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

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Leon Thomas: Mutt (EZMNY/Motown) {33}: Em:17, Okp:+, Up:+, UPC:29; am:*, am_r:+, ess:+, hpo:+, vdi:1, vdjyl:2, vee:1, veh:4, vjh:6, vjj:8, vkd:2, vktu:8, vmdv:8, vqw:7, vram:2, vtm:6, vvg:8 -- A:80/1, TH:**
  2. The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow) {23}: Al:+*, ClR:1*, Mj:43*, RC:*, RS:*+, Sp:*, U:*, UCR:2; am:*, am_k:+, gw:18, tmr:+ -- A:79/12
  3. Gary Clark Jr: JPEG RAW (Warner) {18}: ClR:10*, Mj:*, RS:*+, S:*, Sp:*, SSt:+, U:*; am:*, am_b:+, gw:21, vsia:1, ysp:* -- A:82/7, TH:B-
  4. Guy Davis: The Legend of Sugarbelly (M.C.) {10}: ST:31, XG:58; xjdc:* -- RX:A-, TH:***
  5. Africatown, AL: Ancestor Sounds (Free Dirt) {8}: -- MT:***, RX:***, TH:**
  6. Kehlani: While We Wait 2 (TSNMI/Atlantic) {8}: vapt:5, vji:5, vram:4 -- TH:**
  7. Slash: Orgy of the Damned (Gibson) {8}: ClR:29*, MH:*, Sp:*, UCR:25; am:*, am_b:+, vrht:6, -- A:69/6
  8. Cedric Burnside: Hill Country Love (Provogue) {5}: PO:94, TN:+, YW:107 -- TH:**
  9. Sue Foley: One Guitar Woman: A Tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar (Stony Plain) {5}: am:*, am_b:+ -- TH:***
  10. Tinsley Ellis: Naked Truth (Alligator) {4}: am:*, am_b:+ -- TH:**
  11. Fantastic Negrito: Son of a Broken Man (Storefront) {4}: ClR:34*, Mj:*, RC:* -- A:80/3
  12. The Taj Mahal Sextet: Swingin' Live at the Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod) {4}: XCI:* -- TH:***
  13. Queen Esther: Things Are Looking Up (EL) {4}: -- TH:A-
  14. Taliba Safiya: Black Magic (self-released) {4}: PO:61; npr_ap:5 -- TH:*
  15. Eric Bibb: In the Real World () {3}: am:*, am_b:+, am_f:+
  16. Robert Finley: Black Bayou (Easy Eye Sound -23) {3}: JC:+, XCI:26, XG:62 -- TH:[**]
  17. Elizabeth King: Soul Provider (Bible & Tire) {3}: am:*, am_b:+, ysp:*
  18. Little Feat: Sam's Place (Hot Tomato) {3}: Mj:*, UCR:23, XCI:* -- A:73/3
  19. John Primer & Bob Corritore: Crawlin' Kingsnake (VizzTone) {3}: -- TH:***
  20. The Staples Jr. Singers: Searching (Luaka Bop) {3}: PO:112, WM:40; ysp:*
  21. Evan Nicole Bell: Runaway Girl (Humingbird -EP) {2}: ysp:* -- TH:*
  22. Tab Benoit: I Hear Thunder () {2}: am:*, am_b:+
  23. Eric Bibb: Live at the Scala Theatre Stockholm (Repute) {2}: -- TH:**
  24. Blues Pills: Birthday (BMG) {2}: ClR:36, K:* -- A:70/3
  25. Ronnie Baker Brooks: Blues in My DNA (Alligator) {2}: am:*, am_b:+
  26. Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown: Electrified () {2}: ClR:42* -- A:80/1
  27. Shemekia Copeland: Blame It on Eve () {2}: am:*, am_b:+
  28. Steve Cropper & the Midnight Hour: Friendlytown () {2}: am:*, am_b:+
  29. JJ Grey & Mofro: Olustee () {2}: am:*, am_b:+
  30. Danielle Nicole: The Love You Bleed () {2}: am:*, am_a:+
  31. Sugaray Rayford: Human Decency () {2}: am:*, am_b:+
  32. Duke Robillard: Roll With Me () {2}: am:*, am_b:+
  33. Barry Adamson: Cut to Black () {1}: AD:* -- A:75/2
  34. Rick Estrin and the Nightcats: The Hits Keep Coming () {1}: am_b:+
  35. The Harlem Gospel Travelers: Rhapsody (Colemine) {1}: Mj:69
  36. Koryn Hawthorne: On God (Provident) {1}: odb:*
  37. Legendary Singing Stars: Good Old Way (Music Maker Foundation) {1}: PO:79
  38. Taj Mahal: Savoy (Stony Plain -23) {1}: JC:+ -- TH:[A-]
  39. Russell Thompkins Jr: Riding Solo (SoulMusic/Platinum Garage) {1}: odb:*
  40. Truth & Devotion: Heaven at Last (Holy Grail) {1}: odb:*
  41. Luke Winslow-King: Flash-a-Magic (Bloodshot) {1}: -- TH:*