Fopp's Best Albums of 2018

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Published: November 22, 2018 13:35 Source

# 1

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 2

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 3

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 4

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 5

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 6

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 7

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 8

Ruins by First Aid Kit

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Americana Indie Folk

# 9

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 10

All Melody by Nils Frahm

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Electronic

# 11

Bottle It In by Kurt Vile

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 12

All Nerve by The Breeders

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 13

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 14

World’s Strongest Man by Gaz Coombes

Album • May 04 / 2018 Art Rock Indie Rock

# 15

Family Of Aliens by Teleman

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Indietronica Indie Pop

# 16

Boarding House Reach by Jack White

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Blues Rock Experimental Rock Art Rock

# 17

American Utopia by David Byrne

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Art Pop

# 18

Love Is Magic by John Grant

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Minimal Synth Synthpop

# 19

Record by Tracey Thorn

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Synthpop Alternative Dance New Wave

# 20

Song for Alpha by Daniel Avery

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Ambient Techno

# 21

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 22

Hunter by Anna Calvi

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Art Rock

# 23

Wanderer by Cat Power

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 24

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 25

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 26

Aviary by Julia Holter

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Progressive Pop Art Pop Experimental Ambient Pop

# 27

I'll Be Your Girl by The Decemberists

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 28

Goat Girl by Goat Girl

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Punk Blues

# 29

Hell-On by Neko Case

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 30

Performance by White Denim

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock

# 31

Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) by Thom Yorke

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Film Score Ambient

# 32

The Prodigal Son by Ry Cooder

Album • May 11 / 2018 Americana

# 33

Marauder by Interpol

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Post-Punk Revival

# 34

And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 35

The Blue Hour by The London Suede

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 36

Resistance is Futile by Manic Street Preachers

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 37

There’s A Riot Going On by Yo La Tengo

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Ambient Pop Indie Rock

# 38

Good Thing by Leon Bridges

Album • May 04 / 2018 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul

# 39

The Deconstruction by Eels

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 40

Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 41

From When I Wake The Want Is by Kathryn Joseph

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Progressive Folk Art Pop

# 42

Whistle Down the Wind by Joan Baez

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 43

The Projector by Simone Felice

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Alt-Country Contemporary Folk

# 44

Transangelic Exodus by Ezra Furman

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 45

Black Velvet by Charles Bradley

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 Soul

# 46

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 47

Marble Skies by Django Django

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 48

Both Sides of the Sky by Jimi Hendrix

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Blues Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 49

Monsters Exist by Orbital

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Techno

# 50

SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN. by The Smashing Pumpkins

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Alternative Rock