No Ripcord's 50 Best Albums of 2018

# 1

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 2

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 3

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 4

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 5

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 6

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 7

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 8

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 9

Hunter by Anna Calvi

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Art Rock

# 10

Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 11

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 12

You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Industrial Rock

# 13

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 14

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 15

Negative Capability by Marianne Faithfull

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 16

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

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

# 17

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 18

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 19

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 20

Magus by Thou

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Doom Metal Sludge Metal

# 21

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 22

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 23

Clean by Soccer Mommy

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 24

Freedom by Amen Dunes

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop

# 26

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 27

POST- by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Jan 02 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 28

Le Kov by Gwenno

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Pop Art Pop Indietronica

# 29

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 30

How to Socialise and Make Friends by Camp Cope

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 31

Transangelic Exodus by Ezra Furman

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 32

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 33

World’s Strongest Man by Gaz Coombes

Album • May 04 / 2018 Art Rock Indie Rock

# 34

Obey by Exploded View

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Post-Punk Minimal Wave Darkwave

# 35

The Future and the Past by Natalie Prass

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Pop Soul Sophisti-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 36

Devotion by Tirzah

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

# 37

Goat Girl by Goat Girl

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Punk Blues

# 38

soil by serpentwithfeet

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 39

Konoyo by Tim Hecker

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Ambient Electroacoustic Drone

# 40

Sparkle Hard by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 41

Palo Santo by Years & Years

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Electropop Dance-Pop

# 42

Bad Witch by Nine Inch Nails

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Experimental Rock Industrial Rock

# 43

Twerp Verse by Speedy Ortiz

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 44

We're Not Talking by The Goon Sax

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 45

Snares Like a Haircut by No Age

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Noise Pop Indie Rock

# 46

I can feel you creep into my private life by Tune-Yards

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Art Pop Alternative Dance

# 47

abysskiss by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 48

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 49

Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic

# 50

Broken Politics by Neneh Cherry

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Art Pop