BLARE's 50 Best Albums of 2018

# 1

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 2

Swimming by Mac Miller

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

# 3

DAYTONA by Pusha T

Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 4

Bay Dream by Culture Abuse

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 5

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 7

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 8

Sister Cities by The Wonder Years

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Alternative Rock Emo

# 9

FM! by Vince Staples

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 10

Oxnard by Anderson .Paak

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

# 11

Dose Your Dreams by Fucked Up

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Art Punk Post-Hardcore Rock Opera

# 12

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 13

Lost & Found by Jorja Smith

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

# 14

ye by Kanye West

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Pop Rap

# 15

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

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 16

Redemption by Jay Rock

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 17

CARE FOR ME by Saba

Album • Apr 05 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 18

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 19

Holy Hell by Architects

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 Metalcore

# 20

Wait For Love by Pianos Become the Teeth

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Emo Indie Rock

# 21

so sad so sexy by Lykke Li

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

# 22

Freddie by Freddie Gibbs

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Trap Gangsta Rap

# 23

Little Dark Age by MGMT

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Synthpop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 24

Nearer My God by Foxing

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Art Rock Indie Rock

# 25

Magic Gone by Petal

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 26

Burnt Sugar by Gouge Away

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Hardcore Punk

# 27

We Already Lost the World by Birds In Row

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Screamo

# 28

SPACEMAN by Octavian

Album • Sep 10 / 2018 UK Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap

# 29

Pieces of a Man by Mick Jenkins

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 30

Whack World by Tierra Whack

Album • May 30 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B East Coast Hip Hop

# 31

High As Hope by Florence + the Machine

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop

# 32

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 33

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 34

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 35

Springtime and Blind by Fiddlehead

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Emo

# 36

Twentytwo in Blue by Sunflower Bean

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Power Pop

# 37

Time & Space by Turnstile

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Hardcore Punk New York Hardcore

# 38

On Dark Horses by Emma Ruth Rundle

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Dream Pop

# 39

East Atlanta Love Letter by 6LACK

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Alternative R&B

# 40

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Industrial Hip Hop

# 41

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 42

How to Socialise and Make Friends by Camp Cope

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 43

Boygenius by boygenius

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

# 44

Future Me Hates Me by The Beths

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 45

Yolk in the Fur by Wild Pink

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 46

Marauder by Interpol

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Post-Punk Revival

# 47

Theres Always Glimmer by Gia Margaret

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 48

First Flower by Molly Burch

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 49

Elohim (Deluxe Edition) by Elohim

Album • Apr 27 / 2019 Electropop

# 50

Basic Behaviour by FRIGS

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Post-Punk