Different pick from most, but I really enjoyed “SMILE! :D” by Porter Robinson. I might be biased though. Porter is my all time favorite artist.
I forgot SMILE :D released this year! Also a really great album!
It really is! Although I still believe nothing will beat Nurture. That’s not just Album of the year, it’s the GOAT.
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Ooh another opportunity to yell from the rooftops how great “Nobody Loves You More” by Kim Deal is! :) Honestly a fully fantastic album that I love. :)
“Romance” by Fontaines DC was another brilliant one!
ooh and the new Cure album!
A friend of mine put on that Kim Deal album for me the other day when we were talking about albums that came out this year. I’ve only heard it the one time so far, but agree it was great!
Still haven’t listened to the new Cure album. But Romance is probably my AOTY. Nobody Loves You More is great.
The New Sound by Geordie Greep though this was a stellar year for albums imo and it’s hard to pick just one
Agree with the whole comment but yeah I love every song of The New Sound, especially The Magician. Also I “discovered” black midi at the beginning of the year and was sad to learn they splitted, thankfully Greep released this masterpiece.
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definitely aura safari - sensory blending
Time II by Wintersun. It was a long wait, but I’d almost call it worth it, 'cause the album is so good.
The only “real” album that came out in 2024 that I listened to start-to-finish was Hyperdrama by Justice. It got a lot of flak online for being “uninspired” etc etc, but I think that mostly speaks to how great their first two studio albums were. The opening track on this one features Tame Impala and has an equally awesome music video.
After that, second place would be a tie between two 2024 live albums: ¡Blow it … at Madison’s Quinceañera! by Me First and The Gimme Gimmes and Beast of Horns by They Might Be Giants. I got the latter on vinyl for Christmas and it’s a lot of fun if you’re a fan.
Hey someone else who likes Justice and They Might Be Giants!
Missed that they had a new album, thanks!
The Last Dinner Party’s Prelude to Ecstasy.
NOTHING MATTAHS
The opera singer Lisette Oropesa’s Mozart aria album. An absolute perfect voice with impeccable technique.
All born screaming by St. Vincent
objectively “the new sound” by geordie greep
personally (as a mega fan of THD) “exploitopia” by that handsome devil
Porter Robinson - Smile!
Wavedash - Tempo
They had a hard act to follow after their nearly perfect self-titled album, but Cure was almost as good, and that is mighty praise indeed.
PowerNerd by Devin Townsend
Definitely a tie between Where Have “All The Merrymakers Gone?” (Harvey Danger), “Example” (Four Squirrels), and “Four” (Blues Travelers). Definitely my most played and favorite albums of 2024.
As of this year, it’s looking like “Ten Thousand Fists” (Disturbed) is taking the lead as my favorite. We could see an upset folks!
I’m not trying to shit on your here but really? A bunch of 90s bands putting out old age money grabs? I assume you didn’t mean to misspell Blues Traveler.
And I’m waiting for the punch like this person has to have a good one and it’s fucking Disturbed? Ohh ah ah ah ah, Disturbed? Yeah I liked them when I was a young teen when that came out. Fuck my life I came to this thread hoping for new shit. You have to be joking.
I’m not even the person you’re replying to, but you’re formally invited to kiss my ass anyway. When op asked for “your” album of the year, they didn’t mean you specifically.
Didn’t realize I put the extra “s” in “Traveler”. Also, to each their own. Never got to experience any of these albums growing up since I wasn’t there to experience the 90s and was too young to be able explore the 2000s metal scene until at least the 2010s (if I had become interested in it) and appreciate it. So, I definitely stick with picking stuff I’ve started listening to relatively recently over something new, especially since I’m not a big fan of modern English pop music and don’t have any albums from any foreign bands/singers I like (assuming they still do CDs).
I’m with Ace, I don’t think I could name an album from the past 5 years. Artists and songs, sure, but I’m not looking up album titles, or even listening to an entire one from start to finish.
