Ranking the Best Albums of 2024

This week we’re ranking our favorite new albums of 2024. We say this every year, but this really was an incredible year for music and insanely difficult for us to narrow down our favorites. As a result, this episode has more surprises than any other year end episode of ours to date. Some of these albums are legitimate all-time greats, so dig in.

Closing track: “Roy” from TANGK by IDLES

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Mike’s Album of the Year:
Cool World by Chat Pile

Alex’s Album of the Year:
Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons

Mike’s List:
10. Wild God by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
9. Via Negativa (in the doorway light) by Xeno & Oaklander
8. A Chaos of Flowers by Big Brave
7. Vida Blue by Mamaleek
6. To All Trains by Shellac
5. Rampen (apm: alien pop music) by Einstürzende Neubauten
4. “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
3. Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons
2. Infinite Desires by Donny Benét
1. TANGK by IDLES

Alex’s List:
10. American Standard by Uniform
9. Blue Lips by Schoolboy Q
8. A Chaos of Flowers by Big Brave
7. Mansuetude by Buñuel
6. “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD” by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
5. She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She by Chelsea Wolfe
4. Chromakopia by Tyler the Creator
3. Cool World by Chat Pile
2. You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To by Knocked Loose
1. TANGK by IDLES