Exclaim! : 50 Best Albums of 2024

[Cloröx]

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim-50-best-albums-of-2024

 

30. Clairo - Charm

25. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

23. Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

16. Kendrick Lamar - GNX

15. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

09. Tyler, the Creator  - CHROMAKOPIA

06. Mannequin ***** - I Got Heaven

03. Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood

02. Charli XCX - BRAT

01. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

[synk]

The #1 is a serve

[RideOrDie]

15. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

 

deserved #1 

[Julia Fox]

No Taylor or Billie?

[RoseBud]

 

this looks right to me  

[Prodigal Self]

9 minutes ago, Julia Fox said:

No Taylor

[Julia Fox]

Just now, Prodigal Self said:

I'm happy she isn't on the list, it's what she deserves 

[bielneira]

No Billie?

[Matchatea]

No Ari? No Taylor?!?! 

[RoseBud]

 

oh what....Grammy winning AOTY HMHS Billie album missing ?

[SeeingStars1515]

I will never understand the infatuation with BRAT, critically. It's a fun album - solid pop, some good lyrics but some of the songs are pure skip imo lol

[Julia Fox]

3 minutes ago, SeeingStars1515 said:

I will never understand the infatuation with BRAT, critically. It's a fun album - solid pop, some good lyrics but some of the songs are pure skip imo lol

The only skip it's So I 

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

Hmm no Taylor yes but NO Hit me Hare and Soft??? 

[Thin White Duke]

Some weird choices but I almost never agree with these lists

 

Anyway, my favourite album is still Only God Was Above Us. Absolute excellence.

[Brikenbur]

What is an "Exclaim!" ? 

[LoveInStereo]

I've gotta be a huge ***** & say I know somebody very well IRL who is a contributor for Exclaim & entirely embodies the stereotype that music journos are failed artists that are more pretentious & cynical than creative. It boggles my mind every single time I see this publication shared as if it's not a burn book for bitter hipsters that sustains off of government funding. Idec that some of the picks on here are great, you couldn't pay me to read this ****. I trust yall to give me more reliable music recommendations than these self appointed gatekeepers

Edited 1 hour ago by LoveInStereo

[OrgVisual]

No Ari, Bey, Billie but Sabrina??  

[truthteller]

Add back JFM's Mahashmashana and Bill Ryder Jones' Iechyd Da then the list is almost perfect  

[AMIT]

trying to be edgy by not including Billie 

[GentleEarthquake]

once again my fave missing, ew

[SecretSecret]

1 hour ago, SeeingStars1515 said:

I will never understand the infatuation with BRAT, critically. It's a fun album - solid pop, some good lyrics but some of the songs are pure skip imo lol

As a Charli fan since True Romance I really don't see what the fuss is all about. Yeah, it's a solid record, but I don't find it particularly better than most of her discography. 

 

Frankly, I think that, after ignoring the Vroom Vroom EP and the Number 1 Angel and Pop 2 mixtapes (which imo were her peak, and where she really proved herself as a forward thinking and influential pop artist), the critics have been trying for a while to redeem themselves and give her the place she deserves in the culture. Since the mixtape era, each of her projects has been more critically acclaimed than the last, even if Charli and CRASH were disappointing for some fans. 

 

BRAT has been kind of the perfect moment for Charli. She had all that goodwill from critics waiting for that really good, undeniable album to crown her, and the more experimental approach in production and songwriting (even the "anti-pop star" style of the cover) is exactly what they wanted. Add to that the unexpected mainstream resurgence (which has also been brewing for a few years) and it's the perfect narrative for an AOTY.

 

[Chemist]

good list. Incredible #1. Mag Bay, Mannequin ***** and Tyler top 15  weird exclusion of Vampire Weekend tho

[Chemist]

1 hour ago, LoveInStereo said:

I've gotta be a huge ***** & say I know somebody very well IRL who is a contributor for Exclaim & entirely embodies the stereotype that music journos are failed artists that are more pretentious & cynical than creative. It boggles my mind every single time I see this publication shared as if it's not a burn book for bitter hipsters that sustains off of government funding. Idec that some of the picks on here are great, you couldn't pay me to read this ****. I trust yall to give me more reliable music recommendations than these self appointed gatekeepers

 i hear you, but it's still a good way to discover new music. individual lists might be hit or miss but the aggregate of all the EOY lists have helped me discover some real gems in the past

[AshleyLovescats887]

No Taylor, Ariana, Billie or even Halsey???

I only know around 5 albums from here  the khias winning today i guess

Edited 7 minutes ago by AshleyLovescats887

[Redstreak]

No Cowboy Carter?