Year-End Lists

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2018 Music

Clash: Albums of the Year 2018

19 December 2018

Chris - Christine and the Queens

Clash Magazine: Albums of the Year 2018

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  1. Chris
    Christine and the Queens
  2. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
  3. East Atlanta Love Letter
    6LACK
  4. Negro Swan
    Blood Orange
  5. Honey
    Robyn
  6. I’m All Ears
    Let’s Eat Grandma
  7. Daytona
    Pusha T
  8. Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
    Sophie
  9. We Out Here
    various artists
  10. Joy as an Act of Resistance
    Idles
  11. Hive Mind
    The Internet
  12. Lost & Found
    Jorja Smith
  13. Scorpion
    Drake
  14. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
  15. Songs of Praise
    Shame
  16. Devotion
    Tirzah
  17. Qualm
    Helena Hauff
  18. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
  19. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
  20. Room 25
    Noname
  21. Kids See Ghosts
    Kids See Ghosts
  22. Spaceman
    Octavian
  23. Heaven and Earth
    Kamasi Washington
  24. Good Thing
    Leon Bridges
  25. Harlan & Alondra
    Buddy
  26. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    The 1975
  27. Your Queen Is a Reptile
    Sons of Kemet
  28. God’s Favorite Customer
    Father John Misty
  29. Bloom
    Troye Sivan
  30. Tha Carter V
    Lil Wayne
  31. Murkage Dave Changed My Life
    Murkage Dave
  32. Broken Politics
    Neneh Cherry
  33. Merrie Land
    The Good, the Bad & the Queen
  34. Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By
    Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, SZA
  35. Saturn
    Nao
  36. MassEducation
    St. Vincent
  37. Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film)
    Thom Yorke
  38. The Magic Gang
    The Magic Gang
  39. iridescence
    BROCKHAMPTON
  40. Culture II
    Migos

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