MOJO's Best Albums of 2018

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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Heaven and Earth Kamasi Washington Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz
#2 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys May-11-2018,
#3 Hope Downs Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop
#4 Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B
#5 Chris Christine and the Queens Sep-21-2018, Synthpop
#6 Joy as an Act of Resistance. IDLES Aug-31-2018, Post-Punk
#7 Deafman Glance Ryley Walker May-18-2018, Psychedelic Folk
#8 Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#9 And Nothing Hurt Spiritualized Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#10 All Nerve The Breeders Mar-02-2018, Alternative Rock
#11 Fenfo (Something to Say) Fatoumata Diawara May-25-2018, Wassoulou
#12 DAYTONA Pusha T May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop
#13 Bottle It In Kurt Vile Oct-12-2018, Folk Rock
#14 True Meanings Paul Weller Sep-14-2018, Pop Rock
#15 Record Tracey Thorn Mar-02-2018, Synthpop
#16 Elephants on Acid Cypress Hill Sep-28-2018, West Coast Hip Hop
#17 World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes May-04-2018, Art Rock
#18 Cocoa Sugar Young Fathers Mar-09-2018, Indietronica
#19 Double Negative Low Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop
#20 I'm All Ears Let's Eat Grandma Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#21 Wide Awake! Parquet Courts May-18-2018,
#22 Open Here Field Music Feb-02-2018, Progressive Pop
#23 Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves Mar-30-2018, Country Pop
#24 Smote Reverser Thee Oh Sees Aug-17-2018, Psychedelic Rock
#25 Wanderer Cat Power Oct-05-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#26 Look Now Elvis Costello & The Imposters Oct-12-2018, Pop Rock
#27 Egypt Station Paul McCartney Sep-07-2018, Pop Rock
#28 Rebound Eleanor Friedberger May-04-2018, Indie Pop
#29 Le Kov Gwenno Mar-02-2018, Indie Pop
#30 Con Todo El Mundo Khruangbin Jan-26-2018, Psychedelic Rock
#31 Hunter Anna Calvi Aug-31-2018, Art Rock
#32 Babelsberg Gruff Rhys Jun-08-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#33 The Prodigal Son Ry Cooder May-11-2018, Americana
#34 Insecure Men Insecure Men Feb-23-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#35 The Blue Hour The London Suede Sep-21-2018, Alternative Rock
#36 The Sciences Sleep Apr-20-2018, Stoner Metal
#37 We're Not Talking The Goon Sax Sep-14-2018, Indie Pop
#38 Freedom's Goblin Ty Segall Jan-26-2018, Garage Rock
#39 Sparkle Hard Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#40 There Is a Place Maisha Nov-09-2018, Spiritual Jazz
#41 13 Rivers Richard Thompson Sep-14-2018, Folk Rock
#42 Piano & a Microphone 1983 Prince Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#43 Chris Carter's Chemistry Lessons Volume One. 1 Coursework Chris Carter Mar-30-2018,
#44 There’s A Riot Going On Yo La Tengo Mar-16-2018, Ambient Pop
#45 The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs Wye Oak Apr-06-2018, Indie Pop
#46 Alive in the East? Binker and Moses Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz
#47 Temet Imarhan Feb-23-2018, Tishoumaren
#48 C’est La Vie Phosphorescent Oct-05-2018, Americana
#49 The Art Of Pretending To Swim Villagers Sep-21-2018, Indie Pop
#50 Microshift Hookworms Feb-02-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Heaven and Earth | Kamasi Washington | Album, Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz |
| #2 | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | Arctic Monkeys | Album, May-11-2018,  |
| #3 | Hope Downs | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Album, Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #4 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Album, Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #5 | Chris | Christine and the Queens | Album, Sep-21-2018, Synthpop |
| #6 | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | IDLES | Album, Aug-31-2018, Post-Punk |
| #7 | Deafman Glance | Ryley Walker | Album, May-18-2018, Psychedelic Folk |
| #8 | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Courtney Barnett | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #9 | And Nothing Hurt | Spiritualized | Album, Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #10 | All Nerve | The Breeders | Album, Mar-02-2018, Alternative Rock |
| #11 | Fenfo (Something to Say) | Fatoumata Diawara | Album, May-25-2018, Wassoulou |
| #12 | DAYTONA | Pusha T | Album, May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #13 | Bottle It In | Kurt Vile | Album, Oct-12-2018, Folk Rock |
| #14 | True Meanings | Paul Weller | Album, Sep-14-2018, Pop Rock |
| #15 | Record | Tracey Thorn | Album, Mar-02-2018, Synthpop |
| #16 | Elephants on Acid | Cypress Hill | Album, Sep-28-2018, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #17 | World’s Strongest Man | Gaz Coombes | Album, May-04-2018, Art Rock |
| #18 | Cocoa Sugar | Young Fathers | Album, Mar-09-2018, Indietronica |
| #19 | Double Negative | Low | Album, Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #20 | I'm All Ears | Let's Eat Grandma | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #21 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Album, May-18-2018,  |
| #22 | Open Here | Field Music | Album, Feb-02-2018, Progressive Pop |
| #23 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Mar-30-2018, Country Pop |
| #24 | Smote Reverser | Thee Oh Sees | Album, Aug-17-2018, Psychedelic Rock |
| #25 | Wanderer | Cat Power | Album, Oct-05-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #26 | Look Now | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Album, Oct-12-2018, Pop Rock |
| #27 | Egypt Station | Paul McCartney | Album, Sep-07-2018, Pop Rock |
| #28 | Rebound | Eleanor Friedberger | Album, May-04-2018, Indie Pop |
| #29 | Le Kov | Gwenno | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Pop |
| #30 | Con Todo El Mundo | Khruangbin | Album, Jan-26-2018, Psychedelic Rock |
| #31 | Hunter | Anna Calvi | Album, Aug-31-2018, Art Rock |
| #32 | Babelsberg | Gruff Rhys | Album, Jun-08-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #33 | The Prodigal Son | Ry Cooder | Album, May-11-2018, Americana |
| #34 | Insecure Men | Insecure Men | Album, Feb-23-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #35 | The Blue Hour | The London Suede | Album, Sep-21-2018, Alternative Rock |
| #36 | The Sciences | Sleep | Album, Apr-20-2018, Stoner Metal |
| #37 | We're Not Talking | The Goon Sax | Album, Sep-14-2018, Indie Pop |
| #38 | Freedom's Goblin | Ty Segall | Album, Jan-26-2018, Garage Rock |
| #39 | Sparkle Hard | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #40 | There Is a Place | Maisha | Album, Nov-09-2018, Spiritual Jazz |
| #41 | 13 Rivers | Richard Thompson | Album, Sep-14-2018, Folk Rock |
| #42 | Piano & a Microphone 1983 | Prince | Album, Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #43 | Chris Carter's Chemistry Lessons Volume One. 1 Coursework | Chris Carter | EP, Mar-30-2018,  |
| #44 | There’s A Riot Going On | Yo La Tengo | Album, Mar-16-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #45 | The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs | Wye Oak | Album, Apr-06-2018, Indie Pop |
| #46 | Alive in the East? | Binker and Moses | Album, Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz |
| #47 | Temet | Imarhan | Album, Feb-23-2018, Tishoumaren |
| #48 | C’est La Vie | Phosphorescent | Album, Oct-05-2018, Americana |
| #49 | The Art Of Pretending To Swim | Villagers | Album, Sep-21-2018, Indie Pop |
| #50 | Microshift | Hookworms | Album, Feb-02-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |