A lot of great picks here! Nick Cave and The Cure are some of mine as well. Also, not on your list but sitting in the background, Anja Huwe. I thought her album is fantastic. The The’s “Ensoulment” is great as well. Not sure I would put this one on my top 10 list, but I enjoyed A Flock of Seagull’s new album “Some Dreams.”
My top 50 favorite albums of 2024 (in order of release date): 1. Green Day - Saviors 2. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy 3. Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 4. Crawlers - The Mess We Seem To Make 5. Shooting Daggers - Love & Rage 6. Gen and the Degenerates - Anti-Fun Propaganda 7. Jazmin Bean - Traumatic Livelihood 8. Allie X - Girl With No Face 9. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven 10. Noahfinnce - Growing Up On The Internet 11. Blu Detiger - All I Ever Want Is Everything 12. Lizzy McAlpine - Older 13. The Baby Seals - Chaos 14. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming 15. WILLOW - Empathogen 16. Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn Of Events 17. Andra Day - Cassandra (Cherith) 18. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 19. Hannah Fairlight - Lone Wolf 20. Shenseea - Never Gets Late Here 21. The Marías - Submarine 22. Charli XCX - Brat 23. Laurel - Palpitations 24. Grace Pettis - Down To The Letter 25. Jenny Don't And The Spurs - Broken Hearted Blue 26. Kate Nash - 9 Sad Symphonies 27. The Warning - Keep Me Fed 28. Scene Queen - Hot Singles In Your Area 29. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas 30. X - Smoke & Fiction 31. Destroy Boys - Funeral Soundtrack #4 32. NIKI - Buzz 33. Beabadoobee - This Is How Tomorrow Moves 34. Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 35. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk 36. Little Hag - Now That's What I Call Little Hag 37. Gia Ford - Transparent Things 38. Suki Waterhouse - Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin 39. Bones UK - Soft 40. Noga Erez - The Vandalist 41. Honeyglaze - Real Deal 42. The Last Gang - Obscene Daydreams 43. Cumgirl8 - The 8th Cumming 44. Orla Gartland - Everybody Needs A Hero 45. The Linda Lindas - No Obligation 46. Bishop Briggs - Tell My Therapist I'm Fine 47. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness 48. Halsey - The Great Impersonator 49. Poppy - Negative Spaces 50. Wallice - The Jester
Excellent commentary. Have been a fan of New Model Army since the late 1980's. Unbroken is most excellent and I don't think this band has a bad album. I would put Winter and Thunder and Consolation as my personal favorite releases.
Gavin Friday! Holy shit. I always thought the Virgin Prunes might have gone further with a better band name. I will definitely check out this new release. In fact, you've given me a lot to check out Bret. Cheers mate!
Great list! Yummy was my favorite album this year. I knew it would be in your list too. I also really enjoyed Topographies 2nd album. I will check out Whitelands. Happy New Year Bret 😊
Great list :-) thank you, already downloaded Modern English - Predictably, The Cure is top of my list but followed closely by Sprints and Crows, also enjoyed the return of Jesus and Mary Chain. I'm a big fan of New Model Army and James but didn't find this year's efforts as engaging as the last couple (still good mind you) They probably just need another spin!
Thank you Bret, such an interesting list. I always respect your opinion. I adore Modern English - their first three albums are brilliant. They toured Australia in 24 as a support for The Buzzcocks( or what’s left of them) which was bordering on an insult. Modern English well and truly deserving of their own headline tour. Agree with you about Nick Cave - last three albums are sublime. Thanks again for your sharing and look forward to more in 25.
Thanks! Yeah, those first 3 Modern English are great. I also really dig Take Me to the Trees, and I'm sure it made my year-end list back when it came out. Thanks for watching!
Great list, I totally dig the new New Model Army, Modern English, Nick Cave and the Cure. My faves: Redd Kross - Redd Kross, the Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know, the Uni Boys - Buy This Now and 2nd Grade - Scheduled Explosions. Also dug the new Linda Lindas and MC5. ❤
Hi Bret , I completely missed the Whitelands album off the post I did on 12 great albums from 2024. When I was going through my 2024 aquisitions of 2024 for some reason I thought it was a late 2023 release. Anyhow it would definitely have been in there , the vinyl is hard to get already . HNY to you and Sarah
Hey John! Happy New Year to you as well! Had a feeling you got into the Whitelands album - I reckon you have the Deary EP from last year as well? Did you pick up both of the James releases?
1: Diamond Jubilee - Cindy Lee 2: Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker 3: The Past Is Still Alive - Hurray For The Riff Raff 4: Manning Fireworks - M.J. Lenderman 5: Woodlands - Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings 6: Cool World - Chat Pile 7: Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferell 8: Cartoon Darkness - Amyl and the Sniffers 9: Patterns in Repeat - Laura Marling 10: Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons Would have had Chappel Roan on the list if that album dropped this year. I have been on on the Chappel bandwagon after seeing her Tiny Desk Concert.
