These albums just missed the cut this year and will NOT be in my top 10 😲 Elbow - Audio Vertigo Fur Trader - Whose Dream Is This GUM/Ambrose Kenny Smith - III Times King Gizzard - Flight b741 Sans Froid - Hello, Boil Brainsound John Zorn - Lamentations Isbjorg - Falter, Endure Steve Hackett - The Circus & The Nightwhale The Flamboyant Train - The Flamboyant Train David Gilmour - Luck and Strange Thrailkill - Unperson Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch Everything Everything - Mountainhead Official Hige Dandism - Rejoice James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg - All Gist Brittany Howard - What Now Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks - True Minor Moon - The Light Up Waltz MesaVerde - All Is Well Pond - Stung! And here are my top EPs of the year: ua-cam.com/video/byuCMO24dxU/v-deo.htmlsi=c2YKqmPBvW7xpBKH
Honored to be included! I appreciate you listening to the album and promise the rest is soon to follow. The series has been composed and just needs to be dressed up at this point. Awesome list you’ve cultivated with some interesting finds. Was an incredible year for music, almost dizzying trying to keep up with everything. Looking forward to the remaining selection. Cheers Matt!
You could say it's the 'Royal we', as we do in the UK - or, as one does :) I bought Kiran Leonard's "Real Home" (he writes it like Bowie wrote "Heroes") after your review, and it stands as my #2 AOTY, so a big thanks to you, Matt, for introducing me that artist (I also bought Grapefruit).
Album of year for 2024 1. The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy 2. Rapsody please don’t cry. 3. St. Vincent All Born Screaming 4. billie eilish hit me hard and soft 5. Cindy Lee Diamond Jubilee 6. doechii alligator bites never heal 7. The lemon twigs a dream is all we know 8. Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown 9. charli xcx brat 10. tyler the creator chromatopia 11. Kendrick Lamar gmx 12. vampire weekend only god was above us 13. Katy j Pearson someday now
Great list. Lots to explore there. I also really enjoyed Sean Lennon. Here’s my list My 2024 End Of Year List 1. Rosie Lowe - Lover, Other 2. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World 3. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More 4. Helado Negro - Phasor 5. Nilufer Yana - My Method Actor 6. Bill Callahan - Resuscitate! 7. Vera Sola - Peacemaker 8. Ella Raphael - Mad Sometimes 9. Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch 10. Willow - Empathogen 11. Moby - Always Centred At Night 12. Goat Girl - Below The Waste 13. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da 14. Marika Hackman - Big Sigh 15. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown 16. Rich Ruth - Water Still Flows 17. Moin - You Never End 18. Julia Holter - Something In The Room She Moves 19. The Smile - Wall Of Eyes 20. LOMA - How We Live Without A Body 21. The The - Ensoulment 22. Photay - Windswept 23. Kreidler - Twists (A Visitor Arrives 24. The Messthetics & James Brandon - S/T 25. Rosali - Bite Down
Wow, lots of new stuff to me here. I’ve been disappointed with Loma since their first album, and Julia Holter is similar. Loved her 2016 album. That Jessica Pratt album has some undeniable tracks.
I'm a metal guy but there seems to be some good picks here to investigate. Interested in what your top 10 would be. Nice list and presentation. Thanks.
Nice list man. Barock proj reminds me of Kansas who were kinda proggy in the 70's. Dating myself here but as a kid was a huge Kansas guy. Have my eye on that medium. Looks like a must.
Thanks for the Wesley Fuller pick as I probably wouldn't have heard this otherwise and definitely enjoyed it. That Crumb album actually disappointed me a bit this year. Both Smile albums were worth listening to. Agreed that the William Doyle album was a return to form. Some others on this list I still need to check out that sounded interesting or up my alley.
Excellent suggestions. Now one must find the time to go through these splendid albums. Nothing extremely famous. I have liked a lot of albums in 2024 but my best one is by Yot Club, Rufus. This name sounds as if it's a band but it comes from an artist named John Ryan Kaiser. This guy has a unique voice and manages to put a variety of atmospheres in his songs. Never boring, we tend to sing with him even if we don't know the song. This does not last for long because after a couple of listens, the music plays itself in your head all day long and even in the night. I discovered John Ryan Kaiser in 2022 with Off the Grid and I loved it. The album Rufus is even better and my top 1 of 2024. Extremely pleasant to listen. A true revelation.
Nice list. Looking forward to the top 10. Wondering if you checked out Christopher Owens new album. It really struck me this year, especially if you know his story.
