A pop piece is added to the general mosaic of the year-end charts. It is the ranking of the 80 best albums of 2024 according to PopMatters, a historic magazine online American band founded in 1999 by Sarah Zupko and oriented – as the name suggests – to pop, in all its facets, from mainstream to indie. We propose it to you after having already given you an account of the 2024 rankings of the main international music publications, respectively Mojo, Uncut, Consequence, Pitchfork, Stereogum, The Wire, Ultimate Classic Rock, Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, NME (New Musical Express) and The Quietus .
“The best albums of 2024 challenged orthodoxies, mixed and created new genres and embraced a wide range of musical styles and traditions, while looking to the future”, underlines the American magazine in the introduction.
Below are the 80 Best Albums Of 2024 according to the PopMatters staff (full report here).
80. Office Culture – Enough (Ruination)
79. Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers (Rounder)
78. DIIV – Frog In Boiling Water (Concord)
77. Laurie Anderson – Amelia (Nonesuch)
76. Christian Lee Hutson – Paradise Pop. 10 (Anti-)
75. Chat Pile – Cool World (The Flenser)
74. Horse Jumper Of Love – Disaster Trick (Run For Cover)
73. Hi Vis – Guided Tour (Dais)
72. Claire Rousay – Sentiment (Thrill Jockey)
71. Emel – MRA (Little Human)
70. Laetitia Sadier – Rooting For Love (Drag City)
69. Joy Oladokun – Observations From A Crowded Room (Amigo / Republic)
68. Clairo – Charm (Independent)
67. Khruangbin – A La Sala (Dead Oceans)
66. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us (Columbia)
65. Kelly Lee Owens – Dreamstate (Dh2)
64. Hannah Frances – Keeper Of The Shepherd (Ruination)
63. Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine (Republic)
62. The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (YABB)
61. Jane Weaver – Love In Constant Spectacle (Fire)
60. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department (Republic)
59. Sprints – Letter To Self (City Slang)
58. Marika Hackman – Big Sigh (Chrysalis)
57. Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven (Epitaph)
56. Laura Marling – Patterns In Repeat (Chrysalis)
55. Ibibio Sound Machine – Pull The Rope (Merge)
54. Father John Misty – Mahashmashana (Sub Pop / Bella Union)
53. Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere (Century Media)
52. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft (Interscope)
51. Carly Cosgrove – The Cleanest Of Houses Are Empty (Wax Bodega)
50. Drug Church – Prude (Pure Noise)
49. Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism (Warner)
48. Los Campesinos! – All Hell (Hearts Swell)
47. Meshell Ndegeocello – No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin (Blue Note)
46. Wild Pink – Dulling The Horns (Fire Talk)
45. The Zawose Queens – Maisha (Real World)
44. Sabrina Carpenter – Short N' Sweet (Island)
43. Mary Timony – Untame The Tiger (Merge)
42. Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk (Mom + Pop)
41. Madi Diaz – Weird Faith (Anti-)
40. Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
39. Brittany Howard – What Now (Island)
38. Elbow – Audio Vertigo (Polydor)
37. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas (Island)
36. Gouge Away – Deep Sage (Deathwish)
35. Mary Halvorson – Cloudward (Nonesuch)
34. Kit Sebastian – New Internationale (Brainfeeder)
33. Gillian Welch And David Rawlings – Woodland (Acony)
32. Mount Eerie – Night Palace (PW Elverum & Sun)
31. Reyna Tropical – Malegría (Psychic Hotline)
30. Yard Act – Where's My Utopia? (Island)
29. Yasmin Williams – Acadia (Nonesuch)
28. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy (Island)
27. The Smile – Wall Of Eyes (XL)
26. SUMAC – The Healer (Thrill Jockey)
25. Sierra Ferrell – Trail Of Flowers (Rounder)
24. Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown (Domino)
23. Arooj Aftab – Night Reign (Verve)
22. Heems – VEENA LP (VEENA)
21. Jessica Pratt – Here In The Pitch (Mexican Summer)
20. Fred Thomas – Window In The Rhythm (Polyvinyl)
19. Lollise – I Hit The Water (Switch Hit)
18. Jlin – Akoma (Planet Mu)
17. Being Dead – Eels (Bayonet)
16. Tyler, The Creator – CHROMAKOPIA (Columbia)
15. Johnny Blue Skies – Passage Du Desire (High Top Mountain)
14. Beabadoobee – This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit)
13. Les Amazones d'Afrique – Musow Danse (Real World)
12. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World (Lost Music)
11. MJ Lenderman – Manning Fireworks (Anti-)
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God (PIAS)
9. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood (Anti-)
8. Jamie XX – In Waves (Young)
7. Miss Li – Livet, Döden, Skiten Däremellan (Pistol Packin' Music)
6. Kim Gordon – The Collective (Matador)
5. Fontaines DC – Romance (XL)
4. Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice (Matador)
3. Cindy Lee – Diamond Jubilee (Realistik)
2. Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter (Parkwood / Columbia)
1. Charli XCX – Brat (Atlantic)
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