FLOOD's Best Albums of 2018

Twenty-five albums to kill your loneliness. Or at least make it suffer a little.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Be the Cowboy Mitski Aug-17-2018, Art Pop
#2 7 Beach House May-11-2018, Dream Pop
#3 Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B
#4 In A Poem Unlimited U.S. Girls Feb-16-2018, Art Pop
#5 Wide Awake! Parquet Courts May-18-2018,
#6 Sparkle Hard Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#7 Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#8 Redemption Jay Rock Jun-15-2018, West Coast Hip Hop
#9 Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves Mar-30-2018, Country Pop
#10 DAYTONA Pusha T May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop
#11 Freedom Amen Dunes Mar-30-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#12 FM! Vince Staples Nov-02-2018, West Coast Hip Hop
#13 Boygenius boygenius Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock
#14 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Deafheaven Jul-13-2018, Blackgaze
#15 And Nothing Hurt Spiritualized Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#16 Double Negative Low Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop
#17 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys May-11-2018,
#18 No Dogs Allowed Sidney Gish Dec-31-2017, Twee Pop
#19 Forth Wanderers Forth Wanderers Apr-27-2018, Indie Rock
#20 Twin Fantasy Car Seat Headrest Feb-16-2018, Slacker Rock
#21 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Apr-06-2018, Trap
#22 There’s A Riot Going On Yo La Tengo Mar-16-2018, Ambient Pop
#23 Look Now Elvis Costello & The Imposters Oct-12-2018, Pop Rock
#24 Some Rap Songs Earl Sweatshirt Nov-30-2018, Abstract Hip Hop
#25 In the Lover's Corner The Love-Birds May-25-2018, Jangle Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Be the Cowboy | Mitski | Album, Aug-17-2018, Art Pop |
| #2 | 7 | Beach House | Album, May-11-2018, Dream Pop |
| #3 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Album, Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #4 | In A Poem Unlimited | U.S. Girls | Album, Feb-16-2018, Art Pop |
| #5 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Album, May-18-2018,  |
| #6 | Sparkle Hard | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #7 | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Courtney Barnett | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #8 | Redemption | Jay Rock | Album, Jun-15-2018, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #9 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Mar-30-2018, Country Pop |
| #10 | DAYTONA | Pusha T | Album, May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #11 | Freedom | Amen Dunes | Album, Mar-30-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #12 | FM! | Vince Staples | Album, Nov-02-2018, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #13 | Boygenius | boygenius | EP, Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock |
| #14 | Ordinary Corrupt Human Love | Deafheaven | Album, Jul-13-2018, Blackgaze |
| #15 | And Nothing Hurt | Spiritualized | Album, Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #16 | Double Negative | Low | Album, Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #17 | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | Arctic Monkeys | Album, May-11-2018,  |
| #18 | No Dogs Allowed | Sidney Gish | Album, Dec-31-2017, Twee Pop |
| #19 | Forth Wanderers | Forth Wanderers | Album, Apr-27-2018, Indie Rock |
| #20 | Twin Fantasy | Car Seat Headrest | Album, Feb-16-2018, Slacker Rock |
| #21 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Album, Apr-06-2018, Trap |
| #22 | There’s A Riot Going On | Yo La Tengo | Album, Mar-16-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #23 | Look Now | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Album, Oct-12-2018, Pop Rock |
| #24 | Some Rap Songs | Earl Sweatshirt | Album, Nov-30-2018, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #25 | In the Lover's Corner | The Love-Birds | Album, May-25-2018, Jangle Pop |