12月に入ってアメリカの各メディアが一斉に2024年のベストアルバムリストを発表した。その中から、以下いくつかご紹介。すでに、ベストソングリストを発表しているメディアもある。
●ローリング・ストーン誌の選ぶ100枚
https://x.com/RollingStone/status/1863864500019155188
1. Charlie xcx, “Brat”
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-2HG0C5jJQEcsK5zkdNWRJ4Cuee3e63-
2. Beyonce, “Cowboy Carter”
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxA687tYuMWgbOZZGuf4YFdQaU5Q6PSk5&si=pGT7xEvCCy5P9sPG
3. MJ Lenderman, “Manning Fireworks”
4. Sabrina Carpenter, “Short n’ Sweet”
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9tY0BWXOZFsjfJ9YdjUuRrA0yRhRfWdK&si=wy4kYGKkR8mE2VYJ
5. Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard And Soft”
6. Tyla, “Tyla”
https://tyla.lnk.to/tyla
7. Future & Metro Boomin, “We Don’t Trust You”
8. Ariana Grande, “eternal sunshine”
9. Doechii, “Alligator Bites Never Heal”
10. Waxahatchee, “Tigers Blood”
11. Rema, “Heis”
12. Zach Bryan, “The Greatest American Bar Scene”
13. Clairo, “Charm”
14. Mk.gee, “Two Star & The Dream Police”
15. Cindy Lee, “Diamond Jubilee”
16. Alavaro Diaz, “Sayonara”
17. Tyler, The Creator, “Chromakopia”
18. Jessica Pratt, “Here in the Pitch”
19. Mdou Moctar, “Funeral for Justice”
20. Jack White, “No Name”
21. Kendrick Lamar, “GNX”
22. Mannequin Pussy, “I Got Heaven”
23. Taylor Swift, “The Tortured Poets Department”
24. Johnny Blue Skies, “Passage du Desir”
25. GloRila, “Glorious”
●NYタイムズ紙のライター3人がそれぞれ選ぶ10枚
https://x.com/nytimesmusic/status/1864320001555222818
A）Jon Parelesの10枚
プレイリスト
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2YLbgBV3bJP6xAVYfoS2Kt?si=uDhapBIMTNO2-Ojm-DDbHQ
Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jon-pareless-best-albums-of-2024/pl.bbcc1eddbeae413fbdf1520c2fdec8c6
1. Charli xcx, “Brat” と”Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat”
2. Brittany Howard, “What Now”
3. Vampire Weekend, “Only God Was Above Us”
4. Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
5. Kali Uchis, “Orquideas Parte 2 (Deluxe)
6. Willow, “Ceremonial Contrafact (Empathogen Deluxe)
7. Beth Gibbons, Lives Outgrown”
8. Elucid, “Revelator”
9. The Cure, “Songs of a Lost World”
10. Nala Sinephro, “Endlessness”
2) Jon Caramanicaの17枚
プレイリスト
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7eSMN4fgLHgFmQjbqUvdZ8?si=TeSCMJq9T12k3pfM2R-oFg
Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jon-caramanicas-best-albums-of-2024/pl.3cf1c8d617c14dc59a416995eccf8dea
1. Mk.gee, “Two Star & the Dream Police”
2. Sabrina Carpenter, “Short n’ Sweet”
3. Candy, “It’s Inside You”
4. Ella Langely, “Hungover”
5. Ivan Cornejo, “Mirada”
6. Future and Metro Boomin, “We Don’t Trust You”
7. Zach Top, “Cold Beer & Country Music”
8. Yung Lean and Bladee, “Psykos”
9. BossMan Dlow, “Mr Beat the Road”
10. Flo, “Access All Areas”
11. Knocked Loose, “You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To”
12. Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
13.Claire Rousay, “Sentiment”
14. Zach Bryan, “The Great American Bar Scene”
15. Beyonce, “Cowboy Carter”
16. Taylor Swift, “The Tortured Poets Department”
17. Omar Courtz, Primera Musa”
3) Lindsay Zoladzの10枚
プレイリスト
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5X4rEMiKibcVexZIvTPXIU?si=DKsmfzuzSUuZFjiiWOJwkQ
Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/lindsay-zoladzs-best-albums-of-2024/pl.c62782498ab5435f9a409cea9fde6706
1. MJ Lenderman, “Mannning Fireworks”
2. Hurray for the Riff Raff, “The Past Is Still Alive”
3. Charlie xcx, “Brat”
4. Cindy Lee, “Diamond Jubilee”
5. Laura Marling, “Patterns in Repeat”
6. Mount Eerie, “Night Palace”
7. Helado Negro, “Phasor”
8. Kim Gordon, “The Collective”
9. Waxahatchee, “Tiger Blood”
10. Beyonce, “Cowboy Carter”
●ニューヨーカー誌の選ぶ100枚
https://x.com/NewYorker/status/1863651429543506181
1. MJ Lenderman, “Manning Fireworks”
2. Mk.gee, “Two Star & The Dream Police”
3. Sabrina Carpenter, “Short n’ Sweet”
4. Bon Iver, “Sable,”
5. Waxahatchee, “Tiger Blood”
6. Beyonce, “Cowboy Carter”
7. Charlie xcx, “Brat”
