Earbuddy’s 50 Best Albums of 2018



Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Wide Awake! Parquet Courts May-18-2018,
#2 DAYTONA Pusha T May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop
#3 OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES SOPHIE Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass
#4 Be the Cowboy Mitski Aug-17-2018, Art Pop
#5 I'm All Ears Let's Eat Grandma Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#6 KIDS SEE GHOSTS KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Kanye West, Kid Cudi Jun-08-2018, Pop Rap
#7 Safe in the Hands of Love Yves Tumor Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#8 POST- Jeff Rosenstock Jan-02-2018, Power Pop
#9 Beyondless Iceage May-04-2018, Post-Punk
#10 Last Building Burning Cloud Nothings Oct-19-2018, Post-Hardcore
#11 Capture the Flag War On Women Apr-13-2018, Hardcore Punk
#12 Now Only Mount Eerie Mar-16-2018, Indie Folk
#13 Historian Lucy Dacus Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock
#14 In A Poem Unlimited U.S. Girls Feb-16-2018, Art Pop
#15 Collapse EP Aphex Twin Sep-14-2018, IDM
#16 Year Of The Snitch Death Grips Jun-22-2018, Experimental Hip Hop
#17 Singularity Jon Hopkins May-04-2018, Tech House
#18 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Deafheaven Jul-13-2018, Blackgaze
#19 How to Socialise and Make Friends Camp Cope Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock
#20 Isolation Kali Uchis Apr-06-2018, Neo-Soul
#21 Springtime and Blind Fiddlehead Apr-13-2018, Post-Hardcore
#22 Through a Wall Single Mothers Sep-07-2018, Post-Hardcore
#23 Irisiri Eartheater Jun-08-2018, Post-Industrial
#24 Dose Your Dreams Fucked Up Oct-05-2018, Art Punk
#25 Compro Skee Mask May-15-2018, Breakbeat
#26 Room 25 noname Sep-14-2018, Jazz Rap
#27 7 Beach House May-11-2018, Dream Pop
#28 Chime Dessa Feb-23-2018, Art Pop
#29 Hive Mind The Internet Jul-20-2018, Neo-Soul
#30 Us Empress Of Oct-19-2018, Synthpop
#31 Aviary Julia Holter Oct-26-2018, Progressive Pop
#32 Bark Your Head Off, Dog Hop Along Apr-06-2018, Indie Rock
#33 Honey Robyn Oct-26-2018, Dance-Pop
#34 Hell-On Neko Case Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#35 At Weddings Tomberlin Aug-10-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#36 soil serpentwithfeet Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B
#37 God's Favorite Customer Father John Misty Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#38 Brighter Wounds Son Lux Feb-09-2018, Art Pop
#39 I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer. The Body May-11-2018, Death Industrial
#40 Freedom's Goblin Ty Segall Jan-26-2018, Garage Rock
#41 Moon 2 Ava Luna Sep-07-2018, Art Pop
#42 Go to School The Lemon Twigs Aug-24-2018, Glam Rock
#43 Room Inside the World Ought Feb-16-2018, Post-Punk
#44 What a Time to Be Alive Superchunk Feb-16-2018, Indie Rock
#45 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Apr-06-2018, Trap
#46 Family Portrait Ross from Friends Jul-27-2018, Outsider House
#47 Mulberry Violence Trevor Powers Aug-17-2018, Glitch Pop
#48 Bloom Troye Sivan Aug-31-2018, Electropop
#49 Endless Scroll BODEGA Jul-06-2018, Art Punk
#50 There Is a Presence Here Many Rooms Apr-13-2018, Slowcore
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Album, May-18-2018,  |
| #2 | DAYTONA | Pusha T | Album, May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #3 | OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES | SOPHIE | Album, Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass |
| #4 | Be the Cowboy | Mitski | Album, Aug-17-2018, Art Pop |