Thanks. It’ll be coming tomorrow most likely. I just listened to Christopher Owens because of Tastes Like Music. I liked it but need more time and listens. Crazy story…
@MattOLearyMusic I will check them out. Have really enjoyed checking out a wide range of top 10 lists this year, yours included rather than just the usuals
Enjoyed your list i just listened to the sean lennon album last week credit too u for including it . I like some of your albums already some i not know . One album i find too pretendious is the magalend bay i seen it on some end of year list but i found it dull sounded too manufactured but eveyone to there own.
never heard of William Doyle, although he's been pretty active the last 10 years, in just looking him up. I enjoy that last Claypool/Lennon Delirium album quite a bit, but wasn't aware of Sean's new solo record. although it sounds like it could be kind of avant-garde. Barock Project and Milton & Esperanza are 2 that I enjoyed this year as well. Looking forward to your top 10!
Here's my list, at the moment still in random order, hoping to have a complete top 100 by the end of the year :) 01. Isaac Roux: Troubled Waters (Mayway Records) 02. Sylvie Kreusch: Comic Trip (Sony) 03. Ão - Ão Mar (late 2023) (Mayway Records) 04. Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk (Mom+Pop) 05. Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (Columbia) 06. Bolis Pupul: Letter to Yu (Deewee) 07. Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well (Interscope) 08. Edouard van Praet: Mascarades (Dogless Cats) 09. Telenova: Time Is a Flower (EMI) 10. Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor (Ninja Tune) 11. Faye Webster: Underdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian) 12. Drahla: Angeltape (Captured Tracks) 13. St. Vincent: All Born Screaming (Total Pleasure Records) 14. Aili: Nandakke (Eskimo Recordings) 15. Phoebe Go: Marmalade (Phoebe Go) 16. Sarah Kinsley: Escaper (Kinsley Music) 17. Fontaines D.C.: Romance (XL Recordings) 18. Friedberg: Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill) 19. Gavin Turek: Diva of the People (Mama Gold Recordings) 20. Calicos: Sugarcoat It (Mayway Records) 21. Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft (Interscope) 22. Bluai: Save It for Later (Mayway Records) 23. Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch (City Slang) 24. Cure: Songs of a Lost World (Polydor) 25. Meltheads: Decent S😂x (Mayway Records) 26. Father John Misty: Mahashmashana (Bella Union) 27. Kali Uchis: Orquideas (Geffen) 28. Reinel Bakole: Healing Exhaustion (1878589 Records DK2) 29. Ravyn Lenae: Bird's Eye (Atlantic) 30. Nala Sinephro: Endlessness (Warp) 31. Lemon Twigs: A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks) 32. Paul White: Peace in Chaos (R&S) 33. English Teacher: This Could Be Texas (Universal-Island) 34. Katy J. Pearson: Somday, Now (Heavenly Recordings) 35. Maggie Rogers: Don't Forget Me (Capitol Records) 36. The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstacy (Last Dinner Party) 37. Honeyglaze: Real Deal (Fat Possum) 38. Khruangbin: A La Sala (Dead Oceans) 39. The Smile: Wall of Eyes - Cutouts (XL) 40. Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (Merge) 41. Yard Act: Where's My Utopia (Universal-Island) 42. Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch) 43. Norah Jones: Visions (Blue Note) 44. Amatorski: Curves and Bends (Crammed) 45. David Gilmour: Luck and Strange (Legacy) 46. Sprints: Letter to Self (City Slang) 47. Nubya Garcia: Odyssey (Concord Jazz) 48. Sabrina Carpenter: Short n Sweet (Island) 49. Diane Birch: Flying on Abraham (Légère Recordings) 50. Rosie Frater-Taylor: Featherweight (Cooking Vinyl) 51. Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes (Polydor) 52. Leon Bridges: Leon (Columbia) 53. Ramkot: Rosa (V2 Records) 54. Holly Macve: Wonderland (Loving Memory Rec) 55. Rah Band: Orkestronique (Shocking Records) 56. Fabiana Palladino: S/T (XL) 57. Still Corners: Dream Talk (Wrecking Light Rec) 58. Blu DeTiger: All I Want Is Everything (Capitol) 59. Lo Moon: I Wish You... (strngr rec) 60. Beabadobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit) 61. London Grammar: The Greatest Love (Ministry of Sound) 62. Rosegarden Funeral Party: From the Ashes (Young & Cold) 63. Wunderhorse: Midas (Communion) 64. Nick Lowe: Indoor Safari (Yep Roc) 65. Irène Drésel: Rose Fluo (Onze) 66. DC Salas: To the places I call(ed) home (Echocentric rec) 67. Clairo - Charm (Clairo Records) 68. