Newsweek's Best Albums of 2018

As with everything else, it was a strange year in music—but also one of unpredictable and satisfying pleasures

Published: December 06, 2018 20:54 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Moon 2 Ava Luna Sep-07-2018, Art Pop
#2 KIDS SEE GHOSTS KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Kanye West, Kid Cudi Jun-08-2018, Pop Rap
#3 MITH Lonnie Holley Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#4 Little Dark Age MGMT Feb-09-2018, Synthpop
#5 Piano & a Microphone 1983 Prince Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#6 DAYTONA Pusha T May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop
#7 Clean Soccer Mommy Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#8 OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES SOPHIE Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass
#9 In A Poem Unlimited U.S. Girls Feb-16-2018, Art Pop
#10 The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs Wye Oak Apr-06-2018, Indie Pop
#11 There’s A Riot Going On Yo La Tengo Mar-16-2018, Ambient Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Moon 2 | Ava Luna | Album, Sep-07-2018, Art Pop |
| #2 | KIDS SEE GHOSTS | KIDS SEE GHOSTSKanye WestKid Cudi | Album, Jun-08-2018, Pop Rap |
| #3 | MITH | Lonnie Holley | Album, Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #4 | Little Dark Age | MGMT | Album, Feb-09-2018, Synthpop |
| #5 | Piano & a Microphone 1983 | Prince | Album, Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | DAYTONA | Pusha T | Album, May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #7 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Album, Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES | SOPHIE | Album, Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass |
| #9 | In A Poem Unlimited | U.S. Girls | Album, Feb-16-2018, Art Pop |
| #10 | The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs | Wye Oak | Album, Apr-06-2018, Indie Pop |
| #11 | There’s A Riot Going On | Yo La Tengo | Album, Mar-16-2018, Ambient Pop |