Best Albums of 2024

Listed below are the best albums of 2024 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
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2024 year summaryThe best artists of 2024 were Magdalena Bay, Charli XCX, The Cure, Vampire Weekend, The Smile, Fontaines D.C., Kendrick Lamar, The Last Dinner Party, Geordie Greep and Tyler, The Creator.
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"Definitely not among the best work that Opeth has delivered. It is dark and some of the Black Metal singing is back, but the album lacks really good melodies (except for "A Story Never Told") The music is traped in a blace that combines darkness with extensive prog-rock passages and weird vocals ..."  [+]  Reply
- multiverso | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"I had fun with this album but it's a little inconsistent. Hearing all of the different influences and how Halsey was able to fuse those sounds with her deeply personal lyrics was very cool. The marketing worked for me, though maybe not for everyone else. I will say, there are some songs that don'..."  [+]  Reply
- mjp11 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"My favorite contemporary folk duo returned in 2024 with their first new material in over ten years. This record is packed with incredible folk songs with production that really supports the sparseness of the core duo. A real winner! Track: The Bells and the Birds"  Reply
- henrygreen0203 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"This was a nice surprise. Reminds me of Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, and/or The Flaming Lips. That Pet Sounds-plus-Ram influence. Pretty good stuff, except that, just like those influences, the lyrics are hippy-dippy."  Reply
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"This is one of the more interesting releases of the year. Ostensibly a pop album, it mixes drum & bass rhythms and instrumentation with the upbeat melodies and lyrics of Britpop. Not such a break from what has gone before - The Prodigy? The Chemical Brothers? - but enough of a sunny disposition t..."  [+]  Reply
- DJFresh-Rock | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Very solid start to finish. I'm a sucker for skits. Debatable rap album of the year. Good songs include, but are not limited to: Ultra Shxt Black Flag Freestyle Lunatic Interlude Sked"  Reply
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