Year-End Lists

NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2018

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Dirty Computer
   Janelle Monáe
2. Be the Cowboy
   Mitski
3. Golden Hour
   Kacey Musgraves
4. Historian
   Lucy Dacus
5. Room 25
   Noname
6. Invasion of Privacy
   Cardi B
7. Honey
   Robyn
8. El Mal Querer
   Rosalía
9. Isolation
   Kali Uchis
10. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
11. Bark Your Head Off, Dog
    Hop Along
12. boygenius
    boygenius
13. Interstate Gospel
    Pistol Annies
14. Superorganism
    Superorganism
15. Dreamers
    Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider
16. Tell Me How You Really Feel
    Courtney Barnett
17. Double Negative
    Low
18. Heaven and Earth
    Kamasi Washington
19. By The Way, I Forgive You
    Brandi Carlile
20. Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
    Jeremy Dutcher
21. Chris
    Christine and the Queens
22. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
23. Rifles and Rosary Beads
    Mary Gauthier
24. soil
    serpentwithfeet
25. Con Todo El Mundo
    Khruangbin
26. Care for Me
    Saba
27. Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
    Christian Tetzlaff, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Hannu Lintu
28. The Tree of Forgiveness
    John Prine
29. Acrylic
    Leikeli47
30. Universal Beings
    Makaya McCraven
31. Orquesta Akokán
    Orquesta Akokán
32. re:member
    Ólafur Arnalds
33. Siblings
    Colin Self
34. Vibras
    J Balvin
35. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
36. FM!
    Vince Staples
37. Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 "The Year 1905"
    Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
38. Origami Harvest
    Ambrose Akinmusire
39. Maghreb United
    Ammar 808
40. Friends. Lovers. Favorites
    The Hirs Collective
41. Future Me Hates Me
    The Beths
42. The Other Side of Air
    Myra Melford's Snowy Egret
43. Magus
    Thou
44. Blueprint
    Alice Bag
45. Johann Sebastian Bach
    Vikingur Ólafsson
46. Prisma Tropical
    Balún
47. Spa 700
    700 Bliss
48. DiCaprio 2
    JID
49. Lush
    Snail Mail
50. Everything Is Love
    The Carters