 Shoegaze Indie Rock

# 12

CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator

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

# 13

Box for Buddy, Box for Star by This Is Lorelei

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

# 14

Deep Sage by Gouge Away

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

# 15

Almighty So 2 by Chief Keef

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Chicago Drill Hardcore Hip Hop

# 16

Mahashmashana by Father John Misty

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

# 17

Dulling the Horns by Wild Pink

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Indie Rock Heartland Rock

# 18

The Thief Next to Jesus by KA

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

# 19

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 20

Still by Erika de Casier

Album • Feb 21 / 2024 Contemporary R&B

# 21

Cool World by Chat Pile

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 22

Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee

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

# 23

Endlessness by Nala Sinephro

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

# 24

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 25

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 26

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 27

My Method Actor by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 28

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 29

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 30

Frog In Boiling Water by DIIV

Album • May 24 / 2024 Shoegaze

# 31

When I'm Called by Jake Xerxes Fussell

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Americana

# 32

Cascade by Floating Points

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Tech House IDM

# 33

Hovvdy by Hovvdy

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Indie Pop Indie Folk

# 34

PRUDE by Drug Church

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 35

Sentir Que No Sabes by Mabe Fratti

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Avant-Folk Art Pop

# 36

Guided Tour by High Vis

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Alternative Rock Post-Punk

# 37

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 38

Three by Four Tet

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Downtempo

# 39

You Could Do It Tonight by Couch Slut

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 40

Odyssey by Nubya Garcia

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Jazz Fusion Spiritual Jazz

# 41

Weird Faith by Madi Diaz

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter

# 42

Passage Du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies + Sturgill Simpson

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Progressive Country Country Rock

# 43

My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins

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

# 44

plastic death by glass beach

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock Progressive Rock

# 45

Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Pop

# 46

Scheduled Explosions by 2nd Grade

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Power Pop Slacker Rock

# 47

The FORCE by LL COOL J

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 48

Critterland by Willi Carlisle

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

# 49

#Richaxxhaitian by Mach-Hommy

Album • May 17 / 2024 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 50

Cincinnati Ohio by Wussy

Album • Nov 15 / 2024