Top 45 Album of 2024 [45-40th]

Scoring System:

https://kit10phish.blogspot.com/2024/12/2024-album-ranking-scoring-system.html

45

The Decemberists

3 greats/13 tot = 23.08%

2 good-ish/13 tot = 15.38%

38.46% output is good & up

The writing is detailed and self-aware as usual. They really know how to convey a 

visual story through their lyrics.

44

Bright Eyes

3 greats/13 tot = 23.08%

5 good-ish/13 tot = 38.46%

61.54% output is good & up

Remember how when you were depressed or going through a break-up or otherwise 

angsty, you’d use Bright Eyes lyrics as your AIM away message or Myspace name? No? 

Just me? Well, the nearly suicidal quality the music used to have is all but gone. Now 

we have a more gimmicky switching the channels thing going on. It’s Beyonce. It’s Lord 

Huron. But what I want is some of that ‘ol lyrical darkness back.

43

The Avett Brothers

3 greats/9 tot = 33.33%

3 good-ish

66.67% output is good & up

THIS is the album Brandi Carlile and the twins have been trying to make ever since they 

gave up their hipster vibes. The harmonies are beautiful, the record has a folksy 

homespun feel, and it celebrates a more rural sound. The difference? This album is 

faster and the production has more vibrancy. And I couldn’t help noticing ‘Country Kid’ 

and ‘Keep Your Heart Young’ are musical twins. 

42

The Black Keys

5 greats/14 tot = 35.71%

6 good–ish

78.57% output is good & up

They changed their whole sound. It's no longer dark and jazzy. It’s too soft, too melodic 

now. I want more syncopation, more alternative vibes. Some of these songs could be 

The Monkeys (“Don’t Let Me Go”) they have a brightness about them. Get rid of that. 

41

Twenty-One Pilots

5 greats/13 tot = 38.46%

4 good-ish

69.23% output is good & up

It’s their best album in awhile, returning to some semblance of the core sound we liked 

from their debut. Nothing is as catchy or hookey as that first album. I’d like to see the 

core robotic, rap, hipster sound translated into songs that sound like jingles. I’m talking 

chikka cherry cola, remember? I think that will elevate what they’ve got going.

40th Album [EP] of 2024

Olivia Rodrigo- Spilled

2 greats/5 tot = 40.0%

3 good-ish

100.0% output is good & up