Year-End Lists

Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2018, as aired on The Needle Drop

1. Daughters
   You Won't Get What You Want
2. Kids See Ghosts
   Kids See Ghosts
3. JPEGMAFIA
   Veteran
4. Natalia Lafourcade
   Musas
5. Parquet Courts
   Wide Awake!
6. Against All Logic
   2012-2017
7. Harunemuri
   Harutosyura
8. Noname
   Room 25
9. Death Grips
   Year of the Snitch
10. Sons of Kemet
    Your Queen Is a Reptile
11. U.S. Girls
    In a Poem Unlimited
12. Jack White
    Boarding House Reach
13. Kali Uchis
    Isolation
14. Denzel Curry
    TA13OO
15. Sophie
    Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
16. MGMT
    Little Dark Age
17. Ghost
    Prequelle
18. Idles
    Joy as an Act of Resistance
19. Horrendous
    Idol
20. Sleep
    The Sciences
21. Rosalía
    El Mal Querer
22. Kero Kero Bonito
    Time 'n' Place
23. Judas Priest
    Firepower
24. Armand Hammer
    Paraffin
25. Portal
    Ion
26. Earl Sweatshirt
    Some Rap Songs
27. Anderson .Paak
    Oxnard
28. Playboi Carti
    Die Lit
29. The Voidz
    Virtue
30. Jeane Grae & Quelle Chris
    Everything's Fine
31. Andrew W.K.
    You're Not Alone
32. Kanye West
    ye
33. twenty one pilots
    Trench
34. Polyphia
    New Levels New Devils
35. Anna von Hausswolff
    Dead Magic
36. Janelle Monáe
    Dirty Computer
37. Pusha T
    Daytona
38. Hermit and the Recluse
    Orpheus vs. The Sirens
39. Julia Holter
    Aviary
40. Car Seat Headrest
    Twin Fantasy
41. JID
    DiCaprio 2
42. Zeal & Ardor
    Stranger Fruit
43. Imperial Triumphant
    Vile Luxury
44. Tierra Whack
    Whack World
45. Screaming Females
    All At Once
46. Hop Along
    Bark Your Head Off, Dog
47. Guerilla Toss
    Twisted Crystal
48. Tropical Fuck Storm
    A Laughing Death in Meatspace
49. Blood Orange
    Negro Swan
50. Current 93
    The Light Is Leaving Us All