AllMusic's Best Albums of 2018

AllMusic has assembled our Best of 2018. Browse through and check out what music our editors have been listening to this year.

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# 1

The Crossing by Alejandro Escovedo

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Alt-Country Americana

# 2

The Midnight Hour by The Midnight Hour + Ali Shaheed Muhammad + Adrian Younge

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 3

Blueprint by Alice Bag

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Punk Rock

# 4

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 5

Sparrow by Ashley Monroe

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Contemporary Country Country Pop

# 6

NTS Sessions 1-4 by Autechre

Album • Apr 26 / 2018 IDM Experimental

# 7

The Big Bad Blues by Billy F Gibbons

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Blues Rock Boogie Rock

# 8

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop

# 9

Port Saint Joe by Brothers Osborne

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 10

A Soprano's Schubertiade by Carolyn Sampson + Joseph Middleton

Album • May 11 / 2018 Romanticism

# 11

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 12

The Horizon Just Laughed by Damien Jurado

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 13

Monte Sagrado by Draco Rosa

Album • Oct 26 / 2018

# 14

Open Here by Field Music

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Progressive Pop Chamber Pop

# 15

Aftering by Fred Thomas

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 16

Prequelle by Ghost

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 17

Gilbert O'Sullivan by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Soft Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 19

See You Around by I'm With Her

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Folk

# 20

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 21

The Tree of Forgiveness by John Prine

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 22

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 23

Aviary by Julia Holter

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Progressive Pop Art Pop Experimental Ambient Pop

# 24

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Childqueen by Kadhja Bonet

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul

# 26

Isolation by Kali Uchis

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 27

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 28

KIDS SEE GHOSTS by KIDS SEE GHOSTS + Kanye West + Kid Cudi

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 29

Power by Lotic

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Deconstructed Club

# 30

Dirty Pictures (Part 2) by Low Cut Connie

Album • May 18 / 2018 Heartland Rock Garage Rock

# 31

Sculptor by Luluc

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Indie Folk

# 33

Universal Beings by Makaya McCraven

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 34

Songs Of Resistance 1942 - 2018 by Marc Ribot

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Avant-Garde Jazz Traditional Folk Music Jazz-Rock

# 35

Bon Voyage by Melody's Echo Chamber

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Progressive Pop

# 36

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 37

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 38

Third by Nathan Salsburg

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 American Primitivism

# 39

Hell-On by Neko Case

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

# 40

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 41

Volunteer by Old Crow Medicine Show

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Americana Old-Time

# 42

Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic

# 43

TRU by Ovlov

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Indie Rock Shoegaze Noise Pop

# 44

Interstate Gospel by Pistol Annies + Miranda Lambert

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 45

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 46

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 47

El Mal Querer by ROSALÍA

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Flamenco Pop Flamenco nuevo Art Pop

# 48

The Official Body by Shopping

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 49

Midnight Marker by Shy Layers

Album • May 18 / 2018 Synthpop Art Pop

# 50

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 51

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 52

What a Time to Be Alive by Superchunk

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Rock