8. Mdou Moctar, “Funeral for Justice”
9. Vampire Weekend, “Only God Was Above Us”
10. Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard And Soft”
●NPRの選ぶ50枚
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/02/g-s1-34684/best-albums-2024順位ではなくて発売順に掲載。
●Consequenceの選ぶ50枚
https://x.com/consequence/status/1863586720005996700
1. Charlie xcx, “Brat”
2. Fontaines D.C. “Romance”
3. Waxahatchee, “Tiger Blood”
4. Johnny Blue Skies, “Passage du Desir”
5. Beyonce, “Cowboy Carter”
6. Jack White, “No Name”
7. Mdou Moctar, “Funeral for Justice”
8. Kacey Musgraves, “Deeper Well”
9. Blood Incantation, “Absolute Elsewhere”
https://bloodincantation.bandcamp.com/album/absolute-elsewhere
10. Kendrick Lamar, “GNX”
11. Wild Pink, “Dulling The Horns”
12. The Smile, “Wall of Eyes”
13. Nilufer Yanya, “My Method Actor”
14. Tyler, The Creator, “Chromakopia”
15. High on Fire, “Cometh the Storm”
16. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross & Boys Noire, “Challengers (mixed) by Boys Noize”
17. Amyl and The Sniffers, “Cartoon Darkness”
18. MJ Lnderman, “Manning Fireworks”
19. Chat Pile, “Cool World”
20. The Cure, “Songs of a Lost World"
●ピッチフォークの選ぶ50枚
https://x.com/pitchfork/status/1863947074473279941
1. Cindy Lee, “Diamond Jubilee”
https://cindylee.bandcamp.com/album/diamond-jubilee
2. Charlie xcx, “Brat”
3. Jessica Pratt, “Here in the Pitch”
https://jessicapratt.bandcamp.com/album/here-in-the-pitch
4. MJ Lenderman, “Manning Fireworks”
5. Nala Sinephro, “Endlessness”
https://nalasinephro.bandcamp.com/album/endlessness
6. Waxahatchee, “Tiger Blood”
7. Mount Eerie, “Night Palace”
https://pwelverumandsun.bandcamp.com/album/night-palace
8. Bladee, “Cold Visions”
9. Astrid Sonne, “Great Doubt”
10. Kim Gordon, “The Collective”
●各メディアの批評を統計するサイトMetacrtic による今年のベストアルバム
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/score/metascore/year/filtered
1. Charlie xcx, “Brat”
2. The Cure, “Songs of a Lost World”
3. Blood Incantation, “Absolute Elsewhere”
4. Laura Marling, “Patterns in Repeat”
5. Beyonce, “Cowboy Carter”
6. Kim Deal, “Nobody Loves You More”
7. Los Campesions!, “All Hell”
8. Bill Ryder-Jones, “Iechyd Da”
9. Mdou Moctar, “Funeral for Justice”
10. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, “Wild God”
11. Being Dead, “Eels”
12. Mannequin Pussy, “I Got Heaven”
13. Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard and Soft”
14. Jessica Pratt, “Here in the Pitch”
15. Jonny Blue Skies, “Passage du Desir”
16. Waxahatchee, “Tiger Blood”
17. Arooj Aftab, “Night Reign”
18. Fontaines D.C. “Romance”
19. St. Vincent, “All Born Screaming”
20. Beth Gibbons, “Lives Outgrown”
●ローリング・ストーン誌の選ぶ100曲
https://x.com/RollingStone/status/1863991592320655808
プレイリスト
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67ZwkI5fZsA7mTHbF4Wk86?si=jYqNoDGjRsOPj1aV2LsY2g
1. Chappell Roan, “Good Luck, Babe!”
2. Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
3. Shaboozey, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)
4. Sabrina Carpenter, “Espresso”
5. Billie Eilish, “Birds of a Feather”
6. Hozier, “Too Sweet”
7. Tinashe, “Nasty”
8. Zach Bryan, “Pink Skies”
9. Charlie xcx feat. Loard, “Girl, So Confusing(Remix)”
10. Waxahatchee feat. MJ Lenderman, “Right Back to It”
●ピッチフォークの選ぶ100曲
https://x.com/pitchfork/status/1863584549122576621
1. Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”
2. Waxahatchee feat. MJ Lenderman, “Right Back to It”
3. Chappell Roan, “Good Luck, Babe!”
4. Jessica Pratt, “Life Is”
5. Still House Plants, “M M M”
6. skaiwater, “rain”
7. Sabrina Carpenter, “Espresso”
8. MJ Lenderman, “Wristwatch”
9. Charlie xcx feat. Loard, “Girl, So Confusing(Remix)”
10. Jane Remover, “Magic I Want U”
●歌詞の分析をするサイトGenius で今年歌詞がアクセスされた曲10曲
https://x.com/Genius/status/1864082720357601589
SpotifyのWrapped が間もなく発表されますが、皆さんが今年聴いていたアルバムは入っていたでしょうか？いくつかリストを見ていると、順位は違っていても、リストに入っているアルバム、曲には重なりがあるのに気付くはず。リンクを貼ったので、聴いてないアルバム、気になるアルバムなどがあったらぜひこの機会にチェックしてみてください。