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RockyRaccoon

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Figured it's that time of year again to create a hub for all the end-of-year album lists coming out. Here's a few:

Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of 2024 which is, as usual, very predictable and mostly boring with a UI that will make your eyes bleed

NPR's 50 Best Albums of 2024 which has some cool picks

New Yorker's 20 Best Albums of 2024 which is actually kinda sorta halfway decent

Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2024 which definitely has some solid picks

Paste's Top 100 Albums of 2024 which is a VERY solid list

and of course, the coolest list of the year each year, The Quietus's 100 Best Albums of 2024

Overall, lots of (fairly predictable) praise for Brat and Cowboy Carter, also lots of (slightly more surprising but cool) praise for Waxahatchee and MJ Lendermann
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CassidyInc

Should we post our own lists here as well?

JOSweetHeart

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Location: East Tennessee

I only have two albums to list.

Mason Ramsey-I'll See You In My Dreams
Sawyer Brown-Desperado Troubadours

God bless you and Mason and the Sawyer Brown band always!!!

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Hayden

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CassidyInc wrote:

Should we post our own lists here as well?

Just publications.

Pitchfork released their 100 Songs of The Year, usually one of my favourites— while it's certainly freckled with popular tracks, for the most part it's an odd and obscure(ish) selection with a few more headscratchers than usual. Going through the tracks I don't know (around half) and hoping for a gem or two. No hard opinion at the moment. Must familiarize myself with Mello Buckzz first.

Considering I thought 365 would be vying for their #1 spot, I'm surprised it isn't there at all. Would've liked Baddy on the Floor to make the cut too. Likewise anything by Vampire Weekend or Mount Eerie. Really glad Death & Romance made the list, but would've liked it considerably higher.

Any obvious gems in here? Most of the bottom half is going over my head.
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TastyandTemptin

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Howya,,

The Album of the Year website has a webpage for Featured + Other 2024 Lists. They flag recently added lists as NEW.

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/lists.php

The experience is no match for reading articles on the publishers website but hey ho. If you wanna do that, do that.

Next job for moi, it's time to listen to Brat all the way through. Exciting times Dancing

. Enjoy the month and happy listening.

Francis

RockyRaccoon

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And looks like Pitchfork's Top 50 list is up. Actually not too bad of a list, I can kinda dig it. Don't think I'd have Brat that high, but seems like everyone is ranking Brat super super high (I liked it and all, but top 5 of the year is a bit of a stretch for me).
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hwex9000

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I'm incredibly impressed that these are being entered into the BEA database as Recognized Charts so quickly! Looking forward to how the Pitchfork list shakes things up (among other things, the Mount Eerie epic finally entered the all-time top 10K today, and its top 10 Pitchfork ranking should raise it significantly higher).

I'm also surprised that all of these publications have posted their end-of-year lists so early. Didn't most of them used to wait until at least mid-December?

Hayden

Location: Vietnam

RockyRaccoon wrote:

And looks like Pitchfork's Top 50 list is up. Actually not too bad of a list, I can kinda dig it. Don't think I'd have Brat that high, but seems like everyone is ranking Brat super super high (I liked it and all, but top 5 of the year is a bit of a stretch for me).

Interesting list. They really liked that #1. Glad Jessica Pratt and Nala Sinephro landed so high— great records from the year. And as much as I liked that Astrid Sonne album, a top 10 placement feels notably random. About 10 I haven't heard (particularly interested in the Skaiwater and Milan W albums). Not quite sure why Passage du Desir or Wall of Eyes are absent, and Cowboy Carter getting snubbed after a positive review (and a recent track record of supporting her) is a little unusual too but I welcome it. They didn't follow their review scores, which admittedly makes it exciting, but I still think they lowballed Wild God. Should be there. Somewhere.

Found it bizarre they completely ignored Stetson's The Love It Took To Leave You. His best in years and they didn't even bother with a review.

I'm on the flipside of you though— I think Brat defined the year. Colossal album, colossal reception. Glad Charli and PC Music got a chance to party with everyone, even if just a summer.
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RockyRaccoon

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Hayden wrote:

Interesting list. They really liked that #1. Glad Jessica Pratt and Nala Sinephro landed so high— great records from the year. And as much as I liked that Astrid Sonne album, a top 10 placement feels notably random. About 10 I haven't heard (particularly interested in the Skaiwater and Milan W albums). Not quite sure why Passage du Desir or Wall of Eyes are absent, and Cowboy Carter getting snubbed after a positive review (and a recent track record of supporting her) is a little unusual too but I welcome it. They didn't follow their review scores, which admittedly makes it exciting, but I still think they lowballed Wild God. Should be there. Somewhere.

Found it bizarre they completely ignored Stetson's The Love It Took To Leave You. His best in years and they didn't even bother with a review.

I'm on the flipside of you though— I think Brat defined the year. Colossal album, colossal reception. Glad Charli and PC Music got a chance to party with everyone, even if just a summer.

Fully agree they lowballed Wild God, that's my AOTY. I wasn't necessarily expecting it to hit #1 but I'd expect it be somewhere.

And yeah, Brat definitely was the song/album of the summer, but IMO that shouldn't affect it's ranking on a year-end list. I feel like year-end lists should be more about quality of music (obviously based on the opinions of the authors) rather than cultural impact.
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Hayden

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https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-an...l-results/

These lists might be better Laughing

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I feel like year-end lists should be more about quality of music (obviously based on the opinions of the authors) rather than cultural impact.

More and more, I think it should be a mix of these two things. And I think Brat has both. Music that defines the times can almost be journalistic in a sense. Create a picture, etc.

I doubt anything will pass Brat on the AOTY aggregate, or even come close.

But it's always to each their own. I think Charli made a great record, so I'm happy about the praise. To those who can't stand it? Well... I understand what that can be like Laughing

— personally, I'm not in love with the new Waxahatchee album, and it's landing near the top of lists everywhere.
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