Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2018

The albums that meant so much to us in 2018.

Published: December 10, 2018 18:00 Source

# 1

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 2

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 3

Djarimirri: Child of the Rainbow by Gurrumul

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Indigenous Australian Traditional Music

# 4

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 5

Native Tongue by Mojo Juju

Album • Aug 24 / 2018

# 6

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 8

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 9

Modern Convenience by MOD CON

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 10

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 11

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 12

A Laughing Death in Meatspace by Tropical Fuck Storm

Album • May 04 / 2018 Art Punk Punk Blues Noise Rock

# 13

Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 14

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 15

Pink is the Colour of Unconditional Love by Gabriella Cohen

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 16

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 17

Hi Viz by The Presets

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Electropop Electro House

# 18

Home by John Butler Trio

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Pop Rock

# 19

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 20

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 21

Lost Friends by Middle Kids

Album • May 04 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 22

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 23

Lilac Everything by Emma Louise

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Pop Soul Art Pop

# 24

Broken Politics by Neneh Cherry

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Art Pop

# 25

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 26

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 27

Wild World by Space Invadas

Album • Apr 13 / 2018

# 28

Wanderer by Cat Power

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 29

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 30

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 31

Hell-On by Neko Case

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 32

Nature by Paul Kelly

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter

# 33

soil by serpentwithfeet

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

# 34

Make Way for Love by Marlon Williams

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 35

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 36

Performance by White Denim

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock

# 37

Depth of Field by Sarah Blasko

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Art Pop

# 38

Damned Devotion by Joan As Police Woman

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Neo-Soul Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 39

Sex & Food by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 40

C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Americana

# 41

In Cahoots by Crepes

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop Indie Pop

# 42

Knock Knock by DJ Koze

Album • May 04 / 2018 House Deep House

# 43

If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back by Mia Dyson

Album • Mar 09 / 2018

# 44

Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) by Thom Yorke

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Film Score Ambient

# 45

Fruit by Abbe May

Album • Feb 02 / 2018

# 46

Always Ascending by Franz Ferdinand

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Dance-Punk Indie Rock New Wave

# 47

May Your Kindness Remain by Courtney Marie Andrews

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Alt-Country

# 48

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 49

Good Citizens by Cash Savage and The Last Drinks

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Punk Blues

# 50

I Wasn't Only Thinking About You... by Oh Pep!

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Indie Pop