The Needle Drop's Top 50 Albums of 2024

# 1

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 2

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

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Post-Rock

# 3

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Nov 21 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop

# 4

No Name by Jack White

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Garage Rock Revival Hard Rock

# 5

The Thief Next to Jesus by KA

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

# 6

The New Sound by Geordie Greep

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

# 7

You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To by Knocked Loose

Album • May 10 / 2024 Metalcore

# 8

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

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Darkwave Post-Industrial

# 9

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 10

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 11

Maze Envy by Civerous

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Death Metal Death Doom Metal

# 12

Scrapyard by Quadeca

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Art Pop Experimental Hip Hop Electronic

# 13

I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU by JPEGMAFIA

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

# 14

Night Palace by Mount Eerie

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

# 15

Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 16

13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips by Xiu Xiu

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Experimental Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 17

Hotel La Rut (破爛酒店) by Joanna Wang

Album • May 07 / 2024

# 18

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 20

Loss Of Life by MGMT

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Neo-Psychedelia

# 21

Prelude to Ecstasy by The Last Dinner Party

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

# 22

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 23

King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 by Denzel Curry

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop Memphis Rap

# 24

SMILE! :D by Porter Robinson

Album • Jul 26 / 2024 Indietronica Electropop

# 25

Cool World by Chat Pile

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 26

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 27

CHROMAKOPIA by Tyler, The Creator

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

# 28

T.M.E by Iglooghost

Album • Jan 01 / 2023

# 29

Dark Times by Vince Staples

Album • May 24 / 2024 West Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 30

You Like Music by death's dynamic shroud + galen tipton

Album • May 10 / 2024 Deconstructed Club Wonky

# 31

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 32

The Great Bailout by Moor Mother

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Poetry Electroacoustic Experimental

# 33

Something in the Room She Moves by Julia Holter

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Art Pop

# 34

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 35

What A F*****g Nightmare by The Chisel

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Street Punk Oi!

# 36

Every Bridge Burning by Nails

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Grindcore Metalcore

# 37

Ultra 85 by Logic

Album • Aug 09 / 2024 East Coast Hip Hop Boom Bap

# 38

It's Sorted by Cheekface

Album • Jan 22 / 2024 Geek Rock Indie Rock New Wave

# 39

A Dream Is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs

Album • May 03 / 2024 Pop Rock Sunshine Pop

# 40

CAROUSEL FROM HELL by LustSickPuppy

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Digital Hardcore Industrial Hip Hop

# 41

Why Lawd? by NxWorries

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Neo-Soul

# 42

Samurai by Lupe Fiasco

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Jazz Rap Abstract Hip Hop Boom Bap

# 43

#Richaxxhaitian by Mach-Hommy

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

# 44

What Now by Brittany Howard

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Psychedelic Soul

# 45

People Who Aren’t There Anymore by Future Islands

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Synthpop

# 46

Cascade by Floating Points

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Tech House IDM

# 47

Inorganic Rites by Krallice

Album • Jul 05 / 2024 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal

# 48

As Grande As by Grande Mahogany

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Funk Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 49

NO HANDS by Joey Valence & Brae

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Hardcore Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 50

2093 by Yeat

Album • Feb 17 / 2024 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Trap