Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 by travelful

2018 snapshot

Every album I listen to will be included on here, even if I hated it. You may also notice some higher rated albums in the comments, while some albums I hated are still featured in the chart. This is because I create my yearly charts as "snapshots" of the music scene from that year. From these I create my decade charts, where you will find no filler. Basically anything rated 60% or higher I recommend depending on your tastes.

Enjoy! 2018 has been an amazing year for music.

Other albums heard in 2018:

- Amen Dunes - 'Freedom' - 7.5/10
- Aminé's 'ONEPOINTFIVE' - 5/10
- Animal Collective's 'Tangerine Reef' - 3/10
- Aphex Twin - 'Collapse EP' - 7/10
- Big Red Machine - 'Big Red Machine' - 5.5/10
- Black Milk's 'Fever' - 7.5/10
- Black Moth Super Rainbow's 'Panic Blooms' - 5/10
- Børns' 'Blue Madonna' - 4/10
- Chvrches's 'Love Is Dead' - 6.5/10
- Clarence Clarity's 'Think:Peace' - 6.5/10
- Earthgang's Royalty EP - 5/10
- Future's 'BEASTMODE2' - 3/10
- Freddie Gibbs''Freddie' - 4/10
- Grouper's 'Grid Of Points' - 4/10
- Gucci Mane's 'Evil Genius' 6-6.5/10
- Iceage's 'Beyondless' - 5/10
- Interpol's 'Marauder' - 4/10
- Iron & Wine's 'Weed Garden' - 7.5/10
- Jeff Rosenstock's 'Post-' - 6.5/10
- Joey Purp - 'QUARTERTHING' - 7/10
- Jorja Smith - 'Lost & Found' - 5.5/10
- Justin Timberlake's 'Man Of The Woods' 4/10
- Kadhja Bonet's 'Childqueen' - 6/10
- Kenny Chesney - Songs for the Saints - 7/10
- Khruangbin's 'Con Todo El Mundo' - 5.5-6/10
- Lets Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears - 6/10
- Logic's Bobby Tarentino 2 mixtape - 3/10
- Lori Mckenna's 'The Tree' - 7/10
- Migos 'Culture 2' - light 2
- Milo's 'Budding Ornithologists Are Weary of Tired Analogies' - 5.5-6/10
- of Montreal's 'White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood' - light 7
- Pinegrove's 'Skylight' - 6.5/10
- Rae Sremmurd's 'Sr3MM' - 4/10
- Ravyn Lenae - 'Crush' - 4/10
- Rezzett self titled LP - 5.5/10
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's 'Hope Downs' - 6/10
- SiR's 'November' - 4/10
- Snail Main 'Lush' - light 5
- SOB x RBE's 'Gangin' - 6.5/10
- SOB x RBE's 'Gangin II' - 6.5/10
- Spiritualized's 'And Nothing Hurt' - 4/10
- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks' "Sparkle Hard" - 5/10
- The 1975's 'A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships' - 6.5/10
- The Alchemist - 'Bread' - 7/10
- The Carters' 'Everything Is Love' - 5.5/10
- The Field's 'Infinite Moment' - 5/10
- The Internet's 'Hive Mind' - 3/10
- Tirzah's 'Devotion' - 6/10
- Tom Misch's 'Geography' - 6 - 6.5/10
- Trippie Red's "Life's a Trip" - 3/10
- Twenty One Pilots' 'Trench' - 5/10
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 'Sex & Food' - 5.5 - 6/10
- US Girls "In A Poem Unlimited" - 6/10
- Wanderwelle's 'Gathering Of The Ancient Spirits' - 6.5-7/10
- WeedPecker's 'III' - 5.5-6/10
- Wiz Khalifa's 'Rolling Papers 2' - 5.5/10
- YG's 'Stay Dangerous' - 5/10
- Young Fathers' 'Cocoa Sugar' - 5/10
- Young Thug's 'Slime Language' - 5/10

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Abstract/conscious hip-hop

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Abstract Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop

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Avant Garde Jazz, Vocal Jazz

Yes Andre 3000 finally released a solo project, except there's no rapping on it. Although we all love Andre 3000 for his rapping, he shows his versatility as an artist here and gives us a 17 minute avant-garde jazz track with him on bass clarinet. Andre 3k wrote these tracks for his mother and released them on mothers day, and the songs come together for a charming 20 minutes.

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Breakbeat, ambient techno.

cold & repetitive

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House

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Art & progressive pop with elements of drone & dark jazz

A short 22 minute EP, but the project is excellent. Similar to other short 2018 projects like all the Kanye West related albums, this is packed with enough substance and quality that 20 or so minutes is enough for a satisfying experience.

strong 7 - light 8
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Conscious jazz rap, jazz poetry.

I really liked this album, but some songs did seem a bit half-baked. I definitely recommend it if you're into the Chicago rap scene, as she's one of the best coming out of the city right now. She also making a strong case as the best female hip-hop artist currently. I hope on the next album she makes a more colorful project.

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Post-punk, post-hardcore

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Cloud rap, jazz rap, west coast

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Southern pop rap, trap rap

It's finally here. 2 billion years after his debut album, Lil Wayne drops arguably his best album to date.

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 composition

Artist Albums %


Westside Gunn 2 2%
MIKE 2 2%
Vince Staples 1 1%
MGMT 1 1%
Natalia Lafourcade 1 1%
Gorillaz 1 1%
Post Malone 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 69 69%
United Kingdom 10 10%
Mixed Nationality 7 7%
Germany 4 4%
Canada 2 2%
Australia 1 1%
Mexico 1 1%
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Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Faller Down 1 from 17th to 18th
Vacation In Hell
by Flatbush Zombies
Faller Down 1 from 18th to 19th
War In My Pen
by MIKE
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Stabbed & Shot
by 38 Spesh & Benny
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New entryX 100PRE
by Bad Bunny
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Leaver Lush
by Snail Mail

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87/100 (from 3 votes)
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From 01/26/2019 14:16
Cheers for the rating pal. Just picked up your no.1 LP for cheap from Urban Outfitters to try it out to celebrate!
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The fact that we only have 5 albums in common only proves that this was a great year in music: there was plenty of choice in good quality music for every taste
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Great chart!
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