My fave 2024 albums are Lady Gaga's "Harlequin" and Billie Eilish's "Hit Me Hard and Soft." Really really good. Julia Zelg out some awesome songs last year too. 💖🙏🏼💖
Hard to put u in a box cause you have plenty "ancient" Greats like Modern English & The Cure but on the other hand the hot new teen favorites like Chapel Roam & Sabrina Carpenter. Let me copy & paste below my Top 10: 1. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy 2. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee 3. Vince Staples - Dark Times 4. Christopher Owens - I wanna run barefoot... 5. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk 6. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future 7. The Cure - Songs of a lost world 8. Nick Cave - Wild God 9. Charlie XCX - Brat 10. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey
Was looking forward to this one, your channel inspired me to recently start talking about my records on UA-cam rather than constantly to my friends. Here’s my top albums video. We share 3 albums in the top 10. Cheers. ua-cam.com/video/CDVrAA4gNzY/v-deo.htmlsi=hhAf-9fgOaqZ5DG_
Did not know James released new music in 2024 . I know its your list i gave sabina carpeter amd capell a listen after hearing this is music i avoid its terrible just over produced commerical music .
Great list, Bret! 👌 My absolutely fav is the new the cure album. What a stunner!
Thanks Oliver. Great choice on The Cure being your favorite.
Great to see New Model Army getting some love. Their last two albums are fantastic.
Absolutely.
Nice list for 2024. I picked " James " Yummy as my favorite. And the song Stay is # 1 song. Enjoyed your list.
Great list, Bret. The Cure might top my list, if I ever do a list for 2024.
A lot of great picks here! Nick Cave and The Cure are some of mine as well. Also, not on your list but sitting in the background, Anja Huwe. I thought her album is fantastic. The The’s “Ensoulment” is great as well. Not sure I would put this one on my top 10 list, but I enjoyed A Flock of Seagull’s new album “Some Dreams.”
My top 50 favorite albums of 2024 (in order of release date):
1. Green Day - Saviors
2. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy
3. Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness
4. Crawlers - The Mess We Seem To Make
5. Shooting Daggers - Love & Rage
6. Gen and the Degenerates - Anti-Fun Propaganda
7. Jazmin Bean - Traumatic Livelihood
8. Allie X - Girl With No Face
9. Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
10. Noahfinnce - Growing Up On The Internet
11. Blu Detiger - All I Ever Want Is Everything
12. Lizzy McAlpine - Older
13. The Baby Seals - Chaos
14. St. Vincent - All Born Screaming
15. WILLOW - Empathogen
16. Rachel Chinouriri - What A Devastating Turn Of Events
17. Andra Day - Cassandra (Cherith)
18. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft
19. Hannah Fairlight - Lone Wolf
20. Shenseea - Never Gets Late Here
21. The Marías - Submarine
22. Charli XCX - Brat
23. Laurel - Palpitations
24. Grace Pettis - Down To The Letter
25. Jenny Don't And The Spurs - Broken Hearted Blue
26. Kate Nash - 9 Sad Symphonies
27. The Warning - Keep Me Fed
28. Scene Queen - Hot Singles In Your Area
29. Remi Wolf - Big Ideas
30. X - Smoke & Fiction
31. Destroy Boys - Funeral Soundtrack #4
32. NIKI - Buzz
33. Beabadoobee - This Is How Tomorrow Moves
34. Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet
35. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
36. Little Hag - Now That's What I Call Little Hag
37. Gia Ford - Transparent Things
38. Suki Waterhouse - Memoir Of A Sparklemuffin
39. Bones UK - Soft
40. Noga Erez - The Vandalist
41. Honeyglaze - Real Deal
42. The Last Gang - Obscene Daydreams
43. Cumgirl8 - The 8th Cumming
44. Orla Gartland - Everybody Needs A Hero
45. The Linda Lindas - No Obligation
46. Bishop Briggs - Tell My Therapist I'm Fine
47. Amyl and The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
48. Halsey - The Great Impersonator
49. Poppy - Negative Spaces
50. Wallice - The Jester
I'm in to check these out thanks for posting
Great to see Desperate Journalist and Gavin Friday!
Excellent commentary.
Have been a fan of New Model Army since the late 1980's. Unbroken is most excellent and I don't think this band has a bad album. I would put Winter and Thunder and Consolation as my personal favorite releases.
Gavin Friday! Holy shit. I always thought the Virgin Prunes might have gone further with a better band name. I will definitely check out this new release. In fact, you've given me a lot to check out Bret. Cheers mate!
