Loud and Quiet's 40 Best Albums of 2018

Voted for by Loud And Quiet's contributors, these are the 40 best albums released in 2018 – topped by 'Ecstatic Arrow' by Manchester duo Virginia Wing.

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# 1

Ecstatic Arrow by Virginia Wing

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Art Pop

# 2

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 3

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 4

Devotion by Tirzah

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

# 5

LUMP by LUMP + Laura Marling + Mike Lindsay

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Folktronica Indie Folk Art Pop

# 6

Pure Beauty by Shirt

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 East Coast Hip Hop

# 7

Now! (in a minute) by Audiobooks

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Synthpop Art Pop

# 8

Physical by Gabe Gurnsey

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Minimal Synth

# 9

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 10

Shelley's on Zenn-La by Oliver Coates

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Electronic Progressive Electronic

# 11

Sink Ya Teeth by Sink Ya Teeth

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Minimal Wave Dance-Punk

# 12

Somewhere Decent to Live by Space Afrika

Album • Mar 08 / 2018 Ambient Dub

# 13

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 14

Street Worms by Viagra Boys

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 15

Le Kov by Gwenno

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Pop Art Pop Indietronica

# 16

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 17

Dead Magic by Anna von Hausswolff

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Neoclassical Darkwave

# 18

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

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

# 19

Crop Circle by Nines

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 UK Hip Hop

# 20

>>> by Beak>

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

# 21

Pastoral by Gazelle Twin

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Post-Industrial Art Pop

# 22

No Shame by Lily Allen

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

# 23

Riddles by Ed Schrader s Music Beat

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 24

Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament by Ghetts

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Grime Conscious Hip Hop UK Hip Hop

# 25

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 26

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 27

I Need to Start a Garden by Haley Heynderickx

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 28

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 29

New Hymn to Freedom by Szun Waves

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Nu Jazz Ambient

# 30

LONER by Caroline Rose

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 31

All Melody by Nils Frahm

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Electronic

# 32

MITH by Lonnie Holley

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Soul

# 33

Song for Alpha by Daniel Avery

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Ambient Techno

# 34

We're Not Talking by The Goon Sax

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 35

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 36

Working Class Woman by Marie Davidson

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Minimal Synth Tech House Techno

# 37

Virtue by The Voidz

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 38

Floating Features by La Luz

Album • May 11 / 2018 Surf Rock Indie Rock

# 39

Phantastic Ferniture by Phantastic Ferniture

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 40

Lavender by Half Waif

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Alt-Pop