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The Best Albums of 2024 (So Far)

Posted by Jason Tate
Best of 2024 (So Far)

Hello July. We are once again halfway through the year, and that means it’s time to reflect on the best albums of the year (so far). Below, you will find both our combined staff top 30, as well as individual lists from our contributors and moderators. Hopefully, you will find something new to love.

Note: You can share your own list in our music forum.

The Top Albums of 2024 (So Far)

  1. Green Day – Saviors
  2. Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
  3. Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
  4. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
  5. Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
  6. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
  7. Bleachers – Bleachers
  8. Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
  9. Barely Civil – I’d Say I’m Not Fine
  10. Super American – Gangster of Love
  11. SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Coup De Grace
  12. Alkaline Trio – Blood Hair & Eyeballs
  13. Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell
  14. Charli XCX – Brat
  15. Twenty One Pilots – Clancy
  16. Cold Years – A Different Life
  17. The Early November – The Early November
  18. Hovvdy – Hovvdy
  19. DIIV – Frog in Boiling Water
  20. Casey – How To Disappear
  21. Bayside – There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive
  22. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
  23. Snarls – With Love,
  24. Katie Pruitt – Mantras
  25. Carly Pearce – Hummingbird
  26. Yellowcard – A Hopeful Sign
  27. Gracie Abrams – The Secret of Us
  28. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
  29. Dustin Kensrue – Desert Dreaming
  30. The Dangerous Summer – Gravity

The Playlist

Looking for an easy way to check out all of the albums in our top thirty? We’ve got a playlist for that. You’ll find one on Apple Music and one on Spotify with one great song from each great album.

The Nerd Stat Stuff

Our final compiled list was put together using our ranking algorithm. There were 6 contributors and 102 unique albums across all of the lists. In total, 30 albums out of the 102 were on more than one list with the number one album appearing on 5 of the 6 lists.

Contributor Lists

Jason Tate

  1. Super American – Gangster of Love
  2. Florrie – The Lost Ones
  3. Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell
  4. Cold Years – A Different Life
  5. The Early November – The Early November
  6. Bleachers – Bleachers
  7. Yellowcard – A Hopeful Sign
  8. Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
  9. One Step Closer – All You Embrace
  10. Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
  11. Green Day – Saviors
  12. Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
  13. Kacy Hill – Bug
  14. Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
  15. The Odorants – Love Songs Never Die
  16. Casey – How to Disappear
  17. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
  18. Sasha Alex Sloan – Me Again
  19. SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Coup De Grace
  20. DK The Drummer – Temporal
  21. Gracie Abrams – The Secret of Us
  22. Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
  23. The Speakeasy – The Speakeasy
  24. Dustin Kensrue – Desert Dreaming
  25. Twenty One Pilots – Clancy
  26. Lost Stars – I Think I Love You Lately
  27. Charli XCX – Brat
  28. Strung Out – Dead Rebellion
  29. Stand Still – Steps Ascending
  30. Hot Water Music – Vows

In my opinion, it’s been a real fun year of music so far. Some familiar names, some new faces, and a great year for punk and pop-punk adjacent music. Dare I say the scene is alive and well? That Super American album has just flat out dominated the last few months for me, and with the summer weather ahead, I don’t see it slowing down anytime soon. It’s the most fun I’ve had with an album this year and takes the top spot (so far). I’m excited to see what the back half of 2024 has in store for us.

The Stats: For the first half of the year, I’ve listened to 856 albums, 366 artists, and 7,784 songs (12,382 scrobbles). My most played album of the year so far is Sum 41’s Heaven :x: Hell. My most played artist so far this year is MxPx. If you’d like to follow my weekly listening habits, please subscribe to my newsletter.

