Uncut's 80 Best Albums of 2024

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Published: December 24, 2024 13:43 Source

# 52

This Is BASIC by BASIC

Album • Sep 06 / 2024

# 53

Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free by Bonny Light Horseman

Album • Jun 07 / 2024

# 54

Strange Medicine by Kaia Kater

Album • May 17 / 2024 Contemporary Folk Americana Singer-Songwriter Appalachian Folk Music

# 55

My Method Actor by Nilüfer Yanya

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 56

Rong Weicknes by Fievel Is Glauque

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Progressive Pop Jazz Pop Art Pop

# 57

Akoma by Jlin

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Footwork IDM

# 58

Proxy Music by Linda Thompson

Album • Jun 21 / 2024 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 59

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 60

Filthy Underneath by Nadine Shah

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Art Rock Art Pop Gothic Rock

# 61

TANGK by IDLES

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Punk

# 62

Fearless Movement by Kamasi Washington

Album • May 03 / 2024 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Fusion

# 63

Glasgow Eyes by The Jesus and Mary Chain

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Noise Pop Indie Rock

# 64

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

Album • May 17 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 65

Soft Tissue by Tindersticks

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 66

Only God Was Above Us by Vampire Weekend

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Indie Rock Chamber Pop

# 67

The Quiet Portraits by John Canning Yates

Album • Apr 19 / 2024

# 68

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT by Taylor Swift

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Alt-Pop

# 69

Songs of a Lost World by The Cure

Album • Jan 01 / 2023 Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 70

I'm totally fine with it 👍 don't give a fuck anymore 👍 by Arab Strap

Album • May 10 / 2024

# 71

Across the River of Stars by Beachwood Sparks

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Alt-Country Paisley Underground Neo-Psychedelia

# 72

Amelia by Laurie Anderson

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Modern Classical Spoken Word Chamber Music

# 73

Indoor Safari by Nick Lowe + Los Straitjackets

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Pub Rock Pop Rock

# 74

TexiCali by Dave Alvin + Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Album • Jun 21 / 2024

# 75

The Endless Echo by Pye Corner Audio

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 Ambient Techno Progressive Electronic

# 76

Still Willing by Personal Trainer

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 77

ORQUÍDEAS by Kali Uchis

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

# 78

Central Park‘s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens by Wadada Leo Smith + Amina Claudine Myers

Album • May 10 / 2024

# 79

Acadia by Yasmin Williams

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 American Primitivism Contemporary Folk

# 80

Sun Without the Heat by Leyla McCalla

Album • Apr 12 / 2024 Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriter