The New Yorker's Best Albums of 2024

Amanda Petrusich reviews the best albums of 2024.

Published: December 02, 2024 11:00 Source

# 1

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 2

Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee

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

# 3

Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Pop

# 4

SABLE, by Bon Iver

EP • Oct 18 / 2024 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 5

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 6

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Country Pop

# 7

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 8

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 9

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 10

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 11

Almighty So 2 by Chief Keef

Album • Jun 09 / 2023 Chicago Drill Hardcore Hip Hop

# 12

Phasor by Helado Negro

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia

# 13

When I'm Called by Jake Xerxes Fussell

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Americana

# 14

What Now by Brittany Howard

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Psychedelic Soul

# 15

BLUE LIPS by ScHoolboy Q

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

# 16

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 18

Charm by Clairo

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Soft Rock Sophisti-Pop

# 19

Acadia by Yasmin Williams

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 American Primitivism Contemporary Folk

# 20

Mahashmashana by Father John Misty

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