Uncut's 80 Best Albums of 2024

Beth Gibbons, Jack White, Nick Cave, Arooj Aftab, Waxahatchee, Mdou Moctar, The Smile, Fontaines DC and more

Published: December 24, 2024 13:43 Source

# 1

Wild God by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 2

Woodland by Gillian Welch + David Rawlings

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

# 3

Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Album • May 17 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Night Reign by Arooj Aftab

Album • May 31 / 2024 Chamber Folk Chamber Jazz

# 5

Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt

Album • May 03 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 6

Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 7

Wall of Eyes by The Smile

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Rock

# 8

Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alt-Country Slacker Rock

# 10

Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee

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

# 11

My Light, My Destroyer by Cassandra Jenkins

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

# 12

Something in the Room She Moves by Julia Holter

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Art Pop

# 13

Romance by Fontaines D.C.

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 14

Funeral for Justice by Mdou Moctar

Album • May 03 / 2024 Tishoumaren Psychedelic Rock

# 15

No Name by Jack White

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Garage Rock Revival Hard Rock

# 16

Iechyd Da by Bill Ryder-Jones

Album • Jan 12 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 17

Passage Du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies + Sturgill Simpson

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Progressive Country Country Rock

# 18

Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace by Shabaka

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 New Age Spiritual Jazz Chamber Jazz

# 19

The Cleansing by Peter Perrett

Album • Nov 01 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock

# 20

The Past Is Still Alive by Hurray for the Riff Raff

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

# 21

POPtical Illusion by John Cale

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 22

White Roses, My God by Alan Sparhawk

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Alt-Pop Alternative R&B Indietronica

# 23

Hey Panda by The High Llamas

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Indietronica Art Pop

# 24

Revelator by Phosphorescent

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Endlessness by Nala Sinephro

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

# 26

Loophole by Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band

Album • May 17 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter

# 27

This Could Be Texas by English Teacher

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 28

When I'm Called by Jake Xerxes Fussell

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Americana

# 29

Cold Sea by Oisin Leech

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 30

The Collective by Kim Gordon

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

# 31

Sentir Que No Sabes by Mabe Fratti

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Avant-Folk Art Pop

# 32

>>>> by Beak>

Album • May 28 / 2024 Krautrock Post-Rock

# 33

The Border by Willie Nelson

Album • May 31 / 2024 Country

# 34

Bite Down by Rosali

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock Indie Rock

# 35

What Now by Brittany Howard

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Psychedelic Soul

# 36

Mayday by Myriam Gendron

Album • May 10 / 2024 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 37

To All Trains by Shellac

Album • May 17 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 38

Love Changes Everything by Dirty Three

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Post-Rock

# 39

Reservoir by Brown Horse

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Alt-Country

# 40

Blu Wav by Grandaddy

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Psychedelic Pop Indie Pop Slowcore

# 41

66 by Paul Weller

Album • May 24 / 2024 Mod Revival Soft Rock Pop Soul Blue-Eyed Soul

# 42

Nobody Loves You More by Kim Deal

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 43

Ship To Shore by Richard Thompson

Album • May 31 / 2024 Folk Rock

# 44

I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair by Christopher Owens

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 45

Patterns in Repeat by Laura Marling

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 46

The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow by Charles Lloyd

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Post-Bop

# 47

The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir by Sarah Davachi

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Drone Minimalism

# 48

Luck and Strange by David Gilmour

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Art Rock

# 49

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

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 50

Ghosted II by Oren Ambarchi + Johan Berthling + Andreas Werliin

Album • Apr 26 / 2024 Avant-Garde Jazz Post-Minimalism

# 51

Sun Glories by Chuck Johnson

Album • Aug 16 / 2024