Year-End Lists

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2018 Music

Flood: Best Albums of 2018

12 December 2018

Be the Cowboy - Mitski

Flood Magazine: Best Albums of 2018

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014]

  1. Be the Cowboy
    Mitski
  2. 7
    Beach House
  3. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
  4. In a Poem Unlimited
    U.S. Girls
  5. Wide Awake!
    Parquet Courts
  6. Sparkle Hard
    Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
  7. Tell Me How You Really Feel
    Courtney Barnett
  8. Redemption
    Jay Rock
  9. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
  10. Daytona
    Pusha T
  11. Freedom
    Amen Dunes
  12. FM!
    Vince Staples
  13. boygenius
    boygenius
  14. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    Deafheaven
  15. And Nothing Hurt
    Spiritualized
  16. Double Negative
    Low
  17. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    Arctic Monkeys
  18. No Dogs Allowed
    Sidney Gish
  19. Forth Wanderers
    Forth Wanderers
  20. Twin Fantasy
    Car Seat Headrest
  21. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
  22. There’s a Riot Going On
    Yo La Tengo
  23. Look Now
    Elvis Costello & The Imposters
  24. Some Rap Songs
    Earl Sweatshirt
  25. In the Lover's Corner
    The Love-Birds

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