Top 50 Music Albums of 2018
by Brad1770

And just like that 2018 is done and dusted

The top 3 albums for 2018 are as good a top 3 as I can recall for any year. Any one of these top 3 could have been my number 1 , but ultimately there was a clear standout winner and that was:

Mitski “Be The Cowboy”

TBH I pretty much knew this was the years best album from the very 1st time I heard it and is already a modern day classic. Having recently re-listened, it remains as superb today as when I first heard it and will certainly land on my All-Time Top 100 Albums at some point . Simply perfect from top to bottom

2. 1975 with a stunning commentary on the Millennial condition

3. Ghost: reaffirmed their standing as one of the most important bands in music today

Disappointing releases in 2018 from The Decemberists , Foil Deer and to some extent Mumford and Sons ( though the latter did land on my year end list be it low down)

In other music 2018 was all about 2 bands: The Replacements whom were my most listened act on SPOTIFY as their discography was comprehensively completed this year and Big Star similarly

Other highlights were a discovery of The Kinks in Village Green and Arthur (I'm looking forward to continuing this exploration in 2019 ) and deep deep deep dives on The White Album to celebrate its 50th Anniversary and R.E.M's Out Of Time

My top 5 tracks for year were:
(1) 1975: "Give Yourself a Try"
(2) Neko Case: "Curse of the I-5 Corridor"
(3) Mitski: "Geyser"
(4) Black Foxxes: "Breathe"
(5) Hop Along: "Not Abel"

• Chart updated: 08/26/2023 01:15
• (Created: 01/27/2018 04:06).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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[First added to this chart: 11/09/2018]

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

7

Rank in 2018:

1,710

Rank in 2010s:

16,782

Overall Rank:

65,183

Average Rating:

 74 (3 votes)

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Top 50 Music Albums of 2018 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Low Cut Connie	1	2%
Boygenius	1	2%
Lucy Dacus	1	2%
Soccer Mommy	1	2%
Mitski	1	2%
The Breeders	1	2%
Parquet Courts	1	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	29	58%
	10	20%
	7	14%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%

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