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More (4AD) 69. Drea Dury: Palmera Nights (Labrea - Turenne Music) 70. Nicolas Michaux: Vitalisme (Capitane Records) 71. Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown (Domino) 72. Eefje De Visser: Heimwee (Sony) 73. Queenie: New Moult (Cheersquad) 74. Purple Disco Machine: Paradise (Columbia) 75. Empire of the Sun: Ask That God (EMI) 76. Marina Allen: Eight Pointed Star (Fire Records) 77. Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate (dh2) 78. Lauren Mayberry: Vicious Creatures (EMI) 79. Ivy Falls: Sense & Nonsense (Unday) 80. Floating Points: Cascade (Ninja Tunes) 81. The Jesus and Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club) 82. Bobbie: The Sacred in the Ordinary (TG8 records) 83. Hazel English: Real Life (Hazel English) 84. Janelane: Love Letters (Kingfisher Bluez) 85. DIIV: Frog in Boiling Water (Fantasy) (will certainly end up in my definitive top 50!) Best of reimagined: Novastar: The Best Is Yet to Come (live from Abbey Road) EPs: Eosine: Liminal Marley Chaney: Windows
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These albums just missed the cut this year and will NOT be in my top 10 😲
Elbow - Audio Vertigo
Fur Trader - Whose Dream Is This
GUM/Ambrose Kenny Smith - III Times
King Gizzard - Flight b741
Sans Froid - Hello, Boil Brainsound
John Zorn - Lamentations
Isbjorg - Falter, Endure
Steve Hackett - The Circus & The Nightwhale
The Flamboyant Train - The Flamboyant Train
David Gilmour - Luck and Strange
Thrailkill - Unperson
Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch
Everything Everything - Mountainhead
Official Hige Dandism - Rejoice
James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg - All Gist
Brittany Howard - What Now
Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks - True
Minor Moon - The Light Up Waltz
MesaVerde - All Is Well
Pond - Stung!
And here are my top EPs of the year: ua-cam.com/video/byuCMO24dxU/v-deo.htmlsi=c2YKqmPBvW7xpBKH
Honored to be included! I appreciate you listening to the album and promise the rest is soon to follow. The series has been composed and just needs to be dressed up at this point. Awesome list you’ve cultivated with some interesting finds. Was an incredible year for music, almost dizzying trying to keep up with everything. Looking forward to the remaining selection. Cheers Matt!
How many copies of your album were sold?😮
Great selection 👌🏻
You could say it's the 'Royal we', as we do in the UK - or, as one does :) I bought Kiran Leonard's "Real Home" (he writes it like Bowie wrote "Heroes") after your review, and it stands as my #2 AOTY, so a big thanks to you, Matt, for introducing me that artist (I also bought Grapefruit).
I’m seated with my listening ears ready
Album of year for 2024
1. The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy
2. Rapsody please don’t cry.
3. St. Vincent All Born Screaming
4. billie eilish hit me hard and soft
5. Cindy Lee Diamond Jubilee
6. doechii alligator bites never heal
7. The lemon twigs a dream is all we know
8. Beth Gibbons Lives Outgrown
9. charli xcx brat
10. tyler the creator chromatopia
11. Kendrick Lamar gmx
12. vampire weekend only god was above us
13. Katy j Pearson someday now
Great list. Lots to explore there. I also really enjoyed Sean Lennon.
Here’s my list
My 2024 End Of Year List
1. Rosie Lowe - Lover, Other
2. The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World
3. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
4. Helado Negro - Phasor
5. Nilufer Yana - My Method Actor
6. Bill Callahan - Resuscitate!
7. Vera Sola - Peacemaker
8. Ella Raphael - Mad Sometimes
9. Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
10. Willow - Empathogen
11. Moby - Always Centred At Night
12. Goat Girl - Below The Waste
13. Bill Ryder-Jones - Iechyd Da
14. Marika Hackman - Big Sigh
15. Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
16. Rich Ruth - Water Still Flows
17. Moin - You Never End
18. Julia Holter - Something In The Room She Moves
19. The Smile - Wall Of Eyes
20. LOMA - How We Live Without A Body
21. The The - Ensoulment
22. Photay - Windswept
23. Kreidler - Twists (A Visitor Arrives
24. The Messthetics & James Brandon - S/T
25. Rosali - Bite Down
Wow, lots of new stuff to me here. I’ve been disappointed with Loma since their first album, and Julia Holter is similar. Loved her 2016 album. That Jessica Pratt album has some undeniable tracks.
