Around 9 PM EST last night, I was copying and pasting my final 2024 in Music rankings from January in preparation for this piece when I realized something kind of embarrassing: I've only listened to a pair of 2024 releases since that list was published. Ironically, these releases were an LP and an EP that I listened to back-to-back for the first time on the same night in early February. While I did briefly consider postponing this piece by a week or two in order to pump that total up to at least 4 or 5, I felt that would be disingenuous and elected to just own the fact that I barely checked out any additional 2024 releases over the past 7 months.
The good news is that the lack of new entries on the list didn't prevent movement from occurring. While there wasn't a significant amount of seismic shifts in either direction, getting to spend more time with some late year releases including SZA's Lana, Poppy's Negative Spaces and Blood Incantation's Absolute Elsewhere did make a real impact. Below, you'll find an updated worst to best ranking of every 2024 EP and LP I've heard complete with grades. Hope you enjoy and be sure to check back for the movie edition of this piece later this month.
()=Ranking on 2024 year-end list
EP's:
9.(8) Corpse Pile-Hardgore Deathmetal (B-)
8.(7) Big Ass Truck-Big Ass Demo (B)
7.(6) Frontierer-The Skull Burned Wearing Hell Like a Life Vest as the Night Wept (B)
6.(5) Disembodied Tyrant-The Tower: Part One (B)
5.(new) No Cure-I Hope I Die Here (B)
4.(4) Tove Lo and SG Lewis-Heat (B)
3.(3) Unearth-Bask in the Blood of Our Demons (B+)
2.(2) Counterparts-Heaven Let Them Die (B+)
1.(1) Greyhaven-Stereo Grief (B+)
LP's:
104.(103) Taylor Swift-The Tortured Poets Department (D+)
103.(102) Maya Hawke-Chaos Angel (C-)
102.(101) Ice Spice-Y2K! (C)
101.(100) Glass Animals-I Love You So F***ing Much (C)
100.(99) The Ghost Inside-Searching for Solace (C)
99.(98) Alkaline Trio-Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs (C)
98.(97) Left to Suffer-Leap of Death (C)
97.(96) GloRilla-Glorious (C)
96.(95) Normani-Dopamine (C)
95.(94) Sum 41-Heaven :x: Hell (C)
94.(93) Clairo-Charm (C)
93.(92) 21 Savage-american dream (C+)
92.(91) Don Toliver-Hardstone Psycho (C+)
91.(90) Gatecreeper-Dark Superstition (C+)
90.(89) Vomit Forth-Terrified of God (C+)
89.(88) Melt-Banana-3+5 (C+)
88.(87) Tinashe-Quantum Baby (C+)
87.(86) Megan Thee Stallion-Megan (B-)
86.(85) Neck Deep-Neck Deep (B-)
85.(84) Linkin Park-From Zero (B-)
84.(83) Make Them Suffer-Make Them Suffer (B-)
83.(82) Body Count-Merciless (B-)
82.(81) Michael Kiwanuka-Small Changes (B-)
81.(80) Kacey Musgraves-Deeper Well (B-)
80.(79) IDLES-TANGK (B-)
79.(78) While She Sleeps-Self Hell (B-)
78.(77) Party Cannon-Injuries Are Inevitable (B-)
77.(76) nJohnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson)-Passage du desir (B-)
76.(75) Mk.gee-Two Star & the Dream Police (B-)
75.(74) Four Year Strong-Analysis Paralysis (B-)
74.(73) Beyonce-Cowboy Carter (B-)
73.(72) Zach Bryan-The Great American Bar Scene (B-)
72.(71) Speed-Only One Mode (B-)
71.(70) Wage War-STIGMA (B-)
70.(68) Future-Mixtape Pluto (B-)
