Glide Magazine: 20 Best Albums of 2018, in alphabetical order by artist
- Becky Warren — Undesirable
- Caroline Rose — LONER
- Colter Wall — Songs of the Plains
- Courtney Marie Andrews — May Your Kindness Remain
- Erika Wennerstrom — Sweet Unknown
- Frank Turner — Be More Kind
- Ghost — Prequelle
- Glorietta — Glorietta
- Israel Nash — Lifted
- The James Hunter Six — Whatever It Takes
- Jonathan Wilson — Rare Birds
- King Tuff — The Other
- The Marcus King Band — Carolina Confessions
- Parquet Courts — Wide Awake!
- Rainbow Kitten Surprise — How To: Friend, Love, Freefall
- R+R=NOW — Collagically Speaking
- Shannon & The Clams — Onion
- Trampled By Turtles — Life Is Good on the Open Road
- Wayne Shorter — Emanon
- The Wood Brothers — One Drop of Truth
- Amanda Shires — To the Sunset
- Anderson .Paak — Oxnard
- The Breeders — All Nerve
- Charles Bradley — Black Velvet
- Charles Lloyd & The Marvels & Lucinda Williams — Vanished Gardens
- Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore — Downey to Lubbock
- Dawes — Passwords
- Elle King — Shake the Spirit
- Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
- John Prine — The Tree of Forgiveness
- Kamasi Washington — Heaven and Earth
- Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers — Bought to Rot
- Low Cut Connie — Dirty Pictures, Pt. 2
- Sarah Shook & the Disarmers — Years
- Screaming Females — All At Once
- Sloucher — Be True
- Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks — Sparkle Hard
- Superchunk — What a Time to Be Alive
- Unknown Mortal Orchestra — Sex & Food
- Valley Maker — Rhododendron