Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2018

Our annual countdown of the albums which captured the mood of this year

Source

# 1

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 2

Devotion by Tirzah

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 3

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 4

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Industrial

# 5

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 6

Die Lit by Playboi Carti

Album • May 11 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop Cloud Rap

# 7

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 8

Crop Circle by Nines

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 UK Hip Hop

# 9

Whack World by Tierra Whack

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

# 10

Compro by Skee Mask

Album • May 15 / 2018 Breakbeat Ambient Techno

# 11

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 12

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 13

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 14

Still Trippin' by DJ Taye

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Footwork

# 15

Heat by Shinichi Atobe

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Deep House Techno

# 16

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 17

Swimming by Mac Miller

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

# 18

Displaced Diaspora by Moses Boyd

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 19

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 20

Kulør 001 by Various Artists

Album • Oct 11 / 2018 Techno Industrial Techno

# 21

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 22

Piano & a Microphone 1983 by Prince

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Soul

# 23

The Return by Kamaal Williams

Album • May 25 / 2018 Jazz-Funk Jazz Fusion

# 24

Another Life by Amnesia Scanner

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Deconstructed Club Electro-Industrial

# 25

Lost & Found by Jorja Smith

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

# 26

Konoyo by Tim Hecker

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Ambient Electroacoustic Drone

# 27

K.T.S.E. by Teyana Taylor

Album • Jun 23 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 28

Khonnar by Deena Abdelwahed

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 UK Bass

# 29

King of Cowards by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych Stoner Rock

# 30

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 31

async - Remodels by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Ambient Electronic

# 32

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 33

777 by KEY! + Kenny Beats

Album • May 04 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap

# 34

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 35

You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Industrial Rock

# 36

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 37

Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic

# 38

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 39

Isolation by Kali Uchis

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

# 40

The Wolf of Grape Street by 03 Greedo

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 41

iridescence by BROCKHAMPTON

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

# 42

Sonder Somatic by Bruce

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 UK Bass

# 43

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 44

Qualm by Helena Hauff

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Industrial Techno Electro

# 45

Irisiri by Eartheater

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Post-Industrial Experimental

# 46

Block Diaries by Kenny Allstar

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 UK Hip Hop

# 47

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 48

Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregors Autobiography) by Jlin

Album • Sep 28 / 2018

# 49

Caution by Mariah Carey

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 50

Soul On Fire by Dean Blunt

EP • Oct 05 / 2018 Hypnagogic Pop Dream Pop