Year-End Lists

Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2018

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2017]

1. Mitski
   Be the Cowboy
2. serpentwithfeet
   soil
3. Kacey Musgraves
   Golden Hour
4. Noname
   Room 25
5. Earl Sweatshirt
   Some Rap Songs
6. Janelle Monáe
   Dirty Computer
7. Saba
   Care for Me
8. Tierra Whack
   Whack World
9. Caroline Rose
   Loner
10. Armand Hammer
    Paraffin
11. Beach House
    7
12. Khruangbin
    Con Todo El Mundo
13. JPEGMAFIA
    Veteran
14. Colter Wall
    Songs of the Plains
15. Christine and the Queens
    Chris
16. Cardi B
    Invasion of Privacy
17. Blood Orange
    Negro Swan
18. Deafheaven
    Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
19. Orquesta Akokán
    Orquesta Akokán
20. Rico Nasty
    Nasty
21. YOB
    Our Raw Heart
22. Arctic Monkeys
    Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
23. Yves Tumor
    Safe in the Hands of Love
24. Ness Nite
    Dream Girl
25. Playboi Carti
    Die Lit
26. Snail Mail
    Lush
27. Rosalía
    El Mal Querer
28. Adrianne Lenker
    abysskiss
29. Ariana Grande
    Sweetener
30. Amen Dunes
    Freedom
31. Denzel Curry
    TA13OO
32. Father John Misty
    God’s Favorite Customer
33. Mount Eerie
    Now Only
34. Kamasi Washington
    Heaven and Earth
35. Boygenius
    Boygenius
36. Pusha T
    Daytona
37. Charlie Puth
    Voicenotes
38. Ambrose Akinmusire
    Origami Harvest
39. Travis Scott
    Astroworld
40. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
    A Star Is Born Soundtrack