Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2024 New Music: Blues/Gospel/R&B

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow) {17}: Al:+*, ClR:1*, Mj:43*, RC:*, RS:*+, Sp:*, U:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:79/12
  2. Gary Clark Jr: JPEG RAW (Warner) {12}: ClR:10*, Mj:*, RS:*+, S:*, Sp:*, SSt:+, U:*; ysp:* -- A:82/7, TH:B-
  3. Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds (Free Dirt) {8}: -- MT:***, RX:***, TH:**
  4. Guy Davis: The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.) {8}: xjdc:* -- RX:A-, TH:***
  5. Leon Thomas III: Mutt (Ezmny/Motown) {6}: Em:17, Okp:+, Up:+; am:*, hpo:+ -- A:80/1
  6. Slash: Orgy of the Damned (Gibson) {5}: ClR:29*, MH:*, Sp:*, UCR:+ -- A:69/6
  7. Courting: New Last Name (Lower Third/PIAS) {4}: A:71/10
  8. Fantastic Negrito: Son of a Broken Man (Storefront) {4}: ClR:34*, Mj:*, RC:* -- A:80/3
  9. The Taj Mahal Sextet: Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod) {4}: XCI:* -- TH:***
  10. Cedric Burnside: Hill Country Love (Provogue) {3}: YW:107 -- TH:**
  11. Evan Nicole Bell: Runaway Girl (Humingbird -EP) {2}: ysp:* -- TH:*
  12. Blues Pills: Birthday (BMG) {2}: ClR:36, K:* -- A:70/3
  13. Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown: Electrified () {2}: ClR:42* -- A:80/1
  14. The Staples Jr. Singers: Searching (Luaka Bop) {2}: WM:40; ysp:*
  15. Barry Adamson: Cut to Black () {1}: AD:* -- A:75/2
  16. Robert Finley: Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound -23) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[**]
  17. The Harlem Gospel Travelers: Rhapsody (Colemine) {1}: Mj:69
  18. Koryn Hawthorne: On God (Provident) {1}: odb:*
  19. Elizabeth King: Soul Provider (Bible & Tire) {1}: ysp:*
  20. Little Feat: Sam's Place (Hot Tomato) {1}: XCI:*
  21. Taj Mahal: Savoy (Stony Plain -23) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]
  22. Russell Thompkins Jr: Riding Solo (SoulMusic/Platinum Garage) {1}: odb:*
  23. Truth & Devotion: Heaven at Last (Holy Grail) {1}: odb:*