FACT's 50 Best Albums of 2018



Published: December 13, 2018 17:32 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Power Lotic Jul-13-2018, Deconstructed Club
#2 Make Me Know You Sweet Pendant Dec-11-2020, Ambient
#3 El Mal Querer ROSALÍA Nov-02-2018, Flamenco Pop
#4 Debiasing Barker Jun-01-2018, Minimal Techno
#5 Nasty Rico Nasty Jun-15-2018, Trap
#6 DNA Feelings Aïsha Devi May-11-2018, Deconstructed Club
#7 Unfold Gábor Lázár May-04-2018, IDM
#8 Whack World Tierra Whack May-30-2018, Pop Rap
#9 Queen of Golden Dogs Vessel Nov-09-2018, Deconstructed Club
#10 Miro Tape Duppy Gun Apr-27-2018, Ragga
#11 Body Mods LSDXOXO Jan-11-2018, Hardcore Breaks
#12 soil serpentwithfeet Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B
#13 Devotion Tirzah Aug-10-2018, Alternative R&B
#14 Animus Debit Feb-23-2018, Post-Industrial
#15 Some Rap Songs Earl Sweatshirt Nov-30-2018, Abstract Hip Hop
#16 Another Life Amnesia Scanner Sep-07-2018, Deconstructed Club
#17 The Midnight Orchard Neville Watson Nov-30-2018, Techno
#18 Safe in the Hands of Love Yves Tumor Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#19 Turning Points Renick Bell Aug-03-2018, Algorave
#20 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Apr-06-2018, Trap
#21 Gave in Rest Sarah Davachi Sep-14-2018, Ambient
#22 Ephorize cupcakKe Jan-05-2018, Trap
#23 OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES SOPHIE Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass
#24 Inner Worlds TSVI Nov-09-2018, UK Bass
#25 Somewhere Decent to Live Space Afrika Mar-08-2018, Ambient Dub
#26 Colt Hilary Woods Jun-08-2018, Ambient Pop
#27 Human Lines Astrid Sonne Feb-16-2018, Progressive Electronic
#28 13th Month Kelman Duran Nov-27-2018, Latin Electronic
#29 SlimeBall 3 Young Nudy Nov-02-2018, Southern Hip Hop
#30 Beacon Tess Roby Apr-20-2018, Ambient Pop
#31 PERIOD City Girls May-11-2018, Southern Hip Hop
#32 Sanguine Bond Beta Librae May-14-2018, Tech House
#33 Silk Eternity Martyn Bootyspoon Feb-14-2018, UK Bass
#34 Isolation Kali Uchis Apr-06-2018, Neo-Soul
#35 Die Lit Playboi Carti May-11-2018, Trap
#36 Sonder Somatic Bruce Oct-26-2018, UK Bass
#37 Low Power H.Takahashi Aug-01-2018, Ambient
#38 In A Poem Unlimited U.S. Girls Feb-16-2018, Art Pop
#39 Raw Silk Uncut Wood Laurel Halo Jul-13-2018, Ambient
#40 K.T.S.E. Teyana Taylor Jun-23-2018, Contemporary R&B
#41 Adoration CECILIA May-04-2018, Sound Collage
#42 Compro Skee Mask May-15-2018, Breakbeat
#43 Working Class Woman Marie Davidson Oct-05-2018, Minimal Synth
#44 Stadium Eli Keszler Oct-12-2018, Electroacoustic
#45 Punken Maxo Kream Jan-12-2018, Trap
#46 Organ Dirges 2016 - 2017 Kali Malone Mar-15-2018, Drone
#47 Patina Echoes Various Artists May-25-2018, UK Bass
#48 Always Yours Chevel Mar-23-2018, Weightless
#49 Double Negative Low Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop
#50 Caution Mariah Carey Nov-16-2018, Contemporary R&B
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Power | Lotic | Album, Jul-13-2018, Deconstructed Club |
| #2 | Make Me Know You Sweet | Pendant | Album, Dec-11-2020, Ambient |
| #3 | El Mal Querer | ROSALÍA | Album, Nov-02-2018, Flamenco Pop |
| #4 | Debiasing | Barker | EP, Jun-01-2018, Minimal Techno |
| #5 | Nasty | Rico Nasty | Album, Jun-15-2018, Trap |
| #6 | DNA Feelings | Aïsha Devi | Album, May-11-2018, Deconstructed Club |
| #7 | Unfold | Gábor Lázár | Album, May-04-2018, IDM |