I'm a metal guy but there seems to be some good picks here to investigate. Interested in what your top 10 would be. Nice list and presentation. Thanks.
Thank you fine sir. I’ve got one prog metal pick in my top 10 🤐 and a top 10 prog songs of the year on the way.
Nice list man. Barock proj reminds me of Kansas who were kinda proggy in the 70's. Dating myself here but as a kid was a huge Kansas guy. Have my eye on that medium. Looks like a must.
Thanks for the Wesley Fuller pick as I probably wouldn't have heard this otherwise and definitely enjoyed it. That Crumb album actually disappointed me a bit this year. Both Smile albums were worth listening to. Agreed that the William Doyle album was a return to form. Some others on this list I still need to check out that sounded interesting or up my alley.
Got a mention 😎
Excellent suggestions. Now one must find the time to go through these splendid albums. Nothing extremely famous.
I have liked a lot of albums in 2024 but my best one is by Yot Club, Rufus. This name sounds as if it's a band but it comes from an artist named John Ryan Kaiser. This guy has a unique voice and manages to put a variety of atmospheres in his songs. Never boring, we tend to sing with him even if we don't know the song. This does not last for long because after a couple of listens, the music plays itself in your head all day long and even in the night.
I discovered John Ryan Kaiser in 2022 with Off the Grid and I loved it. The album Rufus is even better and my top 1 of 2024. Extremely pleasant to listen. A true revelation.
Nice list. Looking forward to the top 10. Wondering if you checked out Christopher Owens new album. It really struck me this year, especially if you know his story.
Thanks. It’ll be coming tomorrow most likely. I just listened to Christopher Owens because of Tastes Like Music. I liked it but need more time and listens. Crazy story…
@MattOLearyMusic I will check them out. Have really enjoyed checking out a wide range of top 10 lists this year, yours included rather than just the usuals
Yeeeeeeeeeeeah! Giant Sleeper 🔥❤️🙌🏻
Enjoyed your list i just listened to the sean lennon album last week credit too u for including it . I like some of your albums already some i not know . One album i find too pretendious is the magalend bay i seen it on some end of year list but i found it dull sounded too manufactured but eveyone to there own.
15:03 Are you sure he said that about an album?!
never heard of William Doyle, although he's been pretty active the last 10 years, in just looking him up.
I enjoy that last Claypool/Lennon Delirium album quite a bit, but wasn't aware of Sean's new solo record. although it sounds like it could be kind of avant-garde.
Barock Project and Milton & Esperanza are 2 that I enjoyed this year as well. Looking forward to your top 10!
Asterisms is pretty accessible for an instrumental jazz album. I think you might like Eric Slick and Cunningham Bird as well.
3 minutes in and I already discovered a really good song (eric slick)
That’s how I roll. Peace and blessings to ya, horse.
list please. or spotify playlist, even better
c'mon man don't make me wait till next year for the rest 😂
😅 think it’s gonna be tomorrow or Thursday!
You said that 2024 was a great year for music. When was a bad year for music?
