Classic Rock Magazine's Best Albums of 2018

Classic Rock Magazine's staff and writers combine their throbbing brains to come up with their favourite albums of the year

Published: December 29, 2018 14:52 Source

# 1

Book of Bad Decisions by Clutch

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Hard Rock Stoner Rock

# 2

YOUNG & DANGEROUS by The Struts

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Pop Rock Glam Rock Post-Punk Revival

# 3

Prequelle by Ghost

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 4

Firepower by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Heavy Metal

# 5

Vicious by Halestorm

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 6

Living the Dream by Slash

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 7

High Water I by The Magpie Salute

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Southern Rock

# 8

Please Don't Be Dead by Fantastic Negrito

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Soul Blues Rock

# 9

Rainier Fog by Alice In Chains

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative Metal Grunge

# 10

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Post-Punk Post-Hardcore

# 11

Traces by Steve Perry

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Soft Rock AOR Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock

# 12

Stone Temple Pilots by Stone Temple Pilots

Album • May 24 / 2010 Hard Rock Alternative Rock

# 13

The Big Bad Blues by Billy F Gibbons

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Blues Rock Boogie Rock

# 14

Anthem Of The Peaceful Army by Greta Van Fleet

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Hard Rock Blues Rock

# 15

A Deeper Cut by The Temperance Movement

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Southern Rock

# 16

Thunderbolt by Saxon

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Heavy Metal

# 17

Evil Spirits by The Damned

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 18

Changing Colours by The Sheepdogs

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Southern Rock

# 19

The Wolf Bites Back by Orange Goblin

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Stoner Metal

# 20

Dirty Pictures (Part 2) by Low Cut Connie

Album • May 18 / 2018 Heartland Rock Garage Rock

# 21

Mindfucker by Monster Magnet

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Stoner Rock

# 22

WP2 by Walking Papers

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 23

Year of the Tiger by Myles Kennedy

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Acoustic Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 24

Pleased to Eat You by Nashville Pussy

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 25

Bad Witch by Nine Inch Nails

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Experimental Rock Industrial Rock

# 26

Ghost in the Tanglewood by Ginger Wildheart

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Power Pop

# 27

Eat the Elephant by A Perfect Circle

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 28

Thrust by DeWolff

Album • May 04 / 2018 Hard Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 29

Atomic Generation by FM

Album • Mar 14 / 2018 AOR

# 30

Redemption by Joe Bonamassa

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Blues Rock

# 31

Islands by Ash

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 32

You're Not Alone by Andrew W.K.

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Hard Rock Power Pop

# 33

Find a Light by Blackberry Smoke

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Southern Rock Country Rock Country

# 34

Resistance is Futile by Manic Street Preachers

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 35

Here If You Listen by David Crosby

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop

# 36

All Of This Life by The Record Company

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Blues Rock

# 38

Full Nelson by Massive Wagons

Album • Jan 01 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 39

Spaceman by Ace Frehley

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 40

Revelation by Reef

Album • May 04 / 2018 Roots Rock

# 41

Port Saint Joe by Brothers Osborne

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 42

Living the Dream by Uriah Heep

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 43

The Free Life by Turbowolf

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Stoner Rock Hard Rock

# 44

No Cross No Crown by Corrosion of Conformity

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Stoner Metal Southern Metal

# 45

Ascend by Vodun

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Stoner Metal

# 46

Family Tree by Black Stone Cherry

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 47

The Age of Absurdity by Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 48

True Rockers by Monster Truck

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 49

Change Your Position by Tax The Heat

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 50

Only Human by Vega

Album • May 11 / 2018