| #8 | Whack World | Tierra Whack | Album, May-30-2018, Pop Rap |
| #9 | Queen of Golden Dogs | Vessel | Album, Nov-09-2018, Deconstructed Club |
| #10 | Miro Tape | Duppy Gun | Album, Apr-27-2018, Ragga |
| #11 | Body Mods | LSDXOXO | Album, Jan-11-2018, Hardcore Breaks |
| #12 | soil | serpentwithfeet | Album, Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #13 | Devotion | Tirzah | Album, Aug-10-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #14 | Animus | Debit | Album, Feb-23-2018, Post-Industrial |
| #15 | Some Rap Songs | Earl Sweatshirt | Album, Nov-30-2018, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #16 | Another Life | Amnesia Scanner | Album, Sep-07-2018, Deconstructed Club |
| #17 | The Midnight Orchard | Neville Watson | Album, Nov-30-2018, Techno |
| #18 | Safe in the Hands of Love | Yves Tumor | Album, Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #19 | Turning Points | Renick Bell | Album, Aug-03-2018, Algorave |
| #20 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Album, Apr-06-2018, Trap |
| #21 | Gave in Rest | Sarah Davachi | Album, Sep-14-2018, Ambient |
| #22 | Ephorize | cupcakKe | Album, Jan-05-2018, Trap |
| #23 | OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES | SOPHIE | Album, Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass |
| #24 | Inner Worlds | TSVI | Album, Nov-09-2018, UK Bass |
| #25 | Somewhere Decent to Live | Space Afrika | Album, Mar-08-2018, Ambient Dub |
| #26 | Colt | Hilary Woods | Album, Jun-08-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #27 | Human Lines | Astrid Sonne | Album, Feb-16-2018, Progressive Electronic |
| #28 | 13th Month | Kelman Duran | Album, Nov-27-2018, Latin Electronic |
| #29 | SlimeBall 3 | Young Nudy | Album, Nov-02-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #30 | Beacon | Tess Roby | Album, Apr-20-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #31 | PERIOD | City Girls | Album, May-11-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #32 | Sanguine Bond | Beta Librae | Album, May-14-2018, Tech House |
| #33 | Silk Eternity | Martyn Bootyspoon | EP, Feb-14-2018, UK Bass |
| #34 | Isolation | Kali Uchis | Album, Apr-06-2018, Neo-Soul |
| #35 | Die Lit | Playboi Carti | Album, May-11-2018, Trap |
| #36 | Sonder Somatic | Bruce | Album, Oct-26-2018, UK Bass |
| #37 | Low Power | H.Takahashi | Album, Aug-01-2018, Ambient |
| #38 | In A Poem Unlimited | U.S. Girls | Album, Feb-16-2018, Art Pop |
| #39 | Raw Silk Uncut Wood | Laurel Halo | Album, Jul-13-2018, Ambient |
| #40 | K.T.S.E. | Teyana Taylor | Album, Jun-23-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #41 | Adoration | CECILIA | Album, May-04-2018, Sound Collage |
| #42 | Compro | Skee Mask | Album, May-15-2018, Breakbeat |
| #43 | Working Class Woman | Marie Davidson | Album, Oct-05-2018, Minimal Synth |
| #44 | Stadium | Eli Keszler | Album, Oct-12-2018, Electroacoustic |
| #45 | Punken | Maxo Kream | Album, Jan-12-2018, Trap |
| #46 | Organ Dirges 2016 - 2017 | Kali Malone | EP, Mar-15-2018, Drone |
| #47 | Patina Echoes | Various Artists | Album, May-25-2018, UK Bass |
| #48 | Always Yours | Chevel | Album, Mar-23-2018, Weightless |
| #49 | Double Negative | Low | Album, Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #50 | Caution | Mariah Carey | Album, Nov-16-2018, Contemporary R&B |