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2018 Music

Variety: Chris Willman: 20 Best Albums of 2018

14 December 2018

Look Now - Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Chris Willman: 20 Best Albums of 2018, as published by Variety

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019]

  1. Look Now
    Elvis Costello & The Imposters
  2. By The Way, I Forgive You
    Brandi Carlile
  3. Nudes
    Lucius
  4. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
  5. God’s Favorite Customer
    Father John Misty
  6. Interstate Gospel
    Pistol Annies
  7. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
  8. Boarding House Reach
    Jack White
  9. No Shame
    Lily Allen
  10. The Window
    Cécile McLorin Salvant
  11. Camila
    Camila Cabello
  12. Girl Going Nowhere
    Ashley McBryde
  13. See You Around
    I’m With Her
  14. Good Thing
    Leon Bridges
  15. Simulation Theory (Super Deluxe)
    Muse
  16. MassEducation
    St. Vincent
  17. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
  18. All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do
    The Milk Carton Kids
  19. Desperate Man
    Eric Church
  20. Passwords
    Dawes

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