2024 end of year lists

The long list is at 85. Need to trim by at least half.

Alas no time to do write ups this year but I’ll just say now that they are all great and some aren’t Jazz. That’s all the descriptions we need.

My 25th favourite album of the year has now been exclusively revealed.

You know where to look. The likes are FLYING in.

cheers for the twitter shoutout fuzzy.

i can only imagine the numbers i'll be getting now i've had promotion on a dying platform from a dying forum's account.

it's already had an immediate impact with a comment from barny.

Genuinely lost about 50 followers on there since the US election from people deactivating their accounts presumably. However, I assume LG might want to check it out since he likes a bit of Soapbox engagement.

Just had a message from the stats guys who are impressed. We're already at 30 likes for record number 25 after only 10 hours. Last year's 25th favourite record ended up on a lowly 24 likes. The soapy twitter effect is real.

The Quietus top 100 in full as they helpfully posted as a list at the end: thequietus.com/tq-charts/albums-of-the-year/albums-of-the-year-best-albums-2024-norman-records/

1. Ex-Easter Island Head – Norther
2. Tristwch Y Fenywod – Tristwch Y Fenywod
3. Moin – You Never End
4. Xiu Xiu – 13″ Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips
5. Mohammad Syfkhan – I Am Kurdish
6. Still House Plants – If I don’t make it, I love u
7. Rafael Toral – Spectral Evolution
8. Shovel Dance Collective – The Shovel Dance
9. Oranssi Pazuzu – Muuntautuja
10. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath
Shellac – To All Trains
Fat White Family – Forgiveness Is Yours
Dialect – Atlas Of Green
Jacken Elswyth – At Fargrounds
Charli xcx – Brat
Tashi Wada – What Is Not Strange?
Clairo – Charm
Nonpareils – Rhetoric & Terror
Gnod – Spot Land
20. Sealionwoman – Nothing Will Grow In The Soil
The Body & Dis Fig – Orchards Of A Futile Heaven
Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da
William Doyle – Springs Eternal
Róis – Mo Léan
Einstürzende Neubauten – Rampen (apm: alien pop music)
Naemi – Dust Devil
Milkweed – Folklore 1979
Elijah Minnelli – Perpetual Musket
Eros – Your Truth Is A Lie
30. Xylitol – Anemones
Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
Eric Chenaux Trio – Delights Of My Life
Roc Marciano – Marciology
Lorenzo Abattoir – Mess (Akt. IV)
Wu-Lu – Learning To Swim On Empty
Chrystabell & David Lynch – Cellophane Memories
Water Damage – In E
Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle
Senyawa – Vajranala
40. Mary Halvorson – Cloudward
Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson – Stífluhringurinn
Hamish Hawk – A Firmer Hand
Kendrick Lamar – GNX
Holy Tongue Meets Shackleton – The Tumbling Psychic Joy Of Now
Saagara – 3
Harry Gorski-Brown – Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboats
Fievel Is Glauque – Rong Weicknes
British Murder Boys – Active Agents & House Boys
Quatuor Bozzini – Jürg Frey: String Quartet No. 4
50. Kim Gordon – The Collective
Schoolboy Q – Blue Lips
DJ Anderson do Paraíso – Queridão
Persher – Sleep Well
Erika Angell – The Obsession With Her Voice
Wendy Eisenberg – Viewfinder
Laura Cannell – The Rituals Of Hildegard Reimagined
Big Brave – A Chaos Of Flowers
Mach-Hommy – #RICHAXXHAITIAN
Cower – Celestial Devastation
60. MIKE & Tony Seltzer – Pinball
Uniform – American Standard
The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
Martha Skye Murphy – UM
Underworld – Strawberry Hotel
Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere
Caveira – Ficar Vivo
Bòsc – Bòsc
Dengie Hundred With Gemma Blackshaw – Who Will You Love
Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice
70. Rosso Polare – Campo Amaro
Skee Mask – ISS010
Alan Sparhawk – White Roses My God
TOMO – Vielle Electronica
Sahra Halgan – Hiddo Dhawr
Helado Negro – Phasor
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum – Of The Last Human Being
Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver – The Blacksmiths, The Flowers
Thou – Umbilical
Geordie Greep – The New Sound
80. Judas Priest – Invincible Shield
Traüme – Wrzask
HI! CAPYBARAS – A/M/Y/G/D/A/L/A EP
Ka – The Thief Next To Jesus
Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld – Christian & Mauro
Brama – Brama
D’En Haut – D’En Haut
Vanishing – Shelter Of The Opaque
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God
MAVI – Shadowbox
90. Bianca Scout – Pattern Damage
Peace Talks – Progress
Daast – SS24
Sex Swing – Golden Triangle
Five Green Moons – Moon 1.
Christoph de Babalon – Ach, Mensch
Thurston Moore – Flow Critical Lucidity
Chelsea Wolfe – She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She
Faune – Des Fantômes
Able Noise – High Tide
100. Fergus Jones – Ephemera