Great list! Yummy was my favorite album this year. I knew it would be in your list too. I also really enjoyed Topographies 2nd album. I will check out Whitelands. Happy New Year Bret 😊
Happy New Year, James! Great to see Yummy as your #1. Did you pre-order the upcoming Live at the Acropolis album? Looks to be amazing.
@@BretHelmsLifeOnThisPlanetBlog oh yes, didn't want to miss out on that one. Looking forward to it. I'm sure you are too.
Great list :-) thank you, already downloaded Modern English - Predictably, The Cure is top of my list but followed closely by Sprints and Crows, also enjoyed the return of Jesus and Mary Chain. I'm a big fan of New Model Army and James but didn't find this year's efforts as engaging as the last couple (still good mind you) They probably just need another spin!
Thank you Bret, such an interesting list. I always respect your opinion. I adore Modern English - their first three albums are brilliant. They toured Australia in 24 as a support for The Buzzcocks( or what’s left of them) which was bordering on an insult. Modern English well and truly deserving of their own headline tour. Agree with you about Nick Cave - last three albums are sublime. Thanks again for your sharing and look forward to more in 25.
Thanks! Yeah, those first 3 Modern English are great. I also really dig Take Me to the Trees, and I'm sure it made my year-end list back when it came out. Thanks for watching!
The Chameleons - Tomorrow Remember Yesterday - EP. Greatest band of all time. Also obsessed with Catherine Wheel.
Good to see wild god here - I think I was a bit let down by it but I can;t deny the mastery
Hi bret , I’ve been listening to that whitelands album for a while it’s excellent .. you’re the first person I’ve seen mention it 👍
Hey Rob, thanks for stopping by. Good to see that you've also been digging the Whitelands debut!
Great list, I totally dig the new New Model Army, Modern English, Nick Cave and the Cure. My faves: Redd Kross - Redd Kross, the Lemon Twigs - A Dream Is All We Know, the Uni Boys - Buy This Now and 2nd Grade - Scheduled Explosions. Also dug the new Linda Lindas and MC5. ❤
Thanks Sean!
Great stuff!!! Gave me a few I have to check out.
Right on!
@BretHelmsLifeOnThisPlanetBlog I think my favorite new band find this last year was High Vis. I am obsessed with that record.
By its exclusion, I can only assume you haven’t heard Magdalena Bay’s Imaginal Disk. Unbelievably good, a rare perfect album
Hi Bret , I completely missed the Whitelands album off the post I did on 12 great albums from 2024. When I was going through my 2024 aquisitions of 2024 for some reason I thought it was a late 2023 release. Anyhow it would definitely have been in there , the vinyl is hard to get already . HNY to you and Sarah
Hey John! Happy New Year to you as well! Had a feeling you got into the Whitelands album - I reckon you have the Deary EP from last year as well? Did you pick up both of the James releases?
1: Diamond Jubilee - Cindy Lee
2: Bright Future - Adrianne Lenker
3: The Past Is Still Alive - Hurray For The Riff Raff
4: Manning Fireworks - M.J. Lenderman
5: Woodlands - Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings
6: Cool World - Chat Pile
7: Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferell
8: Cartoon Darkness - Amyl and the Sniffers
9: Patterns in Repeat - Laura Marling
10: Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons
Would have had Chappel Roan on the list if that album dropped this year. I have been on on the Chappel bandwagon after seeing her Tiny Desk Concert.
Yeah, the Chappell Roan album is the best album of 2024 that didn't come out in 2024. :)
Rare New Model Army sighting! ❤️🖤
Ah yes, what a great band!
My fave 2024 albums are Lady Gaga's "Harlequin" and Billie Eilish's "Hit Me Hard and Soft." Really really good. Julia Zelg out some awesome songs last year too.
💖🙏🏼💖
Hard to put u in a box cause you have plenty "ancient" Greats like Modern English & The Cure but on the other hand the hot new teen favorites like Chapel Roam & Sabrina Carpenter. Let me copy & paste below my Top 10:
1. The Last Dinner Party - Prelude To Ecstasy
2. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
3. Vince Staples - Dark Times
4. Christopher Owens - I wanna run barefoot...
5. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
6. Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
7. The Cure - Songs of a lost world
8. Nick Cave - Wild God
9. Charlie XCX - Brat
10. Nubya Garcia - Odyssey
Thank you for waiting until the year was actually fucking done, unlike all these music publications that jump the gun. 😆
Yeah, I noticed that some lists started appearing the first week of December!
Was looking forward to this one, your channel inspired me to recently start talking about my records on UA-cam rather than constantly to my friends. Here’s my top albums video. We share 3 albums in the top 10. Cheers. ua-cam.com/video/CDVrAA4gNzY/v-deo.htmlsi=hhAf-9fgOaqZ5DG_
That's great to hear - thank you!
Did not know James released new music in 2024 . I know its your list i gave sabina carpeter amd capell a listen after hearing this is music i avoid its terrible just over produced commerical music .