NME's Best Albums of 2018 (So Far)

We've listen to pretty much every album this year and decided that the following are the best albums of 2018, so far.

Published: May 22, 2018 16:26 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Songs of Praise shame Jan-12-2018, Post-Punk
#2 Dream Wife Dream Wife Jan-26-2018, Riot Grrrl
#3 Microshift Hookworms Feb-02-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#4 Little Dark Age MGMT Feb-09-2018, Synthpop
#5 In A Poem Unlimited U.S. Girls Feb-16-2018, Art Pop
#6 Black Panther The Album Various Artists Feb-09-2018, Film Soundtrack
#7 Dear Annie Rejjie Snow May-03-2018, Jazz Rap
#8 Transangelic Exodus Ezra Furman Feb-09-2018, Indie Rock
#9 Time & Space Turnstile Feb-23-2018, Hardcore Punk
#10 Clean Soccer Mommy Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#11 Boarding House Reach Jack White Mar-23-2018, Blues Rock
#12 Twentytwo in Blue Sunflower Bean Mar-23-2018, Indie Pop
#13 Isolation Kali Uchis Apr-06-2018, Neo-Soul
#14 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Apr-06-2018, Trap
#15 Geography Tom Misch Apr-06-2018, Neo-Soul
#16 Confident Music for Confident People Confidence Man Apr-13-2018, Nu-Disco
#17 KOD J. Cole Apr-20-2018, Conscious Hip Hop
#18 Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B
#19 Beyondless Iceage May-04-2018, Post-Punk
#20 Sway Tove Styrke May-04-2018, Electropop
#21 Singularity Jon Hopkins May-04-2018, Tech House
#22 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys May-11-2018,
#23 Wide Awake! Parquet Courts May-18-2018,
#24 Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett May-18-2018, Indie Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Songs of Praise | shame | Album, Jan-12-2018, Post-Punk |
| #2 | Dream Wife | Dream Wife | Album, Jan-26-2018, Riot Grrrl |
| #3 | Microshift | Hookworms | Album, Feb-02-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #4 | Little Dark Age | MGMT | Album, Feb-09-2018, Synthpop |
| #5 | In A Poem Unlimited | U.S. Girls | Album, Feb-16-2018, Art Pop |
| #6 | Black Panther The Album | Various Artists | Album, Feb-09-2018, Film Soundtrack |
| #7 | Dear Annie | Rejjie Snow | Album, May-03-2018, Jazz Rap |
| #8 | Transangelic Exodus | Ezra Furman | Album, Feb-09-2018, Indie Rock |
| #9 | Time & Space | Turnstile | Album, Feb-23-2018, Hardcore Punk |
| #10 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Album, Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Boarding House Reach | Jack White | Album, Mar-23-2018, Blues Rock |
| #12 | Twentytwo in Blue | Sunflower Bean | Album, Mar-23-2018, Indie Pop |
| #13 | Isolation | Kali Uchis | Album, Apr-06-2018, Neo-Soul |
| #14 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Album, Apr-06-2018, Trap |
| #15 | Geography | Tom Misch | Album, Apr-06-2018, Neo-Soul |
| #16 | Confident Music for Confident People | Confidence Man | Album, Apr-13-2018, Nu-Disco |
| #17 | KOD | J. Cole | Album, Apr-20-2018, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #18 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Album, Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #19 | Beyondless | Iceage | Album, May-04-2018, Post-Punk |
| #20 | Sway | Tove Styrke | Album, May-04-2018, Electropop |
| #21 | Singularity | Jon Hopkins | Album, May-04-2018, Tech House |
| #22 | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | Arctic Monkeys | Album, May-11-2018,  |
| #23 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Album, May-18-2018,  |
| #24 | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Courtney Barnett | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |