While waiting for the rankings of our site, which will be online in a few days, we close the review of international music publications with the latest list, that of Louder Than War, the music and culture magazine founded by the English journalist and musician John Robb in 2010 A ranking that follows those we have already proposed, edited by Mojo, Uncut, Consequence, Pitchfork, Stereogum, The Wire, Ultimate Classic Rock, Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, NME (New Musical). Express), The Quietus, PopMatters, Crack Magazine and Billboard.
“Our collaborators submitted a total of 221 albums to our personal Top 10s of the year – reads the introduction to Louder Than War – The editors analyzed the data, discussed, debated and refined everything until the final deadline. It was a year of wonderful albums, great returns and fantastic debuts, but, throughout the voting process, one album took first place from the beginning Whether you agree or not, there is no doubting its strength , nor of that of the others included in this ranking”.
Here are the 100 best albums of 2024 according to Louder Than War (full report here).
100. Loose Articles – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (Alcopop!)
99. Amelia Coburn – Between The Moon And The Milkman (Quiet Crown/Shoebox Records)
98. Chris Bridgett – Speedboat On Chapel Street (Self-Release)
97. Arab Strap – I'm Totally Fine With It Don't Give A Fuck Anymore (Rock Action)
96. Wire Worms – The First To Come In (Self-Release)
95. The March Afternoons – The March Afternoons Aren't Real (Marketstall)
94. Poppycock – Magic Mothers (Tiny Global)
93. Sassyhiya – Take You Somewhere (Skep Wax)
92. The March Violets – Crocodile Promises (Metropolis)
91. Amy Rigby – Hang In There With Me (Tapete)
90. Michael – Nite Salad (Cracked Ankles)
89. The Mystery Lights – Purgatory (Daptone)
88. Plastic Bag – Dead Kings Of Europe (Old Bad Habits)
87. Emissaries Of Syn – Past Prescient Future (Pyrrhic Defeat)
86. Dan Guidance – Freedom Of Movement (Portal)
85. Collision Course Landfill (Self-Release)
84. Shabaka – Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace (Impulse!)
83. Douglas Dare – Omni (Erased Tapes)
82. Anja Huwe – Codes (Sacred Bones)
81. Osees – Sorcs 80 (Castle Face)
80. New Model Army – Unbroken (Earmusic)
79. Horsemeat – Embrace The Abyss (Self-Release)
78. David Lance Callahan – Down To The Marshes (Tiny Global)
77. The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (Yabb)
76. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Revelations (Thirty Tigers)
75. Yard Act – Where's My Utopia? (Island)
74. Jozef Van Wissem – The Night Dwells In The Day (Self-Release)
73. Humanist – On The Edge Of A Lost And Lonely World (Bella Union)
72. Keeley – Beautiful Mysterious (Tiny Global)
71. Emiliana Torrini – Miss Flower (Grönland)
70. Coded Marking – Coded Marking (Self-Release)
69. The Battery Farm – Dark Web (A1m)
68. The Peawees – One Ride (Folc/Wild Honey)
67. Amass – Gameskeepers Gallows (Grow Your Own)
66. The Baby Seals – Chaos (Trapped Animals)
65. Fightmilk – No Souvenirs
64. Laura Marling – Patterns In Repeat (Chrysalis)
63. Bill Ryder-Jones – Iechyd Da (Domino)
62. X – Smoke And Fiction (Fat Possum)
61. God Bullies – As Above, So Below (Reptilian)
60. The Courettes – The Soul Of The Fabulous Courettes (Damaged Goods)
59. Sarah Davachi – The Head As Form'D In The Crier'S Choir (Late Music)
58. Peter Alexander Jobson – Burn The Ration Books Of Love (Alexander Song)
57. Goat – Goat
56. Coughin' Vicars – Curses & Prayers (Venn)
55. Bugman – The Proto Push (Dog Leap)
54. Fat White Family – Forgiveness Is Yours (Domino)
53. Gossip – Real Power (Sony)
52. Cumgirl8 – The 8th Cumming (4ad)
51. The Waeve – City Lights (Transgressive)
49. Snowgoose – Descendent (Violette)
48. Stick In The Wheel – A Thousand Pokes (From Here)
47. Retsu – Retsu (Self-Release)
46. Oruã – Passe (Transfusão Noise)
45. Moor Mother – The Great Bailout (Anti-)
44. Kneecap – Fine Art (Heavenly)
43. Kali Malone – All Life Long (Ideologic Organ)
42. Einstürzende Neubauten – Rampen (Apm)
41. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – No Title As Of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (Constellation)
40. Nubiyan Twist – Find Your Flame (Strut)
39. Dearthworms – Sapsucker (Redundant Span)
38. Mary Timony – Untame The Tiger (Merge)
37. Arxx – Good Boy (Submarine Cat)
36. 86tvs – 86tvs (Parlophone)
35. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle (Fire)
34. Small Black Arrows – The British Museum
33. Big Special – Post Industrial Hometown Blues
32. Kim Gordon – The Collective (Matador)
31. Chrystabell & David Lynch – Cellophane Memories (Sacred Bones)
30. Fat Dog – Woof (Domino)
29. The Jesus Lizard – Rack (Ipecac)
28. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy (Universal)
27. St. Vincent – All Born Screaming (Total Pleasure)
26. Tess Parks – Pomegranate (Fuzz Club)
25. Charles Lloyd – The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow (Blue Note)
24. Yobs – Yobs (Fuzz Club)
23. Hifi Sean & David Mcalmont – Daylight (Plastique)
22. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
21. Soft Play – Heavy Jelly (Bmg)
20. John Cale – Poptical Illusion (Domino)
19. Richard Hawley – In This City They Call You Love (Bmg)
18. Erotic Secrets Of Pompeii – Mondo Maleficum (Self-Release)
17. House Of All – Continuum (Tiny Global)
16. James – Yummy (Nothing But Love Music)
15. Nia Archives – Silence Is Loud (Island)
14. Dead Pioneers – Dead Pioneers (Hassle)
13. The Lovely Eggs – Eggsistentialism (Eggs)
12. Deadletter – Hysterical Strength (So)
11. Pizzatramp – The Last Supper (Tns)
10. The Smile – Wall Of Eyes (Xl)
9. Meryl Streek – Songs For The Deceased (Venn)
8. Ultimate Thunder – A Spider Will Come To Eat Your Flesh (Easy Listening)
7. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (Island)
6. Fontaines Dc – Romance (Xl)
5. Idles – Tangk (Partisan)
4. Peter Perrett – The Cleansing (Domino)
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seed – Wild God (Bad Seed)
2. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Polydor)
1. Amyl & The Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness (Rough Trade)
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
