Year-End Lists

NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018

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1. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
   The 1975
2. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
   Arctic Monkeys
3. Joy as an Act of Resistance
   Idles
4. Twentytwo in Blue
   Sunflower Bean
5. Daytona
   Pusha T
6. Songs of Praise
   Shame
7. Isolation
   Kali Uchis
8. Invasion of Privacy
   Cardi B
9. Be the Cowboy
   Mitski
10. Chris
    Christine and the Queens
11. Honey
    Robyn
12. Negro Swan
    Blood Orange
13. Dream Wife
    Dream Wife
14. Lush
    Snail Mail
15. Kids See Ghosts
    Kids See Ghosts
16. iridescence
    BROCKHAMPTON
17. Wide Awake!
    Parquet Courts
18. Hope Downs
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
19. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
20. Acts of Fear and Love
    Slaves
21. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
22. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    Deafheaven
23. Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
    Sophie
24. Cocoa Sugar
    Young Fathers
25. ¥€$
    Tommy Cash
26. Bad Contestant
    Matt Maltese
27. Singularity
    Jon Hopkins
28. Transangelic Exodus
    Ezra Furman
29. Bloom
    Troye Sivan
30. FM!
    Vince Staples
31. Freedom
    Amen Dunes
32. KOD
    J. Cole
33. Palo Santo
    Years & Years
34. ye
    Kanye West
35. Time & Space
    Turnstile
36. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
37. Parcels
    Parcels
38. Swimming
    Mac Miller
39. Clean
    Soccer Mommy
40. And Nothing Hurt
    Spiritualized
41. Devotion
    Tirzah
42. Geography
    Tom Misch
43. Sex & Food
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
44. American Utopia
    David Byrne
45. Proper Dose
    The Story So Far
46. God’s Favorite Customer
    Father John Misty
47. The Now Now
    Gorillaz
48. No Tourists
    The Prodigy
49. Dear Annie
    Rejjie Snow
50. Boarding House Reach
    Jack White
51. Family Portrait
    Ross from Friends
52. Kingdoms In Colour
    Maribou State
53. My Mind Makes Noises
    Pale Waves
54. Confident Music For Confident People
    Confidence Man
55. Dance Music
    Mastersystem
56. Dose Your Dreams
    Fucked Up
57. Street Worms
    Viagra Boys
58. Bottle It In
    Kurt Vile
59. Some Rap Songs
    Earl Sweatshirt
60. Holy Hell
    Architects
61. The Dog and the Future
    Agar Agar
62. Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2
    Lil Peep
63. Tell Me How You Really Feel
    Courtney Barnett
64. Jassbusters
    Connan Mockasin
65. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
66. All Nerve
    The Breeders
67. I’m All Ears
    Let’s Eat Grandma
68. Veteran
    JPEGMAFIA
69. Resistance Is Futile
    Manic Street Preachers
70. Simulation Theory
    Muse
71. Superorganism
    Superorganism
72. Mirror Might Steal Your Charm
    The Garden
73. Merrie Land
    The Good, the Bad & the Queen
74. Bad Witch
    Nine Inch Nails
75. In a Poem Unlimited
    U.S. Girls
76. Anthem of the Peaceful Army
    Greta Van Fleet
77. Beyondless
    Iceage
78. Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament
    Ghetts
79. Spaceman
    Octavian
80. Room 25
    Noname
81. Redemption
    Jay Rock
82. Goat Girl
    Goat Girl
83. You Will Not Die
    Nakhane
84. High As Hope
    Florence + The Machine
85. Nothing Is Still
    Leon Vynehall
86. Kamikaze
    Eminem
87. Cool Like You
    Blossoms
88. so sad so sexy
    Lykke Li
89. Errorzone
    Vein
90. Oxnard
    Anderson .Paak
91. Everything Is Love
    The Carters
92. Heaven and Earth
    Kamasi Washington
93. Opal
    Vinyl Williams
94. El Mal Querer
    Rosalía
95. Cranberry
    Hovvdy
96. Where Wildness Grows
    Gengahr
97. Kindness Is the New Rock and Roll
    Peace
98. Someone Out There
    Rae Morris
99. The Future and the Past
    Natalie Prass
100. Marauder
     Interpol