best of Best of 2024 by Kern | TOP ALBUMS - FINAL LIST

[Kern]

 

• ...Top 12 albums
• ...Favorite songs
• ...Top 20 songs 
• ...Top 5 games
• ...A blast from the past - favorite music discoveries

 

 

 

 

Edited December 30, 2024 by Kern

[Hyune]

keen 

[Suilen]

Excited 

[Kern]

This year was packed with good music so let's start with albums (and two EPs)

 

#12 - #6

 

 

 

Sometimes you're just like "IDGAF" and this album is perfect for this.

 

 

 

 

And other times you're like - I want to listen to the best polish band. And this is it.

 

 

 

 

Last night... I kissed the DJ 

 

 

 

 

... I mean, the album about dying from a pop star. What could go wrong?  Nothing really did, the album is AMAZING. 

You gotta love the "main character syndrom" allegations when the album is mostly about ilness, death, her son and she mostly sings about how NOT special she really is.

ATRL and P4K really, deeply dissapointed me when this came out

 

 

 

There's A LOT of personality in their music and this is something urgently needed in the pop sphere! For example Dua Lipa could learn a lot from them.

 

 

 

 

I randomly stumbled upon this album and I really loved it. There's just a lot of honesty, personality and sonic-wise it also goes hard. Strongly recommend.

 

 

 

The concept of this album is based on letters of Emiliana's friend mother who passed away. 

There's a lot of interesting story behind the lyrics but for me it's the production that stands out.

Emiliana made an album with this trip-hop sound in the 90s and came back to that sound 25 years later! It's really cool and I love it.

 

 

 

Next - top songs. There's MUCH MORE there so stay tuned

[Ewan Chaos]

I've heard a lot about fcukers... didn't realize they had a whole album out either so I'll add them to my list! Confidence Man, one of my faves of the year too

[Suilen]

Confidence Man, heard of it. I thought it was literally a man, but if there's a woman singing, well, let's hear it.

 

Halsey's album was a heavy listen due to all the circumstances, but I appreciate it for what it is. The snark from some publications was uncalled for.

[Renzo_]

Confidence Man sounds good.

[Mezik]

Halsey's 'The Great Impersonator' was such a pleasant surprise for me. I loved her previous album, but this album just felt so much more refined and personable.

 

Can't get over how people truly thought it was an album about her praising herself, when it's some of the most vulnerable, raw, depressing work she's released.   

[Hyune]

Halsey

[Kern]

Today is about songs!

 

There will be two lists - top songs (#20-#1) and favorites from this year

Today I will post top #20-#14 and a bunch of favorites

The final top albums and songs will be as the final post

Next post will be about discoveries

 

 

 

 

FAVORITE SONGS

PART I

(in no particular order)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And now it's time for

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TOP SONGS OF 2024!

PART I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll be back soon with favorite discoveries 

Edited December 18, 2024 by Kern

[prézli]

Make You Mine

 

 

What is this cover, omg

[Suilen]

Ava, Madison, Peggy snapped a bit. I had no idea Yaejj released something this year, let me check it out.

[JGibson]

Obsessed 

[Escape]

PEGGY GOU

 

Nasty better not be the only Tinashe song in your list!

[Kern]

12 minutes ago, Escape said:

Nasty better not be the only Tinashe song in your list!

 

[TalkThatRihanna]

Spot a Fake and Bodyguard iktr

[Mr. Blue_Shirt]

The Great Impersonator is Low-key neck-and-neck with IICHLIWP as Halsey's best albums, and i want to thank Lonely Is the Muse for that 

 

Make You Mine, Nasty and Obsessed

[Mezik]

Bodyguard, Make You Mine, Spot a Fake.  

 

I like how you're separating Favourite Songs from Top Songs. It's interesting to see the dichotomy.  

[Hyune]

Spot A Fake + Make You Mine + Nasty + Obsessed + Hot Uptown 

 

 

[Kern]

17 hours ago, Mezik said:

I like how you're separating Favourite Songs from Top Songs. It's interesting to see the dichotomy.  

Thank you, I couldn't do top 50 songs becasue it would be too hard to rank them all. This way I can just focus on the most favorties and group the rest together

 

20 hours ago, prézli said:

What is this cover, omg

don't check the deluxe one  

 

 

I'm making discoveries now and there is plenty. I think I'll post them tommorow but I'm fighting the urge to just dump everything at once 

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by Kern

[Hollywood.]

I see a few albums I haven't listened to yet and have added them to my list. 

 

Spot a Fake has grown on me recently. 

[Album Leak]

What U Need & Nasty are the only ones I'm familiar with, I can vibe with both.

 

Previewed the Sad Night Dynamite album a bit and I'm kind of loving it! Dying of Thirst is great! Need to fully dive into the album at a later date.

[K$Ellie]

The Great Impersonator was such a moment, I thought she was gonna disappoint but nah she DELIVERED 

Bodyguard was definitely my fave off Cowboy Carter

Ava disappointed this year tbh

[Kern]

2 hours ago, Album Leak said:

Previewed the Sad Night Dynamite album a bit and I'm kind of loving it! Dying of Thirst is great! Need to fully dive into the album at a later date.

cover art is atrocious but music is good. I really like Mrs Dior, Sugarbby and Wake Up, Pass Out too

[Kern]

Time for another dump of favorite songs + some discoveries from the past

 

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

Another songs of Halsey that could belong there are Darwinism, Arsonist or Lonely Is The Muse but I decided to stick with one. Confidence Man also found its way to my top 20 songs (but not the albums). Kit Sebastian I discovered literally yesterday and they shot their way to my best of 2024 immediately. I won't be commenting on I Luv It -  if you get it, you get it and if you don't then you don't.

 

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