Consequence of Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2018

Our staff selects their absolute favorite records from a wild and unpredictable year of music.

Published: December 03, 2018 05:00 Source

# 1

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 2

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 3

CARE FOR ME by Saba

Album • Apr 05 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 4

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 5

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 6

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 7

Boygenius by boygenius

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

# 8

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 9

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 10

And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 11

Isolation by Kali Uchis

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

# 12

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 13

Our Raw Heart by YOB

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Doom Metal

# 14

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 15

iridescence by BROCKHAMPTON

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 16

Black Panther The Album by Various Artists

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Film Soundtrack West Coast Hip Hop

# 17

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 19

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by The 1975

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Art Pop

# 20

Halloween: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by John Carpenter + Cody Carpenter + Daniel Davies

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Film Score Horror Synth Dark Ambient Halloween Music

# 21

FM! by Vince Staples

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

# 22

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 23

Bloom by Troye Sivan

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 24

TESTING by A$AP Rocky

Album • May 25 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Cloud Rap

# 25

Aviary by Julia Holter

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

# 26

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 27

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 28

I Loved You at Your Darkest by Behemoth

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Black Metal Death Metal

# 29

P2 by Dave East

Album • Jan 16 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 30

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 31

Collapse EP by Aphex Twin

EP • Sep 14 / 2018 IDM

# 32

Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 33

Flow State by Tash Sultana

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul Alt-Pop

# 34

POST- by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Jan 02 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 35

Hereditary by Colin Stetson

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Film Score Dark Ambient Post-Minimalism

# 36

You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Industrial Rock

# 37

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 38

No Shame by Lily Allen

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

# 39

Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic

# 40

WARM by Jeff Tweedy

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

# 41

QUARTERTHING by Joey Purp

Album • Sep 13 / 2018 Pop Rap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 42

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 43

Look Now by Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Sophisti-Pop

# 44

Sparkle Hard by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 45

TA13OO by Denzel Curry

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 46

Freedom's Goblin by Ty Segall

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Garage Rock Glam Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 47

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 48

so sad so sexy by Lykke Li

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

# 49

Superorganism by Superorganism

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia Glitch Pop

# 50

Wanderer by Cat Power

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana