Here’s our annual look back at the best album from the past year, albeit in a less in-depth form than past years. In general, 2024 was a particularly strong year for music, with outstanding releases from both longtime veterans and newcomers.

10. Shellac, To All Trains (Touch and Go Records)

9. Amyl and the Sniffers, Cartoon Darkness (B2B Records/Virgin Music)

8. Tindersticks, Soft Tissue (City Slang)

7. Artificial Go, Hopscotch Fever (Feel It Records)

6. Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More (4AD)

5. Brigitte Calls Me Baby, The Future Is Our Way Out (ATO Records)

4. Crows, Reason Enough (Bad Vibrations Recordings)

3. Kim Gordon, The Collective (Matador Records)

2. The Cure, Songs of a Lost World (Polydor/Fiction Records)

1. Fontaines DC, Romance (XL Recordings)