Top 50 Albums, 2018 – 10 to 1

end of year / music / review / Top Albums 2018 / top lists

Only a few more days in 2018, giving an opportunity to look back and highlight the best music. As I have done the last few years, the following are the 50 albums that most stood out to me this year. The criteria are an unscientific combination of groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.

I enjoyed listening to all of these albums and am excited to share.

  • Bedouine

    10. Marianne Faithfull

    Negative Capacity

    pop

  • Golden Hour

    9. Kacey Musgraves

    Golden Hour

    country

  • Con Todo El Mundo

    8. Khruangbin

    Con Todo El Mundo

    alternative

  • To the Sunset

    7. Amanda Shires

    To the Sunset

    singer-songwriter

  • Childqueen

    6. Kadhja Bonet

    Childqueen

    r&b/soul

  • Circles: Piano Concertos by Bach & Glass

    5. Simone Dinnerstein & A Far Cry

    Circles: Piano Concertos by Bach & Glass

    classical

  • Street Safari

    4. Public Access T.V.

    Street Safari

    alternative

  • Floating Features

    3. La Luz

    Floating Features

    alternative

  • Wide Awake!

    2. Parquet Courts

    Wide Awake!

    alternative

  • Heaven and Earth

    1. Kamasi Washington

    Heaven and Earth

    jazz

Top 50 Albums, 2018 – 20 to 11

end of year / music / review / Top Albums 2018 / top lists

Only a few more days in 2018, giving an opportunity to look back and highlight the best music. As I have done the last few years, the following are the 50 albums that most stood out to me this year. The criteria are an unscientific combination of groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.

I enjoyed listening to all of these albums and am excited to share.

  • Cloud Corner

    20. Marisa Anderson

    Cloud Corner

    folk

  • Semper Femina

    19. Cowboy Junkies

    All that Recogning

    alternative

  • Halfway Towards a Healing

    18. The Lost Brothers

    Halfway Towards a Healing

    folk

  • Orquesta Akokán

    17. Orquesta Akokán

    Orquesta Akokán

    dance

  • Dead Magic

    16. Anna Von Hausswolff

    Dead Magic

    alternative

  • New Material

    15. Preocupations

    New Material

    alternative

  • Singularity

    14. Jon Hopkins

    Singularity

    alternative

  • Tree of Forgiveness

    13. John Prine

    Tree of Forgiveness

    singer-songwriter

  • Desperate Man

    12. Eric Church

    Desperate Man

    country

  • El Mal Querer

    11. Rosalía

    El Mal Querer

    pop

Top 50 Albums, 2018 – 30 to 21

end of year / music / review / Top Albums 2018 / top lists

Only a few more days in 2018, giving an opportunity to look back and highlight the best music. As I have done the last few years, the following are the 50 albums that most stood out to me this year. The criteria are an unscientific combination of groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun

I enjoyed listening to all of these albums and am excited to share.

  • Hve Mind

    30. The Internet

    Hive Mind

    r&b/soul

  • Double Negative

    29. Low

    Double Negative

    alternative

  • Freedom's Goblin

    28. Ty Segall

    Freedom’s Goblin

    alternative

  • Le Kov

    27. Gwenno

    Le Kov

    alternative

  • Musas 2

    26. Natalia Lafourcade

    Musas 2

    pop

  • Brighter Wounds

    25. Son Lux

    Brighter Wounds

    alternative

  • Digital Rain

    24. Johnny Jewel

    Digital Rain

    alternative

  • Battle Lines

    23. Bob Moses

    Battle Lines

    dance

  • Hypochondriac

    22. The Frights

    Hypochondriac

    alternative

  • The Nude Party

    21. The Nude Party

    The Nude

    alternative

Top 50 Albums, 2018 – 40 to 31

end of year / music / review / Top Albums 2018 / top lists

Only a few more days in 2018, giving an opportunity to look back and highlight the best music. As I have done the last few years, the following are the 50 albums that most stood out to me this year. The criteria are an unscientific combination of groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.

I enjoyed listening to all of these albums and am excited to share.

  • Still

    40. Mazzy Star

    Still

    alternative

  • Tell Me How You Really Feel

    39. Courtney Barnett

    Tell Me How You Really Feel

    alternative

  • 7

    38. Beach House

    7

    alternative

  • Brandi Carlile

    37. Brandi Carlile

    By The Way, I Forgive You

    singer-songwriter

  • Room Inside the World

    36. Ought

    Room Inside the World

    alternative

  • Songs of the Plains

    35. Colter Wall

    Songs of the Plains

    singer-songwriter

  • Dance on the Blacktop

    34. Nothing

    Dance on the Blacktop

    alternative

  • Be the Cowboy

    33. Mitski

    Be the Cowboy

    alternative

  • Resolve

    32. Poppy Ackroyd

    Resolve

    classical

  • the Lookout

    31. Laura Veirs

    The Lookout

    singer/songwriter

Top 50 Albums, 2018 – 50 to 41

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Only a few more days in 2018, giving an opportunity to look back and highlight the best music. As I have done the last few years, the following are the 50 albums that most stood out to me this year. The criteria are an unscientific combination of groundbreaking new musical direction, memorable, captivating, and fun.

I enjoyed listening to all of these albums and am excited to share.

  • Ecstatic Arrow

    50. Virginia Wing

    Ecstatic Arrow

    alternative

  • Where We Were Together

    49. Say Sue Me

    Where We Were Together

    alternative

  • Lavender

    48. Half Waif

    Lavender

    alternative

  • Follow Them True

    47. Stick in the Wheel

    Follow Them True

    folk

  • Physical

    46. Gabe Gurnsey

    Physical

    dance

  • Snares Like A Haircut

    45. No Age

    Snares Like A Haircut

    alternative

  • Smote Reverser

    44. Oh Sees

    Smote Reverser

    alternative

  • Universal Favorite

    43. Jake Shears

    Jake Shears

    alternative

  • Boygenius

    42. Boygenius

    Boygenius

    alternative

  • Tracyanne & Danny

    41. Tracyanne & Danny

    Tracyanne & Danny

    folk

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