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: 1 hour ago).
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2018 year summaryThe best artists of 2018 were Car Seat Headrest, Kids See Ghosts, Idles, Beach House, Parquet Courts, Daughters, MGMT, Arctic Monkeys, Kacey Musgraves and Mitski.
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"It never used to be like this. Gorillaz used to provide quality pop music that was both ambitious and cohesive. "Demon Days" & "Plastic Beach" may have had quite different tracks on each record, but both works were undeniably striking as a whole. Unfortunately when the overloaded Humanz dropped l..."  [+]  Reply
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"Took some listens for it to reveal its layers, but it's a very solid record from beginning to end. It doesn't have the bite of songs like Judith or Pet but every part of the songs on this album are meticulously constructed."  Reply
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"Absolutely fantastic record, instant album of the year for me, very few times have I made such a powerful and meaningful conection with a body of music this immediatly. Every chorus is sublime, every melody, note and beat is on point and every climax is so intense and huge and moving, every emoti..."  [+]  Reply
- IgnacioJoaquin | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"As time goes by it becomes more and more apparent how Suede were one, if not THE most important band of the nineties. Whilst the new album isn’t quite a return to the punked-up, bottom-slapping, glam rock of the glory days, it is a mature and noble addition to their back catalogue with a welcome ..."  [+]  Reply
- johnner | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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Best Albums of 2018 composition

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