Jump to content

The Independent: Best Albums of 2024


Recommended Posts

Posted

Link: independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/best-albums-2024-taylor-swift-fontaines-dc-b2653867.html

1-copy-1.jpg?quality=75&width=1368&crop=3:2,smart&auto=webp

Below are The Independent critics' top 20 picks for the year's best releases. A selection of records often bearing a common thread of uplift and endurance featuring songs to help you roll into 2025, and whatever Trumpian horrors it may hold, with the deathless words of Nick Cave as succour: "We've all had too much sorrow, now is the time for joy."

20. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy
19. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
18. Kendrick Lamar – GNX
17. Bright Eyes – Five Dice, All Threes
16. Sabrina Carpenter – Short'n'Sweet
15. Hinds – Viva Hinds
14. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
13. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
12. Paraorchestra – Death Songbook
11. Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

10. The Smile – Wall of Eyes
9. Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat
8. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
7. Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
6. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
5. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Wild God
3. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
2. Charli XCX – Brat
1. Fontaines DC – Romance

 

Posted (edited)

Edit: I disagree with this list.

Edited by duybeeGAshantiGA
Posted

yes Laura Marling yes talent 

Posted

Another boring list with no Imaginal Disk or What Happened To The Heart

Posted

I'm here for Charli winning AOTY at the Grammys. Not a big fan of the album but love her material overall, and she grinded for over a decade for this moment.

  • Like 1
Posted

I like how every aoty list has random khias taking up most of the list and only having a few of the actual aotys on it :deadbanana4:

  • Like 2
  • Confused 2
Posted

Well, there's BRAT at least.

Posted
1 hour ago, AshleyLovescats887 said:

I like how every aoty list has random khias taking up most of the list and only having a few of the actual aotys on it :deadbanana4:

Because they are ranking the best and not the most popular albums of the year? What a dumb take :rip:

  • Like 4
  • Thanks 1
  • Haha 2
Posted

 

3. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us

 

Whew, let's celebrate that :flame:

Posted

very indie top 10, bit of a snooze tbh

Posted
59 minutes ago, Atlantis said:

Because they are ranking the best and not the most popular albums of the year? What a dumb take :rip:

well lbr if they were solely basing it off of quality, taylor would be nowhere on this list. they likely take popularity into account but doesn't weight it heavily compared to other metrics

Posted (edited)

Laura Marling top10  :clap3: should be #1 tho

Edited by fa77ot
Posted

slaydrianne lenker at #5… the queen deserves

Posted
7 hours ago, VeniceBeach said:


20. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy
19. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
18. Kendrick Lamar – GNX
17. Bright Eyes – Five Dice, All Threes
16. Sabrina Carpenter – Short'n'Sweet
15. Hinds – Viva Hinds
14. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
13. English Teacher – This Could Be Texas
12. Paraorchestra – Death Songbook
11. Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

10. The Smile – Wall of Eyes
9. Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat
8. The Cure – Songs Of A Lost World
7. Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia
6. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More
5. Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Wild God
3. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
2. Charli XCX – Brat
1. Fontaines DC – Romance

I see you

  • Haha 5
Posted

No Dopamine, no Access All Areas, no Megan, no Quantum Baby, no Bird's Eye, no Timeless, no Born in the Wild. TRASH

Posted

Only here for Cowboy Carter.

 

:suburban:

Posted

this lists are so predictable, do they even listen to something out of the top 50? yawn

Posted

Still no ATE

 

What are these lists 

Posted

Vampire Weekend mentioned :clap3: 

Posted

No Magdalena Bay, no list

  • Like 1
Posted

A list without Doechii is a list that's invalid :sistrens:

Posted

I see a sneak made it in

Posted

No magdalena bay = flop list

Posted

boring list. Taylor should not be in the top 20 of anything :skull:

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.