Best Albums of November 2024

The highest-rated albums released in November 2024, ranked by critical consensus from professional music critics.

November 2024 produced a striking run of releases, and our Best Albums of November 2024 list reflects a month where high-profile returns sat alongside intimate, exploratory records. Critics weighed in across genres and formats, from major-label statements to archival box sets, making November's album releases one of the more varied stretches of the year.

Leading the pack was Merope's Vēĵula, which earned an 86/100 consensus from three reviews, closely followed by Kendrick Lamar's GNX at 85.17 from 18 reviews. Jazz-leaning live work like Jeff Parker's The Way Out of Easy [Live] (84.67, 3 reviews) and global-pop entries such as Wizkid's Morayo (83.33, 3 reviews) show the critical consensus favoring both adventurous new directions and refined continuations. November's top albums reveal trends toward genre cross-pollination, archival reissues that matter, and established artists taking measured creative risks.

Scroll down for the full ranked list of November's standout albums, where review counts and aggregated scores guide the month's top-rated records and help answer the question: what were the best albums of November 2024?