Each year since we started The Minimalists, I’ve catalogued my favorite albums at the end of the calendar year. This one is a few months late, but better late than never. Here are my favorites from 2024. (You can find previous years here.)
1. Donovan Woods, Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now
2. Joshua Hyslop, Evergold
3. Soccer Mommy, Evergreen
4. Mat Kearney, Mat Kearney
5. Slow Runner, Yesterday Don’t Fail Me Now
6. Kendrick Lamar, GNX
7. Aquilo, You Should Get Some Sleep
8. PARTYNEXTDOOR, P4
9. Jeffrey Focault, The Universal Fire
10. Maggie Rogers, Don’t Forget Me
11. Childish Gambino, Atavista
12. Future & Metro Boomin, We Still Don’t Trust You
Honorable Mentions: Vory, Roy Woods, Khalid, Lee DeWyze, Mustafa, tendai, Snow Patrol, Michael Flynn, mike., Peter Bradley Adams, Novo Amor, Local Natives, Dua Lipa, ScHoolboy Q, mgk & Trippie Redd, Andrew Belle, Two Lanes, Kevin Gates, ¥$.
What was your favorite album this year?
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