Top 100 Music Albums of 2018
by 
Purplepash 
A good year for post-punk and other punk subgenres.
And as usual recently lots of the best Australian albums.
By "best" I mean "subjectively my favourite from what I have listened to" but best is quicker and easier to type.
- Chart updated: 05/14/2025 09:45
- (Created: 01/08/2018 09:12).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Best power pop singer-songwriter indie rock album of the year
Best USA album of the year [First added to this chart: 02/17/2018]
Best USA album of the year [First added to this chart: 02/17/2018]
Year of Release:
2018
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5,714
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Best emo power pop indie rock album of the year
Best debut album of the year
Best Australian album of the year [First added to this chart: 01/14/2018]
Best debut album of the year
Best Australian album of the year [First added to this chart: 01/14/2018]
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Best glam rock garage rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 02/01/2018]
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2018
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Rank Score:
479
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Best indietronica album of the year
[First added to this chart: 03/05/2018]
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Best punk blues art punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 05/10/2018]
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Best indie rock punk blues album of the year
Not from East Brunswick, not all girls, and not a choir! [First added to this chart: 07/07/2018]
Not from East Brunswick, not all girls, and not a choir! [First added to this chart: 07/07/2018]
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Best art punk post-punk album of the year
Best Danish album of the year [First added to this chart: 05/12/2018]
Best Danish album of the year [First added to this chart: 05/12/2018]
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2018
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Rank Score:
299
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Best post-hardcore post-punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 09/22/2018]
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2018
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3,272
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Best alternative dance album of the year
[First added to this chart: 04/20/2018]
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Best folk punk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 03/05/2018]
Total albums: 99. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 composition
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| Unknown Mortal Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| The Lovely Eggs | 1 | 1% | |
| Kurt Vile | 1 | 1% | |
| Dream Wife | 1 | 1% | |
| Ty Segall & Freedom Band | 1 | 1% | |
| Arctic Monkeys | 1 | 1% | |
| Dan Howls | 1 | 1% | |
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46 | 46% | |
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24 | 24% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 83rd to 84th Wasteland by Riverside (PL) |
| Down 1 from 84th to 85th Landfall by Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet |
| Down 1 from 85th to 86th Joy by Ty Segall & White Fence |
| New entries |
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| Knowing What You Know Now by Marmozets |
| Leavers |
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| Room Inside The World by Ought |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/19/2019 20:08 |  Rhyner | 1,456 | 99/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2019 06:35 | carpents | 50 | 93/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2018 17:04 |  dihansse | 309 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2018 22:39 | JacobB | 72 | 90/100 |
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From dihansse 12/25/2018 17:05 | #227853
dihansse 12/25/2018 17:05 | #227853
Lots of albums in common and maybe time to check some of the (especially Aussie) albums we don't have in common
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