Year-End Lists

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018

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1. Invasion of Privacy
   Cardi B
2. Golden Hour
   Kacey Musgraves
3. Camila
   Camila Cabello
4. Interstate Gospel
   Pistol Annies
5. Sweetener
   Ariana Grande
6. ASTROWORLD
   Travis Scott
7. Daytona
   Pusha T
8. A Star Is Born Soundtrack
   Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
9. Bottle It In
   Kurt Vile
10. Scorpion
    Drake
11. Egypt Station
    Paul McCartney
12. By The Way, I Forgive You
    Brandi Carlile
13. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
14. Be the Cowboy
    Mitski
15. Vibras
    J Balvin
16. Clean
    Soccer Mommy
17. Historian
    Lucy Dacus
18. FM!
    Vince Staples
19. Bark Your Head Off, Dog
    Hop Along
20. Future Me Hates Me
    The Beths
21. 7
    Beach House
22. The Tree of Forgiveness
    John Prine
23. In a Poem Unlimited
    U.S. Girls
24. Isolation
    Kali Uchis
25. SR3MM
    Rae Sremmurd
26. Lush
    Snail Mail
27. Room 25
    Noname
28. High As Hope
    Florence + The Machine
29. What a Time to Be Alive
    Superchunk
30. The Bluest Star
    Free Cake For Every Creature
31. El Mal Querer
    Rosalía
32. American Utopia
    David Byrne
33. Hell-On
    Neko Case
34. Tell Me How You Really Feel
    Courtney Barnett
35. Look Now
    Elvis Costello & The Imposters
36. Sparkle Hard
    Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
37. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
38. Desperate Man
    Eric Church
39. Bad Witch
    Nine Inch Nails
40. Wide Awake!
    Parquet Courts
41. To the Sunset
    Amanda Shires
42. Girl Going Nowhere
    Ashley McBryde
43. Tha Carter V
    Lil Wayne
44. WARM
    Jeff Tweedy
45. Honey
    Robyn
46. The Sciences
    Sleep
47. God’s Favorite Customer
    Father John Misty
48. Everything Is Love
    The Carters
49. 12 Little Spells
    Esperanza Spalding
50. Ephorize
    cupcakKe