Top 100 Albums of 2018
Let’s get right into it:
Album of the Year
- Flasher — Constant Image
Best of the Best
2. Beach House — 7
3. Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
4. DJ Koze — Knock Knock
5. Boygenius — Boygenius
6. Pusha T — Daytona
Excellent
7. U.S. Girls — In A Poem Unlimited
8. Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
9. Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
10. Against All Logic — 2012–2017
11. Yo La Tengo — There’s A Riot Going On
Recommended
12. Kanye West & Kid Cudi— Kids See Ghosts
13. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat — Riddles
14. Ariana Grande — Sweetener
15. Migos — Culture II
16. Paul McCartney — Egypt Station
17. The 1975 — A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
18. Teyana Taylor — K.T.S.E.
19. Spiritualized — And Nothing Hurt
20. Chvrches — Love Is Dead
21. Robyn — Honey
22. Iceage — Beyondless
23. Freddie Gibbs — Freddie
24. Amen Dunes — Freedom
25. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — A Star Is Born
Very Good
26. Wye Oak — The Louder I Call, The Faster it Runs
27. Mitski — Be The Cowboy
28. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever — Hope Downs
29. Unknown Mortal Orchestra — Sex & Food
30. Kali Uchis — Isolation
31. Jay Rock — Redemption
32. DJDS — Big Wave More Fire
33. Vince Staples — FM!
34. Saba — Care For Me
35. Restorations — LP5000
36. Nine Inch Nails — Bad Witch
37. Snail Mail — Lush
Good
38. Cloud Nothings — Last Building Burning
39. Tierra Whack — Whack World
40. Middle Kids — Lost Friends
41. Bat Fangs — Bat Fangs
42. Cupcakke — Ephorize
43. Justice — Woman Worldwide
44. David Byrne — American Utopia
45. Aphex Twin — Collapse EP
46. Arctic Monkeys — Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
47. Neko Case — Hell-On
48. Natalie Prass — The Future and The Past
49. Angelique Kidjo — Remain In Light
50. Lucy Dacus — Historian
51. Kendrick Lamar & Various Artists — Black Panther
52. Public Access TV — Street Safari
53. Franz Ferdinand — Always Ascending
54. Jon Hopkins — Singularity
55. MGMT — Little Dark Age
56. Drake — Scorpion
57. Gucci Mane — Evil Genius
58. Travis Scott — Astroworld
Honorable Mentions
59. Titus Andronicus — A Productive Cough
60. YG — Stay Dangerous
61. Anderson Paak — Oxnard
62. Ty Segall — Freedom’s Goblin
63. Earl Sweatshirt — Some Rap Songs
64. Deafheaven — Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
65. Playboy Carti — Die Lit
66. Jim James — Uniform Distortion
67. Dave Matthews Band — Come Tomorrow
68. Father John Misty — God’s Favorite Customer
69. Jack White — Boarding House Reach
70. Lykke Li — So Sad So Sexy
71. Preoccupations — New Material
72. Rae Sremmurd — Sr3mm
73. Hookworms — Microshift
74. Soccer Mommy — Clean
75. Noname — Room 25
76. Black Thought — Streams of Thought Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
77. Panda Bear — A Day With The Homies EP
78. Brockhampton — Iridescence
79. Joy Formidable — Aaarth
80. Acid Dad — Acid Dad
81. Matthew Dear — Bunny
82. How To Dress Well — The Anteroom
83. The Men — Drift
84. Young Fathers — Cocoa Sugar
85. Florence & the Machine — High As Hope
86. The Good, The Bad, and the Queen — Merrie Land
87. Ryley Walker — Deafman Glance
88. Everything Is Recorded — Everything Is Recorded By Richard Russell
89. J. Cole — KOD
90. Blood Orange — Negro Swan
91. Sob x RBE — Gangin
92. Porches — The House
93. Kanye West — Ye
94. Kamasi Washington — Heaven & Earth
95. The Carters — Everything Is Love
96. Tenacious D — Post-Apocalypto
97. Empress Of — Us
98. Jorja Smith — Lost & Found
99. Kurt Vile — Bottle It In
100. Interpol — Marauder
Top Concerts
- Smashing Pumpkins — Royal Farms Arena
- Radiohead — Wells Fargo Center
- The Killers — The Anthem
- Beyonce & Jay-Z — Lincoln Financial Field
- Nine Inch Nails — The Anthem
- Beck — The Anthem
- Tenacious D — The Anthem
- Flasher — Black Cat Backstage (R.I.P.!)
- Jack White — The Anthem
- Dave Matthews Band — John Paul Jones Arena
Twenty Best Songs of 2018
Beach House — Lemon Glow
Beyonce & Jay-Z — Apeshit
Boygenius — Ketchum, ID
Childish Gambino — This Is America
DJ Koze — Pick Up
Drake — Nice For What
Flasher — Pressure
Janelle Monae — Django Jane
Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake — King’s Dead
Kacey Musgraves — High Horse
Kids See Ghosts — 4th Dimension
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow
Migos — Stir Fry
Pusha T — If You Know You Know
Rae Sremmurd & Juicy J — Powerglide
Snail Mail — Pristine
Sophie — Immaterial
The 1975 — Give Yourself A Try
Unknown Mortal Orchestra — American Guilt
U.S. Girls — Time
Year-End Accolades
Overrated albums: Low — Double Negative, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks — Sparkle Hard, Courtney Barnett — Tell Me How You Really Feel, Hop Along — Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Bad albums: Nas — Nasir, Justin Timberlake — Man of the Woods, Alexis Taylor — Beautiful Thing, Death Cab For Cutie — Thank You For Today
Best movies: The Favourite, A Star is Born, Roma, Hereditary
Worst movies: Ready Player One, Vice, Solo
Best TV: Succession, American Vandal S2, Wild Wild Country
Best Video Games: Hollow Knight, Into The Breach, SSBU
Best Books: Bad Blood, Beastie Boys Book
Previous Albums of the Year:
2017: Brand New — Science Fiction
2016: Kanye West — The Life of Pablo
2015: Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
2014: The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
2013: Chvrches — The Bones of What You Believe
2012: Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
2011: M83 — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
2010: Titus Andronicus — The Monitor
2009: The xx — xx
2008: Vampire Weekend — Vampire Weekend
2007: Klaxons — Myths of the Near Future
2006: The Hold Steady — Boys & Girls in America
