Best Albums of 2018
Listed below are the best albums of 2018 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
"Such a beautiful album. Wonder why I hasn't blown up here in BEA." Reply
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lleon79 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Anna Von Hausswolff is Kate Bush trapped in The Upside Down. Fav Track: The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra" Reply
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"This is one of those albums that I listened to once and thought was average and mostly unremarkable. But in the following weeks I found myself returning to it more and more. It's now probably my favorite album of 2018 and one of my favorites of the decade. There are so many unassuming hooks that ..." [+] Reply
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pearljammer13 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Current AOTY contender but the way this year is shaping up, that might not last long But it is beautiful, deep, and compelling and minimal at the same time Simple but effective and unique... Here's my initial reaction tweets: "Ngl, kinda getting Death Grips+Khalid vibes...with some James Blake......" [+] Reply
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"My AOTY by far. So many incredible moments. There is so much to process here. Everytime you think that you've comprehended whatever a beat was trying to do, it would switch up or you'd be focussing on a verse instead and miss something. So this is certainly worthy of repeated listens. One of my f..." [+] Reply
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"I think I figured out why this album falls short of being great. Its trying too hard to be deep and meaningful. Its clear from the start that Jon Hopkins is building some sort of narrative and cinematic experience with this album, like going beyond the infinite and witnessing the truth of the uni..." [+] Reply
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Hattori300 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"I thought that this was a great album, one of my personal favorites of the 2010s! I was surprised this was a debut album, as most songs are fantastic, with really great, developed pop hooks and vocal melodies. Not every song is as fantastic as the best (I couldn't get into "Less Than Thou"), but ..." [+] Reply
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"This album is somewhat experimental, but in nearly all the wrong ways. The minute or so long tracks of Jack rambling add nothing to the album (they're also really cheesy and cliched). The last track "Humoresque" is a real low point, because although a lot of the other tracks don't really take off..." [+] Reply
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Tha1ChiefRocka | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (8 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I really enjoyed this album. It's my favourite of the year so far. The lyrics are incredible throughout, and I think there is more 'music' than on 'A Crow Looked At Me'. I'd definitely recommend giving it a listen, especially for 'Distortion' and 'Now Only' (the latter of which references late-ni..." [+] Reply
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"While the Spanish title of Khruangbin’s latest album hints at its Latin influences, it could really have been in about twenty languages because Con Todo El Mundo is an international trip. The album is perfectly designed for passive listening, but becomes much more rewarding through close listenin..." [+] Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 5 of 100
Best Albums of 2018 composition
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| Various Artists | 5 | 1% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 0% | |
| Logic | 2 | 0% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 0% | |
| Between The Buried And Me | 2 | 0% | |
| Mach-Hommy | 2 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 2 | 0% | |
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474 | 47% | |
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188 | 19% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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