Jim Harrington: Top 10 Albums of 2018, as published by San Jose Mercury News
- Lil Wayne — Tha Carter V
- Lauren Daigle — Look Up Child
- Cowboy Junkies — All That Reckoning
- John Prine — The Tree of Forgiveness
- Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
- Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
- Halestorm — Vicious
- Tori Kelly — Hiding Place
- Pusha T — Daytona
- Judas Priest — Firepower
- Eric Church — Desperate Man
- First Aid Kit — Ruins
- Beach House — 7
- U.S. Girls — In a Poem Unlimited
- Car Seat Headrest — Twin Fantasy
- Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD
- Snail Mail — Lush
- Surfbort — Friendship Music
- J. Cole — KOD
- Sleep — The Sciences
- The Decemberists — I’ll Be Your Girl