Best Albums of 2018
Explore the best albums of 2018, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"The fact that Car Seat Headrest came from bandcamp and is one of the few raw rock bands to have an album ranked as number 1# in this decade tells a lot of the current estate of the genre and the future of It as well. The thing is, this type of Rock doesn't appeal that much anymore, most of the al..." [+] Reply
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2018
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5,571
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"I just want to point out that Melon gave this album a 10/10. I love the album a lot but not that much." Reply
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"This album channels male rage otherwise commonly found in punk and directs it at dismantling patriarchy / opposing hate / and resisting apathy. Aggressive and enlightening and ready to mosh." Reply
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ghosttomost | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I've been listening to "7" on repeat since the last couple of days. It's a very consistent, fresh sounding album with great songwriting from start to finish. Victoria's amazing voice and the flow of the whole record makes it all incredibly beautiful. It's one of the best albums they have ever mad..." [+] Reply
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"In any other year 'Wide Awake' could easily have been an AOTY contender but in a hot 2018 field it just misses out Produced by Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) this is their most diverse and best album yet and top to bottom retains The Courts sense of anger with slick production and tight arrangements..." [+] Reply
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Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Update: a man with a top hat and a cane has showed up in my room. He is offering me money, fame, and all the women in the world. All I have to give him in return is my soul. It's a shame this album already took it." Reply
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Cargusbralem | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +16 votes (16 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"One of my favorite albums of 2018! I definitely feel that this went pretty underappreciated by critics, as it rarely appeared in any of the year end lists. Honestly, I would say that this record falls into my top ten for the year. This time, MGMT takes their sound in the direction of synth-pop, a..." [+] Reply
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sguy157 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I'm going to keep this relatively short as greater minds than I have dissected this album within an inch of its life Firstly I came into TBH & C fully aware of what to expect having read several reviews prior , so nothing came as a major surprise and TBH it was 100% as I thought in my minds eye -..." [+] Reply
- Brad1770 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This is not typically my thing but oh my gosh it is now. One minute it's a country ballad and next thing you know you're lost in a sea of textural layers of steel guitar and it reminds me of "the war on drugs" instrumental sections. Most of the first half of this album is bliss. The songwriting i..." [+] Reply
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corenfro | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"(Warning: this comment is kinda long.) I'll be honest, this album took some time to grow on me, as I had some expectations about it before listening. But eventually, I came to appreciate it and thought that it was pretty solid. Around the end of 2018, I was a bit surprised to see this record very..." [+] Reply
- sguy157 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Best Albums of 2018 composition
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| Various Artists | 5 | 1% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 0% | |
| Neil Young | 3 | 0% | |
| David Bowie | 2 | 0% | |
| Mach-Hommy | 2 | 0% | |
| Bladee | 2 | 0% | |
| Seamus Malliagh | 2 | 0% | |
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474 | 47% | |
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188 | 19% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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37 | 4% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 2018 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 3 from 63rd to 60th |
Up 2 from 100th to 98th |
Up 2 from 97th to 95th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 61st to 63rd |
Down 1 from 22nd to 23rd |
Down 1 from 33rd to 34th |
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