Buried some obscure jazz in the Monday morning graveyard slot today. I've thought this through carefully this year.

Consequence top 50: consequence.net/list/best-albums-of-2024-annual-repor

1. Charli xcx - BRAT
2. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
3. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
4. Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir
5. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER
6. Jack White - No Name
7. Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
8. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well
9. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
10. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
11. Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns
12. The Smile - Wall of Eyes
13. Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
14. Tyler, The Creator - CHROMAKOPIA
15. High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
16. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross & Boys Noize - Challengers [MIXED] By Boys Noize
17. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
18. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
19. Chat Pile - Cool World
20. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
21. English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
22. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
23. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas
24. Tierra Whack - WORLD WIDE WHACK
25. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee



Paste top 100: www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/the-100-best-albums-of-2024

1. Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch
2. Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood
3. Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee
4. Friko: Where we’ve been, Where we go from here
5. Johnny Blue Skies: Passage Du Desir
6. Charli XCX: BRAT
7. MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks
8. Vince Staples: Dark Times
9. Wild Pink: Dulling the Horns
10. Nala Sinephro: Endlessness
11. The Cure: Songs of a Lost World
12. Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive
13. Fontaines D.C.: Romance
14. Tyler, the Creator: CHROMAKOPIA
15. Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown
16. Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future
17. Mabe Fratti: Sentir Que No Sabes
18. Jack White: No Name
19. Kendrick Lamar: GNX
20. Cassandra Jenkins: My Light, My Destroyer

Stereogum top 50: www.stereogum.com/2288841/best-albums-2024/lists/album-list/

1. Charli XCX - Brat
2. MJ Lenderman - Manning Fireworks
3. Kendrick Lamar - GNX
4. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
5. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
6. Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
7. Mount Eerie - Night Palace
8. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
9. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
10. Los Campesinos! - All Hell
11. Wishy - Triple Seven
12. Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia
13. This Is Lorelei - Box For Buddy, Box For Star
14. Gouge Away - Deep Sage
15. Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
16. Father John Misty - Mahashmashana
17. Wild Pink - Dulling The Horns
18. Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus
19. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
20. Erika de Casier - Still

Rolling Stone top 100: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2024-1235031987/

