Drift's Albums of the Year 2018



Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Lamp Lit Prose Dirty Projectors Jul-13-2018, Art Pop
#2 Your Queen Is A Reptile Sons Of Kemet Mar-30-2018, Afro-Jazz
#3 I'm Bad Now Nap Eyes Mar-09-2018, Indie Rock
#4 Endless Scroll BODEGA Jul-06-2018, Art Punk
#5 LUMP LUMP, Laura Marling, Mike Lindsay Jun-01-2018, Folktronica
#6 Performance White Denim Aug-24-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#7 A Broke Moon Rises Papa M Aug-17-2018, Contemporary Folk
#8 Heaven and Earth Kamasi Washington Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz
#9 Double Negative Low Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop
#10 Hope Downs Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop
#11 Wide Awake! Parquet Courts May-18-2018,
#12 Sparkle Hard Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#13 Le Kov Gwenno Mar-02-2018, Indie Pop
#14 There’s A Riot Going On Yo La Tengo Mar-16-2018, Ambient Pop
#15 Freedom Amen Dunes Mar-30-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#16 All Melody Nils Frahm Jan-26-2018, Post-Minimalism
#17 Freedom's Goblin Ty Segall Jan-26-2018, Garage Rock
#18 Calm Down Ari Roar May-25-2018, Slacker Rock
#19 Chris Christine and the Queens Sep-21-2018, Synthpop
#20 Be the Cowboy Mitski Aug-17-2018, Art Pop
#21 Negro Swan Blood Orange Aug-24-2018, Alternative R&B
#22 Smote Reverser Thee Oh Sees Aug-17-2018, Psychedelic Rock
#23 Ecstatic Arrow Virginia Wing Jun-08-2018, Art Pop
#24 Shelley's on Zenn-La Oliver Coates Sep-07-2018, Electronic
#25 Minus Daniel Blumberg May-04-2018, Art Rock
#26 And Nothing Hurt Spiritualized Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#27 The Red Notes Hieroglyphic Being Mar-09-2018, Acid House
#28 Bon Voyage Melody's Echo Chamber Jun-15-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#29 Qualm Helena Hauff Aug-03-2018, Industrial Techno
#30 Psychic Data TVAM Oct-19-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#31 Stranger Today Our Girl Aug-17-2018, Indie Rock
#32 Who Are You E Ruscha V Mar-02-2018,
#33 Persona Rival Consoles Apr-13-2018, Microhouse
#34 Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#35 Pissing Stars Efrim Manuel Menuck Feb-02-2018, Drone
#36 Essential Soulwax Jun-22-2018, Electro House
#37 Alive in the East? Binker and Moses Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz
#38 I'm All Ears Let's Eat Grandma Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#39 >>> Beak> Sep-21-2018, Experimental Rock
#40 Clean Soccer Mommy Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#41 Songs of Praise shame Jan-12-2018, Post-Punk
#42 Cocoa Sugar Young Fathers Mar-09-2018, Indietronica
#43 Myths 003 Dungen, Woods Mar-16-2018, Psychedelic Rock
#44 Distant Early Warning Laurence Pike Mar-30-2018, Free Improvisation
#45 I Need to Start a Garden Haley Heynderickx Mar-02-2018, Indie Folk
#46 Lush Snail Mail Jun-08-2018, Indie Rock
#47 Family Portrait Ross from Friends Jul-27-2018, Outsider House
#48 Singularity Jon Hopkins May-04-2018, Tech House
#49 Open Here Field Music Feb-02-2018, Progressive Pop
#50 Tantabara Tal National Feb-09-2018, Afro-Funk
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Lamp Lit Prose | Dirty Projectors | Album, Jul-13-2018, Art Pop |
| #2 | Your Queen Is A Reptile | Sons Of Kemet | Album, Mar-30-2018, Afro-Jazz |
| #3 | I'm Bad Now | Nap Eyes | Album, Mar-09-2018, Indie Rock |
| #4 | Endless Scroll | BODEGA | Album, Jul-06-2018, Art Punk |
| #5 | LUMP | LUMPLaura MarlingMike Lindsay | Album, Jun-01-2018, Folktronica |
| #6 | Performance | White Denim | Album, Aug-24-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #7 | A Broke Moon Rises | Papa M | Album, Aug-17-2018, Contemporary Folk |
