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Joe's avatar

The 15 Best Albums of the Year Plus Another 5 That Were Kind of Average But Made By Our Friends in the Industry

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Gabbie's avatar

no joe, i was asking for satire, not real list names that already exist

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Sam Redlark's avatar

Best Albums of 2024, practically all of which we guarantee you will have never heard of, some of which we may have invented during a four-day mushroom-induced shamanic trance, plus whatever Taylor Swift or Beyonce put out.

Our rival publication's Best Albums of 2024 re-arranged, like the deckchairs on the Titanic, in a slightly different order.

Best Albums we casually listened to in 2024, along with some sketchy affiliate links that will earn us pennies on the dollar if you click on them and make purchases. (Note, these will take you to an online record retailer, as opposed to Amazon, so it's alright.)

A mediocre indie supergroup, unheard of outside of Teen Vogue, et al, who indulged our delusions that we are credible music journalists by granting us an interview, plus some other shit we awarded four stars that we would never spend money on in a million years, and a terrible album by an artist who suffered a personal tragedy so we have to like it. See you next year suckas!

A solid black page informing readers that, in a year when [winning US Presidential candidate] has taken office, there can be no best albums. (A Best of Albums of 2024 list will appear belatedly in January after site traffic takes a nosedive.)

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Gabbie's avatar

literally perfect, no notes.

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Darrell Rials's avatar

brilliant!

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

lol. I feel both seen and attacked.

(Quietly scratches Japanese free jazz pick off the list)

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Gabbie's avatar

you put that back this instant

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Ha! Will do!

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Matt Bull's avatar

Excellent. Although I feel like you could have made a numbered list out of your list...

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Gabbie's avatar

but they are all my favorites, as if they were my own children

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Matt Bull's avatar

😂

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JoaquinDinero's avatar

Top 13 Albums I Actually Listened To More Than Once plus 87 more that are in my "To Be Listened" Pile but Pitchfork Says They're Good So Just Go With it 'Kay ?

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Brussel Crow's avatar

the only rock music that exists in this list is stuff your dad is really into or post punk.

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Gabbie's avatar

very very heavy on the post punk (and I'm guilty of putting it all there)

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Darrell Rials's avatar

I love this idea and the proposed lists more than brownie coconut treacle. And that's a LOT!

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Pop Waves Pod's avatar

Spot on, love this list! How about...

"#11 is our actual #1, but they don't have the cred for us to admit that publicly."

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Jeremy Shatan's avatar

Top 50 Albums That Mostly Came Out This Year Plus A Couple We Would Have Included Last Year If We Didn’t Publish This Damn List So Early

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Gabbie's avatar

i would pin this if i could

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Michael Elliott's avatar

OK, I feel #6, not gonna lie, BUT - I'm not putting mine out until December 31st on principle!

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Gabbie's avatar

i support you 100%

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Boris Feigin's avatar

Bwahaha, I love this!

"Top 10 Albums of The Year as picked by each member of our staff, who all listen to the same music, apparently" :P

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Ginjure's avatar

These are so gratifying! Thanks for the laugh.

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Sadie's avatar

This is so funny! Thanks for the laugh, Gabbie! 🤣

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Kenny Farquharson's avatar

I feel seen.

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Gabbie's avatar

i've been doing this way too long

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Sharon's avatar

Literally howling - this is amazing and just what I needed today.

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Gabbie's avatar

haha i just write what i know

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Here Us Out: Here's Why Imagine Dragons Are our 2024 Artists of the Year.

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