Year-End Lists

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2018 Music

Fresh Air: Ken Tucker: Favorite Albums of 2018

20 December 2018

Record - Tracey Thorn

Ken Tucker: Favorite Albums of 2018, as aired on NPR’s Fresh Air

[see also 2020 • 2019]

  1. Record
    Tracey Thorn
  2. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
  3. Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By
    Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, SZA
  4. The Old Guys
    Amy Rigby
  5. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
  6. Interstate Gospel
    Pistol Annies
  7. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
  8. The Tree of Forgiveness
    John Prine
  9. Tell Me How You Really Feel
    Courtney Barnett
  10. Is It Still Good to Ya?: Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017 by Robert Christgau

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