We're still in mid-November, but the race to chart the best albums of 2024 has already begun. Among the first to open the dance, the British magazine Mojo, which dedicates the cover of its new issue (which you can find here) to the topic – together with a report on Neil Young.
A ranking, this top 75, in which there is no shortage of some of the most acclaimed records of the year such as those by The Cure, Jack White, Nick Cave, Fontaines Dc, Beth Gibbons, Kim Gordon, The Smile, David Gilmour, Mercury Rev, Dirty Three, The The, John Cale and Waxahatchee.
Below are the 75 best records of 2024 according to Mojo.
75. Field Music – Limits Of Language
74. Pom Poko – Champion
73. Tindersticks – Soft Tissue
72. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flight B741
71. The Bevis Frond – Focus On Nature
70. Kelly Finnigan – A Lover Was Born
69. The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Rhapsody
68. Julia Holter – Something In The Room She Moves
67. Ghost Dubs – Damaged
66. Khruangbin – At La Sala
65. Cassie Kinoshi's Seed – Gratitude
64. Hamish Hawk – A Firmer Hand
63. Floating Points – Cascade
62. Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cósmico
61. Oisin Leech – Cold Sea
60. The Hard Quartet – The Hard Quartet
59. Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling & Andreas Werliin – Ghosted Ii
58. Naima Bock – Below A Massive Dark Land
57. Johnny Blue Skies – Passage Du Desir
56. Nadine Shah – Filthy Underneath
55. The Bug – Machine
54. Mj Lenderman – Manning Fireworks
53. Public Service Broadcasting – The Last Flight
52. Richard Hawley – In This City They Call You Love
51. Idles – Tangk
50. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Spaceship To Mars
49. Joan As Police Woman – Lemons, Limes And Orchids
48. Nick Lowe – Indoor Safari
47. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes
46. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy
45. Nubya Garcia – Odyssey
44. Kamasi Washington – Fearless Movement
43. The Black Crowes – Happiness Bastards
42. Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes
41. Laura Marling – Patterns In Repeat
40. Brittany Howard – What Now
39. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign
38. Leyla Mccalla – Sun Without The Heat
37. Common – The Auditorium Vol. 1
36. Jessica Pratt – Here In The Pitch
35. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
34. Amyl And The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness
33. Ezra Collective – Dance, No One's Watching
32. Pet Shop Boys – Nonetheless
31. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
30. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
29. Charles Lloyd – The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
28. John Cale – Poptical Illusion
27. The The – Ensoulment
26. Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything
25. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming
24. Mercury Rev – Born Horses
23. Richard Thompson – Ship To Shore
22. Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice
21. Gruff Rhys – Sadness Sets Me Free
20. Lady Blackbird – Slang Spirituals
19. Peter Perrett – The Cleansing
18. David Gilmour – Luck And Strange
17. Paul Weller – 66
16. Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band – Loophole
15. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
14. Cassandra Jenkins – My Light, My Destroyer
13. The Smile – Wall Of Eyes
12. Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
11. John Grant – The Art Of The Lie
10. Kim Gordon – The Collective
9. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle
8. The Lemon Twigs – A Dream Is All We Know
7. Fontaines DC – Romance
6. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
5. Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da
4. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Woodland
3. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God
1. Jack White – No Name
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