BLARE's 50 Best Albums of 2018



Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Lush Snail Mail Jun-08-2018, Indie Rock
#2 Swimming Mac Miller Aug-03-2018, Pop Rap
#3 DAYTONA Pusha T May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop
#4 Bay Dream Culture Abuse Jun-15-2018, Alternative Rock
#5 Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves Mar-30-2018, Country Pop
#6 Some Rap Songs Earl Sweatshirt Nov-30-2018, Abstract Hip Hop
#7 7 Beach House May-11-2018, Dream Pop
#8 Sister Cities The Wonder Years Apr-06-2018, Alternative Rock
#9 FM! Vince Staples Nov-02-2018, West Coast Hip Hop
#10 Oxnard Anderson .Paak Nov-16-2018, West Coast Hip Hop
#11 Dose Your Dreams Fucked Up Oct-05-2018, Art Punk
#12 Hope Downs Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop
#13 Lost & Found Jorja Smith Jun-08-2018, Contemporary R&B
#14 ye Kanye West Jun-01-2018, Pop Rap
#15 KIDS SEE GHOSTS KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Kanye West, Kid Cudi Jun-08-2018, Pop Rap
#16 Redemption Jay Rock Jun-15-2018, West Coast Hip Hop
#17 CARE FOR ME Saba Apr-05-2018, Conscious Hip Hop
#18 I'm All Ears Let's Eat Grandma Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#19 Holy Hell Architects Nov-09-2018, Metalcore
#20 Wait For Love Pianos Become the Teeth Feb-16-2018, Emo
#21 so sad so sexy Lykke Li Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B
#22 Freddie Freddie Gibbs Jun-22-2018, Trap
#23 Little Dark Age MGMT Feb-09-2018, Synthpop
#24 Nearer My God Foxing Aug-10-2018, Art Rock
#25 Magic Gone Petal Jun-15-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#26 Burnt Sugar Gouge Away Sep-28-2018, Post-Hardcore
#27 We Already Lost the World Birds In Row Jul-13-2018, Post-Hardcore
#28 SPACEMAN Octavian Sep-10-2018, UK Hip Hop
#29 Pieces of a Man Mick Jenkins Oct-26-2018, Conscious Hip Hop
#30 Whack World Tierra Whack May-30-2018, Pop Rap
#31 High As Hope Florence + the Machine Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#32 Clean Soccer Mommy Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#33 Beyondless Iceage May-04-2018, Post-Punk
#34 Wide Awake! Parquet Courts May-18-2018,
#35 Springtime and Blind Fiddlehead Apr-13-2018, Post-Hardcore
#36 Twentytwo in Blue Sunflower Bean Mar-23-2018, Indie Pop
#37 Time & Space Turnstile Feb-23-2018, Hardcore Punk
#38 On Dark Horses Emma Ruth Rundle Sep-14-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#39 East Atlanta Love Letter 6LACK Sep-14-2018, Alternative R&B
#40 Veteran JPEGMAFIA Jan-19-2018, Experimental Hip Hop
#41 Now Only Mount Eerie Mar-16-2018, Indie Folk
#42 How to Socialise and Make Friends Camp Cope Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock
#43 Boygenius boygenius Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock
#44 Future Me Hates Me The Beths Aug-10-2018, Power Pop
#45 Yolk in the Fur Wild Pink Jul-20-2018, Indie Rock
#46 Marauder Interpol Aug-24-2018, Post-Punk Revival
#47 Theres Always Glimmer Gia Margaret Jul-27-2018, Indie Folk
#48 First Flower Molly Burch Oct-05-2018, Indie Pop
#49 Elohim (Deluxe Edition) Elohim Apr-27-2019, Electropop
#50 Basic Behaviour FRIGS Feb-23-2018, Post-Punk
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Lush | Snail Mail | Album, Jun-08-2018, Indie Rock |
| #2 | Swimming | Mac Miller | Album, Aug-03-2018, Pop Rap |
| #3 | DAYTONA | Pusha T | Album, May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #4 | Bay Dream | Culture Abuse | Album, Jun-15-2018, Alternative Rock |
| #5 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Mar-30-2018, Country Pop |
| #6 | Some Rap Songs | Earl Sweatshirt | Album, Nov-30-2018, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #7 | 7 | Beach House | Album, May-11-2018, Dream Pop |
