Bob Boilen: Top Ten Albums of 2018, as published by NPR’s NPR Music
- Lucy Dacus — Historian
- Superorganism — Superorganism
- Ólafur Arnalds — re:member
- Darlingside — Extralife
- Adrianne Lenker — abysskiss
- David Byrne — American Utopia
- Niklas Paschburg — Oceanic
- John Prine — The Tree of Forgiveness
- serpentwithfeet — soil
- The Low Anthem — The Salt Doll Went to Measure the Depth of the Sea