| #8 | Heaven and Earth | Kamasi Washington | Album, Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz |
| #9 | Double Negative | Low | Album, Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #10 | Hope Downs | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Album, Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #11 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Album, May-18-2018,  |
| #12 | Sparkle Hard | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #13 | Le Kov | Gwenno | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Pop |
| #14 | There’s A Riot Going On | Yo La Tengo | Album, Mar-16-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #15 | Freedom | Amen Dunes | Album, Mar-30-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #16 | All Melody | Nils Frahm | Album, Jan-26-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #17 | Freedom's Goblin | Ty Segall | Album, Jan-26-2018, Garage Rock |
| #18 | Calm Down | Ari Roar | Album, May-25-2018, Slacker Rock |
| #19 | Chris | Christine and the Queens | Album, Sep-21-2018, Synthpop |
| #20 | Be the Cowboy | Mitski | Album, Aug-17-2018, Art Pop |
| #21 | Negro Swan | Blood Orange | Album, Aug-24-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #22 | Smote Reverser | Thee Oh Sees | Album, Aug-17-2018, Psychedelic Rock |
| #23 | Ecstatic Arrow | Virginia Wing | Album, Jun-08-2018, Art Pop |
| #24 | Shelley's on Zenn-La | Oliver Coates | Album, Sep-07-2018, Electronic |
| #25 | Minus | Daniel Blumberg | Album, May-04-2018, Art Rock |
| #26 | And Nothing Hurt | Spiritualized | Album, Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #27 | The Red Notes | Hieroglyphic Being | Album, Mar-09-2018, Acid House |
| #28 | Bon Voyage | Melody's Echo Chamber | Album, Jun-15-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #29 | Qualm | Helena Hauff | Album, Aug-03-2018, Industrial Techno |
| #30 | Psychic Data | TVAM | Album, Oct-19-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #31 | Stranger Today | Our Girl | Album, Aug-17-2018, Indie Rock |
| #32 | Who Are You | E Ruscha V | Album, Mar-02-2018,  |
| #33 | Persona | Rival Consoles | Album, Apr-13-2018, Microhouse |
| #34 | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Courtney Barnett | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #35 | Pissing Stars | Efrim Manuel Menuck | Album, Feb-02-2018, Drone |
| #36 | Essential | Soulwax | Album, Jun-22-2018, Electro House |
| #37 | Alive in the East? | Binker and Moses | Album, Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz |
| #38 | I'm All Ears | Let's Eat Grandma | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #39 | >>> | Beak> | Album, Sep-21-2018, Experimental Rock |
| #40 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Album, Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #41 | Songs of Praise | shame | Album, Jan-12-2018, Post-Punk |
| #42 | Cocoa Sugar | Young Fathers | Album, Mar-09-2018, Indietronica |
| #43 | Myths 003 | DungenWoods | EP, Mar-16-2018, Psychedelic Rock |
| #44 | Distant Early Warning | Laurence Pike | Album, Mar-30-2018, Free Improvisation |
| #45 | I Need to Start a Garden | Haley Heynderickx | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Folk |
| #46 | Lush | Snail Mail | Album, Jun-08-2018, Indie Rock |
| #47 | Family Portrait | Ross from Friends | Album, Jul-27-2018, Outsider House |
| #48 | Singularity | Jon Hopkins | Album, May-04-2018, Tech House |
| #49 | Open Here | Field Music | Album, Feb-02-2018, Progressive Pop |
| #50 | Tantabara | Tal National | Album, Feb-09-2018, Afro-Funk |