Esquire's (UK) 50 Best Albums of 2018

From rap to pop and hip-hop to electronic, the best releases of the year

Published: December 07, 2018 17:28 Source

# 1
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indie Rock
# 2
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Singer-Songwriter
# 3
Album • Nov 16 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul Funk
# 4
Album • May 11 / 2018
# 5
Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop
# 6
Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop
# 7
Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop
# 8
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 9
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Modern Classical
# 10
Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Spoken Word Experimental
# 11
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Ambient Techno
# 12
Album • May 04 / 2018 House Deep House
# 13
Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Indie Pop
# 14
Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Americana Indie Folk
# 15
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop
# 16
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Deep House
# 17
EP • Nov 02 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 18
Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Industrial Techno Electro
# 19
Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia
# 20
Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Post-Punk Post-Hardcore
# 21
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop
# 22
Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse
# 23
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Progressive Pop Art Pop Experimental Ambient Pop
# 24
Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Synth Funk Funktronica
# 25
Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz
# 26
Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock
# 27
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 29
Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Ambient
# 30
Album • May 04 / 2018 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul
# 31
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Ambient Ambient House
# 32
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Electropop
# 33
Loma by Loma
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Psychedelic Folk
# 34
Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Downtempo Indietronica
# 35
Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Electronic
# 36
Album • May 11 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop Cloud Rap
# 37
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Chamber Pop
# 38
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Dancehall
# 39
Blood by Rhye
Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Sophisti-Pop Smooth Soul Alternative R&B
# 40
Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House
# 41
Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Dancehall
# 42
Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock
# 43
Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 44
Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Art Pop Piano Rock
# 45
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia Glitch Pop
# 46
Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul
# 47
Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 48
EP • Nov 16 / 2018 Christmas Music Neo-Soul
# 49
Album • Nov 02 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 50
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul