Good things come in pairs, and this announcement is no different. Not only are we announcing the very best albums to check out from 2024, but be sure to keep reading below the fold for the commencement of our eighth annual Spread the Love charity event, which is accepting entries as of right now!

We also are thrilled to welcome our newest member to our Staff team — the lovely CocaCola — so please say hello when you see them on IRC or while browsing the site.

We're also extending our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Eclipse, who has recently stepped down after four incredible years of serving all areas of the site, including managing our interview system and leading our amazing Interview Team.

The results are in!!! Redacted chose the best releases of 2024 and once again pop reigns supreme. While it may have been a Brat 2024, Redacted once again displayed a vast appreciation of different genres and artistic styles. So what did Redacted vote as the best releases of 2024? Explore the lists, analytics, and collages below to find out!

More people participated this year than ever before, with a record 636 of you posting a list. Compared to last year, fewer overall releases got suggested, but there was still a grand total of 3407 unique releases in our lists. And like last year, everyone who posted has received a badge for participating! As always, thanks so much for contributing your list.

So what are the best albums of 2024? Check out the collage below to see:

Other collages highlighting various stats can be seen here, with further breakdowns being in the stats post following this one. You can view cover grids of your lists in the stats post as well!

Thanks to all our uploaders! Over 251 members uploaded music that made the top 100. Our top uploaders were rodriguito, ilikepeaches, SadPeterPan, hubyfaterk3, Perun, Amethyst63, and sharky. These seven users each uploaded over 10 of the top 100 list submissions, and in total contributed 181 releases. Check out the full list of all 251 uploaders in the stats post!

Big thanks to the members developing excellent scripts to automate the results, and to dubiasu, sharky, hypermodified, & tentaculaire for helping with the collages, post, and graphics. And a big thanks again to Saturn for adding the new badges to the site.


Happy Valentine's Day from Redacted, and welcome to our eighth annual Spread the Love charity event! This year, we're bringing this wonderful tradition into a new quarter century, in honor of the unparalleled Carl. We encourage you all to Spread the Love this year with a donation of food, clothing, or household items* to your favorite local charity. Although this is a contest with prizes on offer, any reward we distribute cannot match the importance of helping the less fortunate. To participate, simply post a picture in the Contest Entry Thread of what you are honestly donating with your username clearly visible. Optional: Please feel free to describe the charity you chose, and why. At the end of this drive, we will randomly draw five users to earn prizes such as:

Custom title
Contest winner badge
25 FL tokens
Eternal gratitude

One entry post per person, but you may share multiple donations in that one post. The drive will run for one month, until midnight UTC on March 15. We look forward to seeing you all Spread the Love outside Redacted once again.
* Cash donations are welcomed by many charities but are not a part of this contest.

Please use the Spread the Love contest entry thread to submit photos, and the discussion thread for any commentary and chitchat regarding the contest.