[see also 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Alejandro Escovedo — The Crossing
- Alice Bag — Blueprint
- Ariana Grande — Sweetener
- Ashley Monroe — Sparrow
- Autechre — NTS Sessions 1-4
- Billy F Gibbons — The Big Bad Blues
- Blood Orange — Negro Swan
- Brothers Osborne — Port Saint Joe
- Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton — A Soprano's Schubertiade
- Christine and the Queens — Chris
- Damien Jurado — The Horizon Just Laughed
- Draco Rosa — Monte Sagrado
- Field Music — Open Here
- Fred Thomas — Aftering
- Ghost — Prequelle
- Gilbert O'Sullivan — Gilbert O'Sullivan
- Gustavo Gimeno and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg — Stravinsky: Orchestral Works
- I’m With Her — See You Around
- Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
- John Prine — The Tree of Forgiveness
- Jon Hopkins — Singularity
- Julia Holter — Aviary
- Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
- Kadhja Bonet — Childqueen
- Kali Uchis — Isolation
- Kamasi Washington — Heaven and Earth
- Kids See Ghosts — Kids See Ghosts
- Lotic — Power
- Low Cut Connie — Dirty Pictures, Pt. 2
- Luluc — Sculptor
- Magdalena Kožená and Robin Ticciati — Ravel & Duparc: Aimer et mourir – Danses et mélodies
- Makaya McCraven — Universal Beings
- Marc Ribot — Songs of Resistance 1942 - 2018
- Melody’s Echo Chamber — Bon Voyage
- Mitski — Be the Cowboy
- Mount Eerie — Now Only
- Nathan Salsburg — Third
- Neko Case — Hell-On
- Noname — Room 25
- Old Crow Medicine Show — Volunteer
- Oneohtrix Point Never — Age Of
- Ovlov — Tru
- Pistol Annies — Interstate Gospel
- Robyn — Honey
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever — Hope Downs
- Rosalía — El Mal Querer
- Shopping — The Official Body
- Shy Layers — Midnight Marker
- Sons of Kemet — Your Queen Is a Reptile
- Sophie — Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
- Superchunk — What a Time to Be Alive
- Superorganism — Superorganism
- The Midnight Hour / Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge — The Midnight Hour
- The Orielles — Silver Dollar Moment
- Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD
- Viktoria Mullova / Paavo Järvi — Arvo Pärt
- Vince Staples — FM!
- Virginia Wing — Ecstatic Arrow
- Yamantaka//Sonic Titan — Dirt
- YOB — Our Raw Heart