Favorite Albums of 2024

I've listened to all kinds of music this year and this list is just a compilation of new releases that have stuck around in my library. Items are in no particular order.

  1. Billie Eilish

    The instrumentation and rather innovative production on this album took me by surprise. It actually sent chills down my spine hearing those instrumental outros or breaks. I loved her voice, her vulnerability and her naissance of sapphic anthems. Specifically, I would like to highlight the song L'amour de ma vie which had such a flawless transition into a disco-esque production which kept going for the rest of the album.

    With this album, she has stayed true to her roots of hiphop-inspired beats/production while venturing into new realms. Chihiro is her best song to date. The synths are absolutely epic. Need them tattooed on my soul. And the disco influence already starts shining on this song.

    ”Sometimes the music is so fucking good, you get high without the drugs” best describes this album as a religious experience. I love the synths mixed with the disco beats in Chihiro soooo much. The 80s JPop vibes from Chihiro extend to Bird of a Feather. The latter is where those elements of that time and place truly manifest. Best album I’ve heard this year so far - front to back.

    This is the best album reimplementing retro stuff. The bass in conjunction with an e-guitar is ingeniously orchestrated. The variation between the electronic disco, hiphop or some r&b-esque beats is just a masterpiece. Leave it upto FINNEAS to produce perfections. As if all this wasn’t enough, there is one melody that keeps appearing on the album in form of snippets until it gets its time to shine on the closer.

    Absolutely gagged by this album, it seriously has me by the balls. She manifested what Hostage was all about lol.

  2. Lady Gaga

    It’s the 20s again, I’m listening to the best Jazz record ever, my existence is demonized (again?) and the world is about to burn down. Oh, how the tables turn!

  3. Beyoncé

    I remember when it came out and everyone was shook how Cowboy Carter could be a country album. It is and it isn't, and that's okay. It would be bland if she just vomited old country. She did a cutesy thing here that feels like a live show with its ups and downs and we love her for it.

  4. I may not like every song on this album, but as a project, it’s the best pop record this year. Pop music is also about the culture surrounding the music and Charli’s genius marketing made brat omnipresent. That’s impact for ya.

    The remix album is crazy. I don’t think any other artist has ever done something at this scale. This is like taking something you’ve said and reflecting on it with your friends and you reach different conclusionI may not like every song on this album, but as a project, it’s the best pop record this year. Pop music is also about the culture surrounding the music and Charli’s genius marketing made brat omnipresent. That’s impact for ya.

    The remix album is crazy. I don’t think any other artist has ever done something at this scale. This is like taking something you’ve said and reflecting on it with your friends and you reach different conclusions based oI may not like every song on this album, but as a project, it’s the best pop record this year. Pop music is also about the culture surrounding the music and Charli’s genius marketing made brat omnipresent. That’s impact for ya.

    The remix album is crazy. I don’t think any other artist has ever done something at this scale. This is like taking something you’ve said and reflecting on it with your friends and you reach different conclusionI may not like every song on this album, but as a project, it’s the best pop record this year. Pop music is also about the culture surrounding the music and Charli’s genius marketing made brat omnipresent. That’s impact for ya.

    The remix album is crazy. I don’t think any other artist has ever done something at this scale. This is like taking something you’ve said and reflecting on it with your friends and you reach different conclusions based obased on the same emotions.

Favorite Albums of 2024 is an album list curated by Artemis:

I’m known online as Artemis/Apollon (name choice is because I like the dichotomy of these two deities and feel drawn to them). I listen to a lot of music and even write about it sometimes. A lot of the stuff I listen to neither makes this site nor my blog, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t good. It’s all on my last.fm anyway.

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