Beyond The Watch's 50 Best Albums of 2024

It's that time of year again when everyone's social feeds are littered with Spotify Wrapped stats and year-end lists. Now, it's our turn to celebrate the sounds that defined 2024. This year's list covers an eclectic mix of genres and styles, from emerging artists to pop culture icons. Whether you're into death metal, infectious indie pop, hip-hop, or experimental sounds, this collection will shake up your everyday rotation.

Without further ado, here are the 50 Best Albums of 2024, according to us.

Doomscroll through the list and dive into our Best New Music playlist HERE.

50. NxWORRIES - WHY LAWD?

Listen to: “Where I Go (ft. H.E.R.)”

Label: Stones Throw

49. HAYLEY HEYNDERICKX - SEED OF A SEED

Listen to: “Foxglove”

Label: Mama Bird Recording Co.

48. NAIMA BOCK - BELOW A MASSIVE DARK LAND

Listen to: “Feed My Release”

Label: Sub Pop

47. GOUGE AWAY - DEEP SAGE

Listen to: “Dallas”

Label: Deathwish Inc.

46. CHRISTOPHER OWENS - I WANNA RUN BAREFOOT THROUGH YOUR HAIR

Listen to: “I Think About Heaven”

Label: True Panther

45. FULL OF HELL - COAGULATED BLISS

Listen to: “Fractured Bonds to Mecca”

Label: Closed Casket

44. TRIBULATION - SUB ROSA IN ÆTERNUM

Listen to: “Saturn Coming Down”

Label: Century Media

43. ADRIANNE LENKER - BRIGHT FUTURE

Listen to: “Free Treasure”

Label: 4AD

42. HEAVY MOSS - DEAD SLOW

Listen to: “Distant Boy”

Label: p(doom) records

41. WISHY - TRIPLE SEVEN

Listen to: “Love On The Outside”

Label: Winspear

40. WINE LIPS - SUPER MEGA ULTRA

Listen to: “Stimulation”

Label: Stomp

39. VAMPIRE WEEKEND - ONLY GOD WAS ABOVE US

Listen to: “Classical”

Label: Columbia

38. METZ - UP ON GRAVITY HILL

Listen to: “Superior Mirage”

Label: Sub Pop / Dine Alone Music

37. IMMINENCE - THE BLACK

Listen to: “Heaven Shall Burn”

Label: Imminence

36. JUSTICE - HYPERDRAMA

Listen to: “One Night/All Night (ft. Tame Impala)”

Label: Ed Banger

35. CHE NOIR - THE LOTUS CHILD

Listen: “Guns & Roses”

Label: Poetic Movement

34. OPETH - THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

Listen to: “§3”

Label: Reigning Phoenix

33. AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS - CARTON DARKNESS

Listen to: “Jerkin’”

Label: Amyl and The Sniffers

32. JEAN DAWSON - GLIMMER OF GOD

Listen to: “Die For Me (ft. Lil Yachty)”

Label: P+

31. VINCE STAPLES - DARK TIMES

Listen to: “Étouffée”

Label: Def Jam

30. ROY BLAIR - CHASING MOVING TRAINS

Listen to: “Amberwood”

Label: Warner

29. THE CURE - SONGS OF A LOST WORLD

Listen to: “A Fragile Thing”

Label: Lost Music Limited

28. CLAIRO - CHARM

Listen to: “Sexy to Someone”

Label: Clairo Records

27. BEEN STELLAR- SCREAM FROM NEW YORK, NY

Listen to: “Sweet”

Label: Dirty Hit

26. FIELD GUIDE - ROOTIN’ FOR YA

Listen to: “Rootin’ For Ya”

Label: Birthday Cake Records

25. BRING ME THE HORIZON - POST HUMAN: NeX GEn

Listen to: “liMOusIne (ft. AURORA)”

Label: Columbia

24. OMBIIGIZI - SHAME

Listen to: “Laminate The Sky”

Label: Arts & Crafts

23. FATHER JOHN MISTY - MAHASHMASHANA

Listen to: “She Cleans Up”

Label: Sub Pop

22. TYLER. THE CREATOR - CHROMAKOPIA

Listen to: “Take Your Mask Off (ft. Daniel Caesar & LaToiya Williams)”

Label: Columbia

21. JACK WHITE - NO NAME

Listen to: “Old Scratch Blues”

Label: Third Man Records

20. CORRIDOR - MIMI

Listen to: “Jump Cut”

Label: Corridor / Bonsound Inc.

19. WAXAHATCHEE - TIGERS BLOOD

Listen to: “Right Back to It (ft. MJ Lenderman)”

Label: Anti

18. MANNEQUIN PUSSY - I GOT HEAVEN

Listen to: “I Got Heaven”

Label: Epitaph

17. DUCKS LTD. - HARM’S WAY

Listen to: “Cathedral City”

Label: Royal Mountain

16. FOXING - FOXING

Listen to: “Hell 99”

Label: Grand Paradise

15. POST MALONE - F1 TRILLION

Listen to: “Finer Things (ft. Hank Williams Jr,)”

Label: Mercury

14. NILÜFER YANYA - MY METHOD ACTOR

Listen to: “Like I Say (I runaway)”

Label: Ninja Tune

13. BEING DEAD - EELS

Listen to: “Van Goes”

Label: Bayonet Records

12. MK.GEE - TWO STAR & THE DREAM POLICE

Listen to: “Are You Looking Up”

Label: R&R Digital

11. POPPY - NEGATIVE SPACES

Listen to: “they’re all around us”

Label: Sumerian

10. SABRINA CARPENTER - SHORT N’ SWEET

Listen to: “Bed Chem”

Label: Island

9. IDLES - TANGK

Listen to: “Dancer”

Label: Partisan Records

8. BETTER LOVERS - HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE

Listen to: “At All Times”

Label: Sharptone

7. DIIV - FROG IN BOILING WATER

Listen to: “Raining On Your Pillow”

Label: Fantasy

6. MAGDALENA BAY - IMAGINAL DISK

Listen to: “Death & Romance”

Label: Mom + Pop

5. HOVVDY - HOVVDY

Listen to: “Make Ya Proud”

Label: Hovvdy / Arts & Crafts

4. KNOCKED LOOSE - YOU WON’T GO BEFORE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO

Listen to: “Suffocate (ft. Poppy)”

Label: Pure Noise Records

3. FAYE WEBSTER - UNDERDRESSED AT THE SYMPHONY

Listen to: “Lego Ring”

Label: Secretly Canadian

2. BLOOD INCANTATION - ABSOLUTE ELSEWHERE

Listen to: “The Stargate [Tablet I]”

Label: Century Media

1. MJ LENDERMAN - MANNING FIREWORKS

Listen to: “Wristwatch”

Label: Anti

Listen to some of our favourite songs of the year on our Spotify playlist below: