It has been a good year for albums. Perhaps not quite as strong as 2023 but there’s been a great set of music released this year. Here is my top ten but there’s quite a few just bubbling under and missing out on the top ten spots. What is noticeable by its absence is hip-hop. I’m getting tired of rap, I feel, and getting more and more entranced by warm Americana sounds.
Sadness Sets Me Free - Gruff Rhys
Actually an album that didn’t garner a lot of positive press, but I think it’s a fabulous addition to the eclectic solo albums by the Super Furry Animals vocalist. He brings an arch angle to country tinged pop music full of sublime melodies.
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