The Best Albums of 2024 (So Far)

This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

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

Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you articles like this one.

more

Not all embedded content is displayed here. You can view the original to see embedded videos and other embedded content.