| #8 | Sister Cities | The Wonder Years | Album, Apr-06-2018, Alternative Rock |
| #9 | FM! | Vince Staples | Album, Nov-02-2018, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #10 | Oxnard | Anderson .Paak | Album, Nov-16-2018, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #11 | Dose Your Dreams | Fucked Up | Album, Oct-05-2018, Art Punk |
| #12 | Hope Downs | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Album, Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #13 | Lost & Found | Jorja Smith | Album, Jun-08-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #14 | ye | Kanye West | Album, Jun-01-2018, Pop Rap |
| #15 | KIDS SEE GHOSTS | KIDS SEE GHOSTSKanye WestKid Cudi | Album, Jun-08-2018, Pop Rap |
| #16 | Redemption | Jay Rock | Album, Jun-15-2018, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #17 | CARE FOR ME | Saba | Album, Apr-05-2018, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #18 | I'm All Ears | Let's Eat Grandma | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #19 | Holy Hell | Architects | Album, Nov-09-2018, Metalcore |
| #20 | Wait For Love | Pianos Become the Teeth | Album, Feb-16-2018, Emo |
| #21 | so sad so sexy | Lykke Li | Album, Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #22 | Freddie | Freddie Gibbs | Album, Jun-22-2018, Trap |
| #23 | Little Dark Age | MGMT | Album, Feb-09-2018, Synthpop |
| #24 | Nearer My God | Foxing | Album, Aug-10-2018, Art Rock |
| #25 | Magic Gone | Petal | Album, Jun-15-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #26 | Burnt Sugar | Gouge Away | Album, Sep-28-2018, Post-Hardcore |
| #27 | We Already Lost the World | Birds In Row | Album, Jul-13-2018, Post-Hardcore |
| #28 | SPACEMAN | Octavian | Album, Sep-10-2018, UK Hip Hop |
| #29 | Pieces of a Man | Mick Jenkins | Album, Oct-26-2018, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #30 | Whack World | Tierra Whack | Album, May-30-2018, Pop Rap |
| #31 | High As Hope | Florence + the Machine | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #32 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Album, Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #33 | Beyondless | Iceage | Album, May-04-2018, Post-Punk |
| #34 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Album, May-18-2018,  |
| #35 | Springtime and Blind | Fiddlehead | Album, Apr-13-2018, Post-Hardcore |
| #36 | Twentytwo in Blue | Sunflower Bean | Album, Mar-23-2018, Indie Pop |
| #37 | Time & Space | Turnstile | Album, Feb-23-2018, Hardcore Punk |
| #38 | On Dark Horses | Emma Ruth Rundle | Album, Sep-14-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #39 | East Atlanta Love Letter | 6LACK | Album, Sep-14-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #40 | Veteran | JPEGMAFIA | Album, Jan-19-2018, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #41 | Now Only | Mount Eerie | Album, Mar-16-2018, Indie Folk |
| #42 | How to Socialise and Make Friends | Camp Cope | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock |
| #43 | Boygenius | boygenius | EP, Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock |
| #44 | Future Me Hates Me | The Beths | Album, Aug-10-2018, Power Pop |
| #45 | Yolk in the Fur | Wild Pink | Album, Jul-20-2018, Indie Rock |
| #46 | Marauder | Interpol | Album, Aug-24-2018, Post-Punk Revival |
| #47 | Theres Always Glimmer | Gia Margaret | Album, Jul-27-2018, Indie Folk |
| #48 | First Flower | Molly Burch | Album, Oct-05-2018, Indie Pop |
| #49 | Elohim (Deluxe Edition) | Elohim | Album, Apr-27-2019, Electropop |
| #50 | Basic Behaviour | FRIGS | Album, Feb-23-2018, Post-Punk |