My Favorite Albums of 2018

My Favorite Albums of 2018

What a year 2018 was for music! Really one of the stronger years in recent memory. A few of my favorite artists (Neko Case, Eleanor Friedberger, Eric Bachmann) released some of their best albums to date and they didn't even crack the top 20. Also, every album in the top 40 was at one point in my top 20 list. So, these 60 albums are ones I really really loved and revisited often throughout the year. Hope you enjoy!

Also, at the end of this post is a Spotify Playlist with a song from each album, so feel free to give that a spin!

Albums 60 - 41 (scroll down for link to next page):

 

 

60. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile (UMG)

59. Nicholas Krgovich - Ouch (Tin Angel Records)

58. Alice Ivy - I'm Dreaming (Last Gang Records)

57. The Armed - Only Love (No Rest Until Ruin)

56. Pusha T - Daytona (Def Jam)

55. Matthew Dear - Bunny (Ghostly International)

54. Pink Siifu - ensley (self released)

53. Madeline Kenney - Perfect Shapes (Carpark Records)

52. Buddy - Harlan and Alondra (RCA Records)

51. Caroline Rose - LONER (New West Records)

50. The Cradle - Bag of Holding (NNA Tapes)

49. J. Cole - KOD (Dreamville)

48. Kali Uchis - Isolation (UMG)

47. Snail Mail - Lush (Matador)

46. Half Waif - Lavender (Cascine)

45. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD (Epic Records)

44. Stove - 's Favorite Friend (Exploding in Sound Records)

43. Mitski - Be the Cowboy (Dead Oceans)

42. Water From Your Eyes - All A Dance (Exploding in Sound Records)

41. Against All Logic - 2012-2017 (Other People)

 

 

 

***CLICK FOR ALBUMS 40 - 21***

Favorite 40 - 21

Albums 40 - 21:

40. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (UMG)

39. Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss (Saddle Creek)

38. Rolo Tomasi - Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It (Holy Roar Records)

37. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom+Pop)

36. Neko Case - Hell-On (Anti-)

35. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me (Carpark Records)

34. Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound (Frenchkiss Records)

33. H.C. McEntire - LIONHEART (Merge Records)

32. Joey Purp - QUARTERTHING (self released)

31. Shy Boys - Bell House (Polyvinyl)

30. Golden Drag - Pink Sky (Buzz Records)

29. The Internet - Hive Mind (Columbia Records)

28. Flasher - Constant Image (Domino)

27. Jean Grae and Quelle Chris - Everything's Fine (Mello Music Group)

26. Amen Dunes - Freedom (Sacred Bones)

25. Eric Bachmann - No Recover (Merge Records)

24. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! (Rough Trade)

23. Muncie Girls - Fixed Ideals (Buzz Records)

22. Bishop Nehru - Elevators: Act I and II (Nehruvia)

21. Sandro Perri - In Another Life (Constellation)

 

 

*** CLICK FOR ALBUMS 20 - 1 ***

Favorite 20 - 1

Albums 20 - 1:

20. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur (Tiny Engines)

19. Parcels - Parcels (Because Music)

18. Kadhja Bonet - Childqueen (Fat Possum)

17. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (Sub Pop)

16. Vince Staples - FM! (Def Jam)

15. Ought - Room Inside the World (Merge Records)

14. Miya Folick - Premonitions (Interscope)

13. Noname - Room 25 (self released)

12. Denzel Curry - TA13OO (Loma Vista Recordings)

11. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer (Bad Boy Records)

10. Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams (Merge Records)

9. Mick Jenkins - Pieces of a Man (Free Nation)

8. JID - DiCaprio 2 (Dreamville)

7. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (Columbia Records)

6. Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place (Polyvinyl)

5. Tierra Whack - Whack World (self released)

4. Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs. the Sirens (Charon Records)

3. Robyn - Honey (Konichiwa Records)

2. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love (Warp Records)

1. Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past (ATO)