Year-End Lists

The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2018

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1. Your Queen Is a Reptile
   Sons of Kemet
2. Terminal
   ZULI
3. Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun
   Ben Lamar Gay
4. My Mother the Vent
   Guttersnipe
5. Veteran
   JPEGMAFIA
6. Let Night Come On Bells End the Day
   Sarah Davachi
7. Sujud
   Senyawa
8. NTS Sessions 1-4
   Autechre
9. The Switch
   Body/Head
10. Double Negative
    Low
11. Daqa'iq Tudaiq
    Jerusalem in My Heart
12. Aviary
    Julia Holter
13. Stadium
    Eli Keszler
14. Insula
    Proc Fiskal
15. Age Of
    Oneohtrix Point Never
16. Pillars
    Tyshawn Sorey
17. Metal Aether
    Lea Bertucci
18. Daytona
    Pusha T
19. IRISIRI
    Eartheater
20. Pylon II
    Nordra
21. Devotion
    Tirzah
22. Brace Up!
    Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt
23. Tahoe
    Dedekind Cut
24. Everything's Fine
    Jeane Grae & Quelle Chris
25. Talk in a bit
    Hannah Silva
26. для FOR
    Kate NV
27. Faithful Fairy Harmony
    Josephine Foster
28. Black Helicopters
    Agnarkea
29. Lala Belu
    Hailu Mergia
30. Sleep Like It's Winter
    Jim O’Rourke
31. Brass Orchids
    Anne Guthrie
32. The Dream My Bones Dream
    Eiko Ishibashi
33. Raw Silk Uncut Wood
    Laurel Halo
34. Hilja
    Cucina Povera
35. The Return
    Kamaal Williams
36. Queen of Golden Dogs
    Vessel
37. Hydrorion Remnants
    Embassador Dulgoon
38. Room 25
    Noname
39. Autobiography
    Jlin
40. Grid of Points
    Grouper
41. There’s a Riot Going On
    Yo La Tengo
42. Qualm
    Helena Hauff
43. The Dark Orchestra
    Nkisi
44. Pastoral
    Gazelle Twin
45. İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir
    Gaye Su Akyol
46. Listening To Pictures (Pentimento, Vol. One)
    Jon Hassell
47. Ecce Homo
    Ipek Gorgun
48. Communion
    Park Jiha
49. Bloody Sirens
    Musarc/Neil Luck
50. Safe in the Hands of Love
    Yves Tumor