The Best Albums of 2024, Part 1

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Our annual look back at the year in music begins with the first of a two-part episode highlighting the year's best albums, with Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, Waxahatchee and more.

Look for Part 2 on Friday, Dec. 6.

See NPR Music's complete list of the 50 best albums from 2024.

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0:00.0	This message comes from American Railroad. Each episode features stories from culture
0:05.2	bearers, historians, and musicians to reimagine songs inspired by those who built America's
0:11.5	railways. Listen to American Railroad, wherever you listen to podcasts. A quick note before the show,
0:18.2	this podcast contains explicit language.
0:26.8	I have the most amazing way to talk about anything.
0:32.4	Even if you have no idea what it is that you're talking about, it's foolproof.
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0:38.6	Basically, you just repeat the last thing that anyone says in a conversation.
0:39.5	Says in a conversation.
0:40.4	Yeah, exactly.
0:49.1	So, Anne, if you say, you know, this new cure album hit me really hard, then all I have to say is, it hit you really hard.
0:52.0	And then let you take it from there.
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0:59.7	Now, I can't take credit for it.
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