Exclaim!'s Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2018

Today (December 4), we begin rolling out the best of the best albums of 2018, and we're beginning with our Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of the y...

Published: December 04, 2018 14:00 Source

# 1

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 2

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 3

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 4

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 5

Dose Your Dreams by Fucked Up

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Art Punk Post-Hardcore Rock Opera

# 6

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 7

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 8

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 9

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

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

# 10

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 11

Devotion by Tirzah

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

# 12

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 13

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 14

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 15

Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 16

Boygenius by boygenius

EP • Oct 26 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 17

Clean by Soccer Mommy

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 18

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 19

Puff: In The Air Without A Shape by Bernice

Album • May 25 / 2018 Art Pop Indietronica Progressive Pop

# 20

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock