Far Out Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2018

The 50 best albums of 2018 | Far Out Magazine

Published: December 20, 2018 10:52 Source

# 1

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Post-Punk Post-Hardcore

# 2

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 3

Freedom by Amen Dunes

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 5

Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 6

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 7

And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 8

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 9

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 10

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 11

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 12

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 13

Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 14

DAYTONA by Pusha T

Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 15

Astroworld by Travis Scott

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 16

Acts of Fear and Love by SOFT PLAY

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Garage Punk

# 17

How Many Times Have You Driven By by Hana Vu

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Dream Pop Indie Pop Bedroom Pop

# 18

Boygenius by boygenius

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

# 19

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 20

Wanderer by Cat Power

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 21

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 22

Twentytwo in Blue by Sunflower Bean

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Power Pop

# 23

Yawn by Bill Ryder-Jones

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 24

Freedom's Goblin by Ty Segall

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Garage Rock Glam Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 25

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 26

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 27

>>> by Beak>

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Rock Electronic Post-Rock

# 28

Bottle It In by Kurt Vile

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 29

Bloom by Troye Sivan

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 30

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 31

TA13OO by Denzel Curry

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 32

so sad so sexy by Lykke Li

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Alt-Pop

# 33

American Utopia by David Byrne

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Art Pop

# 34

Virtue by The Voidz

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 35

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 36

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 37

Little Dark Age by MGMT

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Synthpop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 38

Transangelic Exodus by Ezra Furman

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 39

Whale City by Warmduscher

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Garage Punk Art Punk

# 40

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 41

Oxnard by Anderson .Paak

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul Funk

# 42

Michael Nau & The Mighty Thread by Michael Nau

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Folk Rock Indie Folk

# 43

Foxwarren by Foxwarren

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Folk

# 44

I Don't Run by Hinds

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 45

Big Red Machine by Big Red Machine

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Art Pop

# 46

QUARTERTHING by Joey Purp

Album • Sep 13 / 2018 Pop Rap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 47

Room Inside the World by Ought

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 48

Dear Annie by Rejjie Snow

Album • May 03 / 2018 Jazz Rap

# 49

Superorganism by Superorganism

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia Glitch Pop

# 50

Joy by Ty Segall + White Fence

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock