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2018 Music

Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2018

14 December 2018

Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe

Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2018

[see also 2022 • 2019]

  1. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
  2. Knock Knock
    DJ Koze
  3. Double Negative
    Low
  4. Daytona
    Pusha T
  5. Honey
    Robyn
  6. Negro Swan
    Blood Orange
  7. Transangelic Exodus
    Ezra Furman
  8. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
  9. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
  10. Be the Cowboy
    Mitski
  11. Future Me Hates Me
    The Beths
  12. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
  13. Hive Mind
    The Internet
  14. Some Rap Songs
    Earl Sweatshirt
  15. Elastic Days
    J Mascis
  16. 7
    Beach House
  17. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
  18. Chris
    Christine and the Queens
  19. Safe in the Hands of Love
    Yves Tumor
  20. Historian
    Lucy Dacus
  21. MITH
    Lonnie Holley

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