The picture of the end-of-year rankings of international magazines is about to be completed. After offering you in recent days the lists of the best releases of 2024 from Mojo, Uncut, Consequence, Pitchfork, Stereogum, The Wire, Ultimate Classic Rock, Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, NME (New Musical Express), The Quietus and PopMatters, we we also take into account the top 50 of Crack magazine, a magazine founded in Bristol, United Kingdom in 2009 and also involved in the organization of the Simple Things Festival. “From concrete ambient to mutant rap, through melancholic confessions, sticky bangers, invigorating hardcore and some of the best pop with a capital P ever… these are the albums of 2024 for us”, writes the magazine in the introduction.
Below is Crak Magazine's top 50 best albums of 2024 (full report here)
50. Katie Gavin – What a Relief (Dead Oceans)
49. Jlin – Akoma (Planet Mu)
48. Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal (Top Dawg Entertainment)
47. John Early – Now More Than Ever (Thirty Tigers)
46. Tristwch y Fenywod – Tristwch y Fenywod (Night School)
45. Nídia & Valentina – Estradas (Latency)
44. Chat Pile – Cool World (Flenser)
43. KMRU & Kevin Richard Martin – Disconnect (Phantom Limb)
42. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk (Mom + Pop Music)
41. Princ€ss – Princ€ss (wherethetimegoes)
40. MIKE & Tony Seltzer – Pinball (10K)
39. Lechuga Zafiro – From Los Oídos de un Sapo (TraTraTrax)
38. Ezra Feinberg – Soft Power (Tonal Union)
37. Fabiana Palladino – Fabiana Palladino (Paul Institute)
36. Boldy James & Conductor Williams – Across the Tracks (Near Mint)
35. Richie Culver – Hostile Environments (Self-released)
34. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown (Domino)
33. Donato Dozzy – Magda (Space Available)
32. Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin – Ghosted II (Drag City)
31. Astrid Sonne – Great Doubt (Escho)
30. Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!)
29. ELUCID – Revelator (Fat Possum)
28. Mount Kimbie – The Sunset Violent (Warp)
27. Knocked Loose – You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Pure Noise)
26. Jessica Pratt – Here In The Pitch (City Slang)
25. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks (ANTI-)
24. Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt – Backstage Raver (World Music)
23. Tim Reaper & Kloke – In Full Effect (Hyperdub)
22. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future (4AD)
21. De Schuurman – Bubbling Forever (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
20. Colin Stetson – The Love It Took To Leave You (Invada)
19. Clarissa Connelly – World of Work (Warp)
18. Lord Spikeheart – The Adept (Haekalu)
17. 070 Shake – Petrichor (Def Jam)
16. Kim Gordon – The Collective (Matador)
15. Chanel Beads – Your Day Will Come (Jagjaguwar)
14. Jasmine Wood – Piano Reverb (AD93)
13. Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice (Matador)
12. Tems – Born in the Wild (RCA)
11. Total Blue – Total Blue (Music from Memory)
10. Tyler, the Creator – CHROMAKOPIA (Columbia)
9. Skee Mask – Resort (Ilian Tape)
8. Mabe Fratti – Sentir Que No Sabes (Unheard of Hope)
7. Jawnino – 40 (True Panther)
6. Mk.gee – Two Star & the Dream Police (R&R Digital)
5. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign (Verve)
4. Charli XCX – Brat (Atlantic)
3. Nala Sinephro – Endlessness (Warp)
2. Fontaines DC – Romance (XL)
1. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Realistik Studios)
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