American Songwriter’s Top 25 Albums of 2018

Published: December 06, 2018 14:24 Source

# 1

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Interstate Gospel by Pistol Annies + Miranda Lambert

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 3

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 4

To the Sunset by Amanda Shires

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Alt-Country Americana

# 5

The Tree of Forgiveness by John Prine

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 6

WARM by Jeff Tweedy

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Desperate Man by Eric Church

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Contemporary Country Country

# 8

Black Velvet by Charles Bradley

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 Soul

# 9

Things Change by American Aquarium

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Americana Alt-Country Country Rock

# 10

Mr. Jukebox by Joshua Hedley

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Traditional Country Countrypolitan

# 11

Putting On Airs by Erin Rae

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 12

Healing Tide by The War and Treaty

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Soul

# 13

Dying Star by Ruston Kelly

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Contemporary Country

# 14

Ancient Noise by Patrick Sweany

Album • May 11 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 15

Port Saint Joe by Brothers Osborne

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 16

Among the Ghosts by Lucero

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Alt-Country Folk Rock Country Rock Southern Rock

# 17

Karma For Cheap by Aaron Lee Tasjan

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Power Pop

# 18

LONER by Caroline Rose

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 19

By The Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Folk Rock

# 20

Rifles and Rosary Beads by Mary Gauthier

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 21

Songs of the Plains by Colter Wall

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Outlaw Country Americana

# 22

The Eclipse Sessions by John Hiatt

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Folk Rock Roots Rock Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 23

No Mercy in This Land (Deluxe Edition) by Ben Harper + Charlie Musselwhite

Album • Mar 30 / 2018

# 24

The Future and the Past by Natalie Prass

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Pop Soul Sophisti-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 25

Swimming by Mac Miller

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