69.(67) Spectral Wound-Songs of Blood and Mire (B-)
68.(66) Chat Pile-Cool World (B-)
67.(69) Ariana Grande-Eternal Sunshine (B-)
66.(65) Maggie Rogers-Don't Forget Me (B-)
65.(64) Childish Gambino-Bando Stone and the New World (B-)
64.(63) Halsey-The Great Impersonator (B-)
63.(62) Darkest Hour-Perpetual|Terminal (B)
62.(61) Defeated Sanity-Chronicles of Lunacy (B)
61.(60) Vampire Weekend-Only God Was Above Us (B)
60.(59) Future and Metro Boomin-WE DON'T TRUST YOU (B)
59.(58) Dealer-New Order of Mind (B)
58.(57) Tommy Richman-Coyote (B)
57.(56) Touche Amore-Spiral in a Straight Line (B)
56.(55) Fleshgod Apocalypse-Opera (B)
55.(54) Magdalena Bay-Imaginal Disk (B)
54.(53) Underneath-From the Gut of Gaia (B)
53.(52) Action Bronson-Johan Sebastian Bachlava the Doctor (B)
52.(51) Anciients-Beyond the Reach of the Sun (B)
51.(49) Chelsea Wolfe-She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (B)
50.(48) Vale of Pnath-Between the Worlds of Life and Death (B)
49.(47) The Smile-Cutouts (B)
48.(45) Many Eyes-The Light Age (B)
47.(46) Fit for an Autopsy-The Nothing That Is (B)
46.(50) Intervals-Memory Palace (B)
45.(44) The Story So Far-I Want to Disappear (B)
44.(43) Foreign Hands-What's Left Unsaid (B)
43.(42) Kali Uchis-Orquideas (B)
42.(38) Bring Me the Horizon-Post Human: NeX Gen (B)
41.(40) Sabrina Carpenter-Short n'Sweet
40.(41) Kublai Khan TX-Exhibition of Forgiveness (B)
39.(37) NxWorries-Why Lawd? (B)
38.(36) Dark Tranquility-Endtime Signals (B)
37.(35) BRAT-Social Grace (B)
36.(34) Candy-It's Inside You (B)
35.(33) The Smile-Wall of Eyes (B)
34.(32) Wristmeetrazor-Degeneration (B)
33.(31) Dissimulator-Lower Form Resistance (B)
32.(30) PeelingFlesh-The G Code (B)
31.(29) Nile-The Underworld Awaits Us All (B)
30.(27) Tyler, the Creator-CHROMAKOPIA (B)
29.(28) Dua Lipa-Radical Optimism (B)
28.(26) Alpha Wolf-Half Living Things (B)
27.(25) Vince Staples-Dark Times (B)
26.(new) Doechii-Alligator Bites Never Heal (B)
25.(24) Billie Eilish-HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (B)
24.(23) ScHoolboy Q-Blue Lips (B)
23.(39) SZA-Lana (B)
22.(22) JPEGMAFIA-I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU (B)
21.(20) High on Fire-Cometh the Storm (B+)
20.(19) Boundaries-Death is Little More (B+)
19.(18) Within the Ruins-Phenomena II (B+)
18.(16) Jack White-No Name (B+)
17.(15) The Black Dahlia Murder-Servitude (B+)
16.(21) Poppy-Negative Spaces (B+)
15.(14) Denzel Curry-King of the Mischievous South Vol.2 (B+)
14.(13) Judas Priest-Invincible Shield (B+)
13.(17) Blood Incantation-Absolute Elsewhere (B+)
12.(12) Kendrick Lamar-GNX (B+)
11.(10) Ripped to Shreds-Sanshi (B+)
10.(9) Undeath-More Insane (B+)
9.(11) Remi Wolf-Big Ideas (B+)
8.(8) Charli XCX-Brat (B+)
7.(5) Job for a Cowboy-Moon Healer (B+)
6.(6) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard-Flight b741 (B+)
5.(7) SeeYouSpaceCowboy...-Coup de Grace (B+)
4.(4) 200 Stab Wounds-Manual Manic Procedures (A-)
3.(3) St.Vincent-All Born Screaming (A-)
2.(2) Better Lovers-Highly Irresponsible (A)
1.(1) Knocked Loose-You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (A)
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