[EOTY 2024] Indieheads Top 100 Albums of 2024
Good morning yall! Today we finally finish off the Listmas season with the one you've all been waiting for, with a big, beautiful collection of our top 100 albums of the year. This list was created over a few weeks of community voting, with hundreds of r/indieheads users participating. For more details on how this list came about, you can take a look at the voting thread.
Without further ado, here are our top 100 albums of 2024!
| Artist | Album | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Magdalena Bay | Imaginal Disk | 1922 |
| Charli XCX | Brat | 1713 |
| Vampire Weekend | Only God Was Above Us | 1659 |
| MJ Lenderman | Manning Fireworks | 971 |
| Geordie Greep | The New Sound | 932 |
| Fontaines D.C. | Romance | 868 |
| Cindy Lee | Diamond Jubile | 763 |
| Waxahatchee | Tiger's Blood | 691 |
| The Cure | Songs for a Lost World | 642 |
| Father John Misty | Mahashmashana | 618 |
| Kendrick Lamar | GNX | 570 |
| Adrianne Lenker | Bright Future | 551 |
| Mannequin Pussy | I Got Heaven | 501 |
| The Smile | Wall of Eyes | 442 |
| Nilüfer Yanya | My Method Actor | 441 |
| English Teacher | This Could Be Texas | 406 |
| The Last Dinner Party | Prelude to Ecstasy | 405 |
| Jessica Pratt | Here in the Pitch | 378 |
| Jack White | No Name | 364 |
| Mount Eerie | Night Palace | 360 |
| Friko | Where we've been, where we go from here | 352 |
| Clairo | Charm | 336 |
| Beth Gibbons | Lives Outgrown | 332 |
| MGMT | Loss of Life | 330 |
| Los Campesinos! | All Hell | 309 |
| Mk.gee | Two Star & The Dream Police | 295 |
| JPEGMAFIA | I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU | 283 |
| Tyler, the Creator | CHROMAKOPIA | 265 |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor | “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD” | 258 |
| Jamie xx | In Waves | 248 |
| Chat Pile | Cool World | 232 |
| Billie Eilish | HIT ME HARD AND SOFT | 227 |
| St. Vincent | All Born Screaming | 221 |
| Nala Sinephro | Endlessness | 215 |
| Chelsea Wolfe | She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She | 214 |
| Foxing | Self-titled | 205 |
| Laura Marling | Patterns in Repeat | 196 |
| Yard Act | Where's My Utopia? | 190 |
| Porter Robinson | SMILE! :D | 189 |
| Cassandra Jenkins | My Light, My Destroyer | 182 |
| Everything Everything | Mountainhead | 179 |
| IDLES | TANGK | 177 |
| The Smile | Cutouts | 172 |
| Hurray for the Riff Raff | The Past is Still Alive | 151 |
| Julia Holter | Something in the Room She Moves | 148 |
| Joey Valence & Brae | NO HANDS | 147 |
| DIIV | Frog in Boiling Water | 141 |
| Remi Wolf | Big Ideas | 135 |
| Blood Incantation | Absolute Elsewhere | 134 |
| Tapir! | The Pilgrim, Their God and the King of My Decrepit Mountain | 134 |
| Being Dead | EELS | 131 |
| Floating Points | Cascade | 129 |
| The Marias | Submarine | 127 |
| Wishy | Triple Seven | 127 |
| Allie X | Girl With No Face | 126 |
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Wild God | 120 |
| Arooj Aftab | Night Reign | 116 |
| This is Lorelei | Box for Buddy, Box for Star | 116 |
| Xiu Xiu | 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips | 113 |
| Knocked Loose | You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To | 110 |
| Haley Heynderickx | Seed of a Seed | 109 |
| Bill Ryder-Jones | Iechyd Da | 107 |
| glass beach | plastic death | 106 |
| King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard | Flight b741 | 106 |
| Cameron Winter | Heavy Metal | 104 |
| Iglooghost | Memory Tidal Exo | 102 |
| Parannoul | Sky Hundred | 101 |
| The Lemon Twigs | A Dream Is All We Know | 101 |
| Future Islands | People Who Aren't There Anymore | 96 |
| Kim Gordon | The Collective | 96 |
| Sprints | Letter to Self | 96 |
| Wild Pink | Dulling the Horns | 95 |
| Mount Kimbie | The Sunset Violet | 94 |
| Ducks Ltd. | Harm's Way | 92 |
| Johnny Blue Skies | Passage Du Desir | 92 |
| SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE | YOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING | 91 |
| Beyoncé | Cowboy Carter | 89 |
| Cheekface | It's Sorted | 86 |
| Royel Otis | Pratts & Pain | 86 |
| Amyl and the Sniffers | Cartoon Darkness | 84 |
| Mabe Fratti | Sentir Que No Sabes | 84 |
| Soccer Mommy | Evergreen | 84 |
| Dehd | Poetry | 83 |
| Mdou Moctar | Funeral for Justice | 83 |
| Justice | Hyperdrama | 82 |
| Liquid Mike | Paul Bunyan's Slingshot | 82 |
| Vince Staples | Dark Times | 82 |
| Skee Mask | Resort | 77 |
| Merce Lemon | Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild | 73 |
| NewDad | MADRA | 73 |
| Lupe Fiasco | Samurai | 71 |
| Fievel is Glauque | Rong Weicknes | 70 |
| Kelly Lee Owens | Dreamstate | 70 |
| Christopher Owens | I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair | 69 |
| Doechii | Alligator Bites Never Heal | 68 |
| The Decemberists | As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again | 66 |
| Ugly | Twice Around the Sun | 63 |
| Fabiana Palladino | Self-titled | 62 |
| Michael Kiwanuka | Small Changes | 62 |
| julie | my anti-aircraft friend | 60 |
A spreadsheet with full results can be found here.
A playlist featuring songs from all listed projects can also be found here.
As always, we thank all of you so much for another wonderful year on r/indieheads, and we look forward to another excellent year of this place. Stay healthy and safe, and happy new year!