| #5 | I'm All Ears | Let's Eat Grandma | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #6 | KIDS SEE GHOSTS | KIDS SEE GHOSTSKanye WestKid Cudi | Album, Jun-08-2018, Pop Rap |
| #7 | Safe in the Hands of Love | Yves Tumor | Album, Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #8 | POST- | Jeff Rosenstock | Album, Jan-02-2018, Power Pop |
| #9 | Beyondless | Iceage | Album, May-04-2018, Post-Punk |
| #10 | Last Building Burning | Cloud Nothings | Album, Oct-19-2018, Post-Hardcore |
| #11 | Capture the Flag | War On Women | Album, Apr-13-2018, Hardcore Punk |
| #12 | Now Only | Mount Eerie | Album, Mar-16-2018, Indie Folk |
| #13 | Historian | Lucy Dacus | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock |
| #14 | In A Poem Unlimited | U.S. Girls | Album, Feb-16-2018, Art Pop |
| #15 | Collapse EP | Aphex Twin | EP, Sep-14-2018, IDM |
| #16 | Year Of The Snitch | Death Grips | Album, Jun-22-2018, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #17 | Singularity | Jon Hopkins | Album, May-04-2018, Tech House |
| #18 | Ordinary Corrupt Human Love | Deafheaven | Album, Jul-13-2018, Blackgaze |
| #19 | How to Socialise and Make Friends | Camp Cope | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock |
| #20 | Isolation | Kali Uchis | Album, Apr-06-2018, Neo-Soul |
| #21 | Springtime and Blind | Fiddlehead | Album, Apr-13-2018, Post-Hardcore |
| #22 | Through a Wall | Single Mothers | Album, Sep-07-2018, Post-Hardcore |
| #23 | Irisiri | Eartheater | Album, Jun-08-2018, Post-Industrial |
| #24 | Dose Your Dreams | Fucked Up | Album, Oct-05-2018, Art Punk |
| #25 | Compro | Skee Mask | Album, May-15-2018, Breakbeat |
| #26 | Room 25 | noname | Album, Sep-14-2018, Jazz Rap |
| #27 | 7 | Beach House | Album, May-11-2018, Dream Pop |
| #28 | Chime | Dessa | Album, Feb-23-2018, Art Pop |
| #29 | Hive Mind | The Internet | Album, Jul-20-2018, Neo-Soul |
| #30 | Us | Empress Of | Album, Oct-19-2018, Synthpop |
| #31 | Aviary | Julia Holter | Album, Oct-26-2018, Progressive Pop |
| #32 | Bark Your Head Off, Dog | Hop Along | Album, Apr-06-2018, Indie Rock |
| #33 | Honey | Robyn | Album, Oct-26-2018, Dance-Pop |
| #34 | Hell-On | Neko Case | Album, Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #35 | At Weddings | Tomberlin | Album, Aug-10-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #36 | soil | serpentwithfeet | Album, Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #37 | God's Favorite Customer | Father John Misty | Album, Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #38 | Brighter Wounds | Son Lux | Album, Feb-09-2018, Art Pop |
| #39 | I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer. | The Body | Album, May-11-2018, Death Industrial |
| #40 | Freedom's Goblin | Ty Segall | Album, Jan-26-2018, Garage Rock |
| #41 | Moon 2 | Ava Luna | Album, Sep-07-2018, Art Pop |
| #42 | Go to School | The Lemon Twigs | Album, Aug-24-2018, Glam Rock |
| #43 | Room Inside the World | Ought | Album, Feb-16-2018, Post-Punk |
| #44 | What a Time to Be Alive | Superchunk | Album, Feb-16-2018, Indie Rock |
| #45 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Album, Apr-06-2018, Trap |
| #46 | Family Portrait | Ross from Friends | Album, Jul-27-2018, Outsider House |
| #47 | Mulberry Violence | Trevor Powers | Album, Aug-17-2018, Glitch Pop |
| #48 | Bloom | Troye Sivan | Album, Aug-31-2018, Electropop |
| #49 | Endless Scroll | BODEGA | Album, Jul-06-2018, Art Punk |
| #50 | There Is a Presence Here | Many Rooms | Album, Apr-13-2018, Slowcore |