ABC News' 50 Best Albums of 2018

Releases from Travis Scott, The Breeders, and Neko Case made the cut.

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# 1

Future Me Hates Me by The Beths

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 2

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 3

Streams of Thought Vol. 2 by Black Thought + Salaam Remi

EP • Nov 26 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 4

All Nerve by The Breeders

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 5

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Egypt Station by Paul McCartney

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Pop Rock

# 7

Oxnard by Anderson .Paak

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul Funk

# 8

Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album by John Coltrane

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Modal Jazz Post-Bop

# 9

LONER by Caroline Rose

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 10

Clean by Soccer Mommy

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 11

Grow Into It by Doe

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 12

Whatever It Takes by The James Hunter Six

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Rhythm & Blues Blue-Eyed Soul

# 13

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 14

Common Blah by Weakened Friends

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Alternative Rock Power Pop

# 15

Darker Days by Peter Bjorn and John

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 16

Boygenius by boygenius

EP • Oct 26 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 17

Call The Comet by Johnny Marr

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 18

Love Is Dead by CHVRCHES

Album • May 25 / 2018 Synthpop Electropop

# 19

In the Future Your Body Will Be the Furthest Thing from Your Mind by Failure

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 20

My Dear Melancholy, by The Weeknd

EP • Mar 30 / 2018 Alternative R&B Alt-Pop

# 21

Dance Music by Mastersystem

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 22

Counting Pennies in the Afterlife by Colour Me Wednesday

Album • May 17 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 23

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 24

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Mission Bell by William Fitzsimmons

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 26

Night Milk by Younger

Album • Sep 21 / 2018

# 27

Dove by Belly

Album • May 04 / 2018 Alternative Rock Indie Rock

# 28

Shake the Spirit by Elle King

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Pop Soul Pop Rock

# 29

Sundays by Tanukichan

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Shoegaze Dream Pop Indie Rock

# 30

In Celebration of Us by Skyzoo

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 31

No Shame by Lily Allen

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Electropop

# 32

Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation by Dr. Octagon

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 33

Saved by Now, Now

Album • May 18 / 2018 Synthpop Indie Pop Alt-Pop

# 34

High As Hope by Florence + the Machine

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop

# 35

Hell-On by Neko Case

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 36

Part Of The Light by Ray LaMontagne

Album • May 18 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock Americana

# 37

Broken Politics by Neneh Cherry

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Art Pop

# 38

Quit the Curse by Anna Burch

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop

# 39

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 40

Lost & Found by Jorja Smith

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 41

Swimming by Mac Miller

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B

# 42

Grand Bargain! by Poster Children

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 43

Jagged Tooth Crook by The Mouse Outfit

Album • May 04 / 2018 Jazz Rap UK Hip Hop Boom Bap

# 44

Ruby by Macy Gray

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Soul

# 45

Czarface Meets Metal Face by CZARFACE + MF DOOM

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Boom Bap

# 46

Pinned by A Place To Bury Strangers

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 47

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop

# 48

Post Traumatic by Mike Shinoda

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Alternative R&B Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop Alt-Pop

# 49

Astroworld by Travis Scott

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 50

Collapse EP by Aphex Twin

EP • Sep 14 / 2018 IDM