Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2018

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

Source

# 1
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club
# 2
Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 3
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz
# 4
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Industrial
# 5
Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Post-Punk Post-Hardcore
# 6
Album • May 11 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop Cloud Rap
# 7
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock
# 8
Album • Apr 20 / 2018 UK Hip Hop
# 9
Album • May 30 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B East Coast Hip Hop
# 10
Album • May 15 / 2018 Breakbeat Ambient Techno
# 11
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 12
Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 13
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul
# 14
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Footwork
# 15
Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Deep House Techno
# 16
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop
# 17
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B
# 18
Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz
# 19
Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 20
Kulør 001 by Various Artists
Album • Oct 11 / 2018 Techno Industrial Techno
# 21
Album • May 11 / 2018
# 22
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Soul
# 23
Album • May 25 / 2018 Jazz-Funk Jazz Fusion
# 24
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Deconstructed Club Electro-Industrial
# 25
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 26
Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Ambient Electroacoustic Drone
# 27
Album • Jun 23 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 28
Album • Nov 16 / 2018 UK Bass
# 29
Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Stoner Metal Heavy Psych Stoner Rock
# 30
Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz
# 31
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Ambient Electronic
# 32
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
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop
# 35
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Industrial Rock
# 36
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House
# 37
Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic
# 38
Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop
# 39
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 40
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap
# 41
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 42
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 UK Bass
# 43
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop
# 44
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Industrial Techno Electro
# 45
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Post-Industrial Experimental
# 46
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 UK Hip Hop
# 47
Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop
# 49
Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 50
EP • Oct 05 / 2018 Hypnagogic Pop Dream Pop