50. Cash Cobain, ‘Play Cash Cobain’
49. St. Vincent, ‘All Born Screaming’
48. The Cure, ‘Songs of a Lost World’
47. Lainey Wilson, ‘Whirlwind’
46. Latto, ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea’
45. Illuminati Hotties, ‘Power’
44. The Marias, ‘Submarine’
43. Vampire Weekend, ‘Only God Was Above Us’
42. Halsey, ‘The Great Impersonator’
41. Young Miko, ‘Att.’
40. Kaytranada, ‘Timeless’
39. Soccer Mommy, ‘Evergreen’
38. Rachel Chinouriri, ‘What a Devastating Turn of Events’
37. Tems, ‘Born in the Wild’
36. Hurray for the Riff Raff, ‘The Past Is Still Alive’
35. The Smile, ‘Wall of Eyes’
34. Faye Webster, ‘Underdressed at the Symphony’
33. Chief Keef, ‘Almighty So 2’
32. Normani, ‘Dopamine’
31. Griff, ‘Vertigo’
30. Mustafa, ‘Dunya’
29. Anycia, ‘Princess Pop That’
28. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, ‘Woodland’
27. Shakira, ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’
26. Kim Gordon, ‘The Collective’
25. GloRilla, ‘Glorious’
24. Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson, ‘Passage Du Desir’
23. Taylor Swift, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
22. Mannequin Pussy, ‘I Got Heaven’
21. Kendrick Lamar, ‘GNX’
20. Jack White, ‘No Name’
19. Mdou Moctar, ‘Funeral for Justice’
18. Jessica Pratt, ‘Here in the Pitch’
17. Tyler, the Creator, ‘Chromakopia’
16. Álvaro Díaz, ‘Sayonara’
15. Cindy Lee, ‘Diamond Jubilee’
14. Mk.Gee, ‘Two Star & the Dream Police’
13. Clairo, ‘Charm’
12. Zach Bryan, ‘The Great American Bar Scene’
11. Rema, ‘Heis’
10. Waxahatchee, ‘Tigers Blood’
9. Doechii, ‘Alligator Bites Never Heal’
8. Ariana Grande, ‘Eternal Sunshine’
7. Future and Metro Boomin, ‘We Don’t Trust You’
6. Tyla, ‘Tyla’
5. Billie Eilish, ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’
4. Sabrina Carpenter, ‘Short n’ Sweet’
3. MJ Lenderman, ‘Manning Fireworks’
2. Beyoncé, ‘Cowboy Carter’
1. Charli XCX, ‘Brat’

Insta numbers might be lower today but it has still been a powerful start. I got the holy trinity of a like, comment AND follow from the artist behind my 24th favourite album of the year today.

Pretty sure you don't get that kind of engagement from MJ Lenderman.

A Scandinavian indie pop banger of a record today that sounds like the sort of thing late 00s JP would have obsessed over.

It's already attracted a comment from Brad Johnson within seconds. Today is going to be a good day.

Pitchfork top 50: pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2024/

25. Jlin: Akoma
24. Ka: The Thief Next to Jesus
23. Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future
22. Tyla: Tyla
21. Clairo: Charm
20. Mabe Fratti: Sentir que no sabes
19. Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk
18. Mk.gee: Two Star & the Dream Police
17. Arooj Aftab: Night Reign
16. DORIS: Ultimate Love Songs Collection
15. Still House Plants: If I don’t make it, I love u
14. Rafael Toral: Spectral Evolution
13. Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor
12. skaiwater: #gigi
11. Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven
10. Kim Gordon: The Collective
9. Astrid Sonne: Great Doubt
8. Bladee: Cold Visions
7. Mount Eerie: Night Palace
6. Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood
5. Nala Sinephro: Endlessness
4. MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks
3. Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch
2. Charli XCX: BRAT
1. Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee

Treble top 50: www.treblezine.com/the-50-best-albums-of-2024/

1. Chat Pile - Cool World
2. Charli xcx - BRAT
3. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
4. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
5. Floating Points - Cascade
6. E L U C I D - REVELATOR
7. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
8. Sumac - The Healer
9. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
10. Jlin - Akoma

Ultimate Classic Rock top 25: ultimateclassicrock.com/top-rock-albums-2024/

1. The Cure, 'Songs of a Lost World'
2. The Black Crowes, 'Happiness Bastards'
3. David Gilmour, 'Luck and Strange'
4. Jack White, 'No Name'
5. The Smile, 'Wall of Eyes'
6. Green Day, 'Saviors'
7. Judas Priest, 'Invincible Shield'
8. The Black Keys, 'Ohio Players'
9. Pearl Jam, 'Dark Matter'
10. The Smile, 'Cutouts'