Best Albums of 2018

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Listed below are the best albums of 2018 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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2018 year summaryThe best artists of 2018 were Car Seat Headrest, Kids See Ghosts, Idles, Beach House, Daughters, Parquet Courts, MGMT, Arctic Monkeys, Kacey Musgraves and Mitski.

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Knock Knock

DJ Koze

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

294

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867

Overall Rank:

4,705

Average Rating:

75 (82 votes)

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132.

Compro

Skee Mask

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

159

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All Melody

Nils Frahm

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

144

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Granados: Goyescas

Matthias Rein

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

6 charts

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Way Up In The Blue

LBT

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2018

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6 charts

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Uhrwald Orange

Die Wilde Jagd

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2018

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8 charts

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Nothing 2 Loose

DJ Healer

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2018

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15 charts

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382.

Fake

Die Nerven

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2018

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15 charts

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Cocoon Crush

Objekt

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2018

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14 charts

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Rausch

Gas

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2018

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21 charts

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Best Albums of 2018 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
Logic	2	0%
Between The Buried And Me	2	0%
Beak>	2	0%
Autechre	2	0%
David Bowie	2	0%
Clutch	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	473	47%
	180	18%
	42	4%
	39	4%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	22	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	976	98%
Yes	24	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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