Aaron Mook

  1. Hovvdy – Hovvdy
  2. Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
  3. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
  4. The Fever Haze – Moonbow
  5. DIIV – Frog in Boiling Water
  6. Molly Lewis – On the Lips
  7. Mach-Hommy – #RICHAXXHAITIAN
  8. 21 Savage – American Dream
  9. PACKS – Melt the Honey
  10. The Smile – Wall of Eyes
  11. Ducks Ltd. – Harm’s Way
  12. Vince Staples – Dark Times
  13. Mk.gee – Two Star and the Dream Police
  14. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
  15. Green Day – Saviors

Craig Manning

  1. Katie Pruitt – Mantras
  2. Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
  3. Super American – Gangster of Love
  4. Good Looks – Lived Here for a While
  5. Green Day – Saviors
  6. Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood
  7. Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
  8. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
  9. Hannah Ellis – That Girl
  10. Mat Kearney – Mat Kearney
  11. Madi Diaz – Weird Faith
  12. Bleachers – Bleachers
  13. Gracie Abrams – The Secret of Us
  14. Augustana – Something Beautiful
  15. Carly Pearce – Hummingbird
  16. Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
  17. The Dangerous Summer – Gravity
  18. Snarls – With Love,
  19. Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
  20. Sarah Jarosz – Polaroid Lovers
  21. Guster – Ooh La La
  22. Conan Grey – Found Heaven
  23. Pillow Queens – Name Your Sorrow
  24. Liquid Mike – Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot
  25. Brynn Cartelli – Out of the Blue
  26. The Forecast – Good Journey
  27. Iron & Wine – Light Verse
  28. Maggie Rose – No One Gets Out Alive
  29. Will Hoge – Tenderhearted Boys
  30. Adeem the Artist – Anniversary

Adam Grundy

  1. Snarls – With Love,
  2. Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
  3. Barely Civil – I’d Say I’m Not Fine
  4. Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell
  5. Bayside – There are worse things than being alive
  6. Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
  7. Green Day – Saviors
  8. The Decemberists – As it ever was, So it will be again
  9. Cold Years – A Different Life
  10. The Early November – The Early November
  11. Bleachers – Bleachers
  12. Charlotte Sands – Can We Start Over?
  13. Laura Jane Grace – Hole in my Head
  14. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
  15. Twenty One Pilots – Clancy
  16. Wallows – Model
  17. Charli XCX – Brat
  18. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft
  19. Amigo The Devil – Yours Until the War is Over
  20. Middle Kids – Faith Crisis Pt. 1
  21. Yellowcard/Hammock – A Hopeful Sign
  22. Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
  23. Alkaline Trio – Blood Hair & Eyeballs
  24. I Don’t Know How But They Found Me – Gloom Division
  25. The Strumbellas – Part Time Believer
  26. Empress Of – For Your Consideration
  27. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
  28. Joywave – Permanent Pleasure
  29. The Dangerous Summer – Gravity
  30. Alien Ant Farm – Mantras

Garrett Lemons

  1. Barely Civil – I’d Say I’m Not Fine
  2. Casey – How To Disappear
  3. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
  4. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft
  5. Charli XCX – BRAT
  6. Luke Combs – Father & Sons
  7. Beyonce – Act II: Cowboy Carter
  8. Tyla – Tyla
  9. Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
  10. Maggie Rogers – Don’t Forget Me
  11. Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
  12. Carly Pearce – Hummingbird
  13. Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
  14. Bayside – There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive
  15. seeyouspacecowboy – Coup de Grace
  16. Sam Hunt – Locked Up EP
  17. MONO – OATH
  18. Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
  19. Dustin Kensrue – Desert Dreaming
  20. Katie Pruitt – Mantra
  21. Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties – In Lieu of Flowers
  22. Shaboozey – Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going
  23. Megan Thee Stallion – Megan
  24. Twenty One Pilots – Clancy
  25. Justin Timberlake – Everything I Thought It Was
  26. Usher – Coming Home
  27. Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine
  28. Lizzy McAlpine – Older
  29. Zara Larsson – Venus
  30. Green Day – Saviors

Drew Beringer

  1. Young Jesus – The Fool
  2. Infant Island – Obsidian Wreath
  3. Gouge Away – Deep Sage
  4. Queen of Jeans – All Again
  5. Stay Inside – Ferried Away
  6. Gulfer – Third Wind
  7. Knocked Loose – You Won’t Go Until You’re Supposed To
  8. Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice
  9. SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Coup de Grace
  10. Southtowne Lanes – Take Care
  11. Sumac – The Healer
  12. Alkaline Trio – Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
  13. DIIV – Frog in Boiling Water
  14. Hovvdy – Hovvdy
  15. Frail Body – Artificial Bouquet
  16. Ekko Astral – Pink Baloons
  17. Jessica Pratt – Here In The Pitch
  18. glass beach – plastic death
  19. Pearl Jam – Dark Matter
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