Best albums of 2018

This is a list of the best albums of 2018 according to the site’s editors.
Date: December 31, December 2018

01

JULIA HOLTER
AVIARY

02

Father John Misty
God’s Favorite Customer

03

Mitski
Be The Cowboy

04

Robyn
Honey

05

U.S. Girls
In a Poem Unlimited

06

Anna Calvi
Hunter

07

Neko Case
Hell-On

08

Pusha T
Daytona

09

Caroline Rose
Loner

10

Shame
Songs Of Praise

11

Kids See Ghosts
Kids See Ghosts

12

Kali Uchis
Isolation

13

Janelle Monáe
Dirty Computer

14

The 1975
A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

15

Christine and the Queens
Chris

16

Arctic Monkeys
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

17

Kacey Musgraves
Golden Hour

18

Daniel Avery
Song For Alpha

19

Let’s Eat Grandma
I’m All Ears

20

Idles
Joy as an Act of Resistance

21

Vince Staples
FM!

22

Natalie Prass
The Future And The Past

23

Deafheaven
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

24

Tirzah
Devotion

25

Johnny Marr
Call The Comet

26

Ariana Grande
Sweetener

27

Against All Logic
2012 – 2017

28

MGMT
Little Dark Age

29

Cardi B
Invasion Of Privacy

30

Sarah Blasko
Depth Of Field

31

Lump
LUMP

32

Kurt Vile
Bottle It In

33

Parquet Courts
Wide Awake

34

Princess Chelsea
The Loneliest Girl

35

Eleanor Friedberger
Rebound

36

Amen Dunes
Freedom

37

Courtney Barnett
Tell Me How You Really Feel

38

Snail Mail
Lush

39

Virginia Wing
Ecstatic Arrow

40

Kamasi Washington
Heaven and Earth

41

Beach House
7

42

Jack White
Boarding House Reach

43

Florence + The Machine
High As Hope

44

Noname
Room 25

45

Muse
Simulation Theory

46

Jorja Smith
Lost & Found

47

Melody’s Echo Chamber
Bon Voyage

48

Dj Koze
Knock Knock

49

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Hope Downs

50

Sons of Kemet
Your Queen Is A Reptile

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