Did I say that? I don’t think it was. 2015-17 was a golden period for my taste - way better than the last few years
@MattOLearyMusic okay 🙂
Shane Perry (The Medium) = Jon Anderson (obvious Yes)
Top tier comment right here
Here's my list, at the moment still in random order, hoping to have a complete top 100 by the end of the year :)
01. Isaac Roux: Troubled Waters (Mayway Records)
02. Sylvie Kreusch: Comic Trip (Sony)
03. Ão - Ão Mar (late 2023) (Mayway Records)
04. Magdalena Bay: Imaginal Disk (Mom+Pop)
05. Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us (Columbia)
06. Bolis Pupul: Letter to Yu (Deewee)
07. Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well (Interscope)
08. Edouard van Praet: Mascarades (Dogless Cats)
09. Telenova: Time Is a Flower (EMI)
10. Nilüfer Yanya: My Method Actor (Ninja Tune)
11. Faye Webster: Underdressed at the Symphony (Secretly Canadian)
12. Drahla: Angeltape (Captured Tracks)
13. St. Vincent: All Born Screaming (Total Pleasure Records)
14. Aili: Nandakke (Eskimo Recordings)
15. Phoebe Go: Marmalade (Phoebe Go)
16. Sarah Kinsley: Escaper (Kinsley Music)
17. Fontaines D.C.: Romance (XL Recordings)
18. Friedberg: Hardcore Workout Queen (Clouds Hill)
19. Gavin Turek: Diva of the People (Mama Gold Recordings)
20. Calicos: Sugarcoat It (Mayway Records)
21. Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft (Interscope)
22. Bluai: Save It for Later (Mayway Records)
23. Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch (City Slang)
24. Cure: Songs of a Lost World (Polydor)
25. Meltheads: Decent S😂x (Mayway Records)
26. Father John Misty: Mahashmashana (Bella Union)
27. Kali Uchis: Orquideas (Geffen)
28. Reinel Bakole: Healing Exhaustion (1878589 Records DK2)
29. Ravyn Lenae: Bird's Eye (Atlantic)
30. Nala Sinephro: Endlessness (Warp)
31. Lemon Twigs: A Dream Is All We Know (Captured Tracks)
32. Paul White: Peace in Chaos (R&S)
33. English Teacher: This Could Be Texas (Universal-Island)
34. Katy J. Pearson: Somday, Now (Heavenly Recordings)
35. Maggie Rogers: Don't Forget Me (Capitol Records)
36. The Last Dinner Party: Prelude to Ecstacy (Last Dinner Party)
37. Honeyglaze: Real Deal (Fat Possum)
38. Khruangbin: A La Sala (Dead Oceans)
39. The Smile: Wall of Eyes - Cutouts (XL)
40. Ibibio Sound Machine: Pull the Rope (Merge)
41. Yard Act: Where's My Utopia (Universal-Island)
42. Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive (Nonesuch)
43. Norah Jones: Visions (Blue Note)
44. Amatorski: Curves and Bends (Crammed)
45. David Gilmour: Luck and Strange (Legacy)
46. Sprints: Letter to Self (City Slang)
47. Nubya Garcia: Odyssey (Concord Jazz)
48. Sabrina Carpenter: Short n Sweet (Island)
49. Diane Birch: Flying on Abraham (Légère Recordings)
50. Rosie Frater-Taylor: Featherweight (Cooking Vinyl)
51. Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes (Polydor)
52. Leon Bridges: Leon (Columbia)
53. Ramkot: Rosa (V2 Records)
54. Holly Macve: Wonderland (Loving Memory Rec)
55. Rah Band: Orkestronique (Shocking Records)
56. Fabiana Palladino: S/T (XL)
57. Still Corners: Dream Talk (Wrecking Light Rec)
58. Blu DeTiger: All I Want Is Everything (Capitol)
59. Lo Moon: I Wish You... (strngr rec)
60. Beabadobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves (Dirty Hit)
61. London Grammar: The Greatest Love (Ministry of Sound)
62. Rosegarden Funeral Party: From the Ashes (Young & Cold)
63. Wunderhorse: Midas (Communion)
64. Nick Lowe: Indoor Safari (Yep Roc)
65. Irène Drésel: Rose Fluo (Onze)
66. DC Salas: To the places I call(ed) home (Echocentric rec)
67. Clairo - Charm (Clairo Records)
68. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More (4AD)
69. Drea Dury: Palmera Nights (Labrea - Turenne Music)
70. Nicolas Michaux: Vitalisme (Capitane Records)
71. Beth Gibbons: Lives Outgrown (Domino)
72. Eefje De Visser: Heimwee (Sony)
73. Queenie: New Moult (Cheersquad)
74. Purple Disco Machine: Paradise (Columbia)
75. Empire of the Sun: Ask That God (EMI)
76. Marina Allen: Eight Pointed Star (Fire Records)
77. Kelly Lee Owens: Dreamstate (dh2)
78. Lauren Mayberry: Vicious Creatures (EMI)
79. Ivy Falls: Sense & Nonsense (Unday)
80. Floating Points: Cascade (Ninja Tunes)
81. The Jesus and Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)
82. Bobbie: The Sacred in the Ordinary (TG8 records)
83. Hazel English: Real Life (Hazel English)
84. Janelane: Love Letters (Kingfisher Bluez)
85. DIIV: Frog in Boiling Water (Fantasy) (will certainly end up in my definitive top 50!)
Best of reimagined: Novastar: The Best Is Yet to Come (live from Abbey Road)
EPs:
Eosine: Liminal
Marley Chaney: Windows