Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018
[see also 2020, 2010s, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011]
- Cardi B — Invasion of Privacy
- Kacey Musgraves — Golden Hour
- Camila Cabello — Camila
- Pistol Annies — Interstate Gospel
- Ariana Grande — Sweetener
- Travis Scott — ASTROWORLD
- Pusha T — Daytona
- Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — A Star Is Born Soundtrack
- Kurt Vile — Bottle It In
- Drake — Scorpion
- Paul McCartney — Egypt Station
- Brandi Carlile — By The Way, I Forgive You
- Janelle Monáe — Dirty Computer
- Mitski — Be the Cowboy
- J Balvin — Vibras
- Soccer Mommy — Clean
- Lucy Dacus — Historian
- Vince Staples — FM!
- Hop Along — Bark Your Head Off, Dog
- The Beths — Future Me Hates Me
- Beach House — 7
- John Prine — The Tree of Forgiveness
- U.S. Girls — In a Poem Unlimited
- Kali Uchis — Isolation
- Rae Sremmurd — SR3MM
- Snail Mail — Lush
- Noname — Room 25
- Florence + The Machine — High As Hope
- Superchunk — What a Time to Be Alive
- Free Cake For Every Creature — The Bluest Star
- Rosalía — El Mal Querer
- David Byrne — American Utopia
- Neko Case — Hell-On
- Courtney Barnett — Tell Me How You Really Feel
- Elvis Costello & The Imposters — Look Now
- Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks — Sparkle Hard
- Tierra Whack — Whack World
- Eric Church — Desperate Man
- Nine Inch Nails — Bad Witch
- Parquet Courts — Wide Awake!
- Amanda Shires — To the Sunset
- Ashley McBryde — Girl Going Nowhere
- Lil Wayne — Tha Carter V
- Jeff Tweedy — WARM
- Robyn — Honey
- Sleep — The Sciences
- Father John Misty — God’s Favorite Customer
- The Carters — Everything Is Love
- Esperanza Spalding — 12 Little Spells
- cupcakKe — Ephorize