Dazed's 20 Best Albums of 2018

This year felt like the rulebook was being rewritten – here are the records that took music into bold new directions

Published: December 05, 2018 15:09 Source

# 1

Whack World by Tierra Whack

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

# 2

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 3

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 4

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 5

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 6

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 7

El Mal Querer by ROSALÍA

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Flamenco Pop Flamenco nuevo Art Pop

# 8

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 9

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

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

# 10

Devotion by Tirzah

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

# 11

Isolation by Kali Uchis

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

# 12

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 13

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 14

Saturn by Nao

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Alternative R&B

# 15

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 16

iridescence by BROCKHAMPTON

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

# 17

Another Life by Amnesia Scanner

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Deconstructed Club Electro-Industrial

# 18

Bloom by Troye Sivan

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 19

soil by serpentwithfeet

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 20

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by The 1975

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Art Pop