No Ripcord's 50 Best Albums of 2018



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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 In A Poem Unlimited U.S. Girls Feb-16-2018, Art Pop
#2 Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B
#3 Hope Downs Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop
#4 Be the Cowboy Mitski Aug-17-2018, Art Pop
#5 OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES SOPHIE Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass
#6 Beyondless Iceage May-04-2018, Post-Punk
#7 Wide Awake! Parquet Courts May-18-2018,
#8 I'm All Ears Let's Eat Grandma Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#9 Hunter Anna Calvi Aug-31-2018, Art Rock
#10 Twin Fantasy Car Seat Headrest Feb-16-2018, Slacker Rock
#11 Double Negative Low Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop
#12 You Won't Get What You Want Daughters Oct-26-2018, Noise Rock
#13 7 Beach House May-11-2018, Dream Pop
#14 Heaven and Earth Kamasi Washington Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz
#15 Negative Capability Marianne Faithfull Nov-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#16 Safe in the Hands of Love Yves Tumor Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#17 Cocoa Sugar Young Fathers Mar-09-2018, Indietronica
#18 Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#19 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys May-11-2018,
#20 Magus Thou Aug-31-2018, Doom Metal
#21 Hive Mind The Internet Jul-20-2018, Neo-Soul
#22 Now Only Mount Eerie Mar-16-2018, Indie Folk
#23 Clean Soccer Mommy Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#24 Freedom Amen Dunes Mar-30-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#25 Negro Swan Blood Orange Aug-24-2018, Alternative R&B
#26 Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Deafheaven Jul-13-2018, Blackgaze
#27 POST- Jeff Rosenstock Jan-02-2018, Power Pop
#28 Le Kov Gwenno Mar-02-2018, Indie Pop
#29 Room 25 noname Sep-14-2018, Jazz Rap
#30 How to Socialise and Make Friends Camp Cope Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock
#31 Transangelic Exodus Ezra Furman Feb-09-2018, Indie Rock
#32 Honey Robyn Oct-26-2018, Dance-Pop
#33 World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes May-04-2018, Art Rock
#34 Obey Exploded View Sep-28-2018, Post-Punk
#35 The Future and the Past Natalie Prass Jun-01-2018, Pop Soul
#36 Devotion Tirzah Aug-10-2018, Alternative R&B
#37 Goat Girl Goat Girl Apr-06-2018, Punk Blues
#38 soil serpentwithfeet Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B
#39 Konoyo Tim Hecker Sep-28-2018, Ambient
#40 Sparkle Hard Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#41 Palo Santo Years & Years Jul-06-2018, Electropop
#42 Bad Witch Nine Inch Nails Jun-22-2018, Experimental Rock
#43 Twerp Verse Speedy Ortiz Apr-27-2018, Indie Rock
#44 We're Not Talking The Goon Sax Sep-14-2018, Indie Pop
#45 Snares Like a Haircut No Age Jan-26-2018, Noise Pop
#46 I can feel you creep into my private life Tune-Yards Jan-19-2018, Art Pop
#47 abysskiss Adrianne Lenker Oct-05-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#48 Joy as an Act of Resistance. IDLES Aug-31-2018, Post-Punk
#49 Age Of Oneohtrix Point Never Jun-01-2018, Progressive Electronic
#50 Broken Politics Neneh Cherry Oct-19-2018, Art Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | In A Poem Unlimited | U.S. Girls | Album, Feb-16-2018, Art Pop |
| #2 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Album, Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #3 | Hope Downs | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Album, Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #4 | Be the Cowboy | Mitski | Album, Aug-17-2018, Art Pop |
| #5 | OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES | SOPHIE | Album, Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass |
| #6 | Beyondless | Iceage | Album, May-04-2018, Post-Punk |
| #7 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Album, May-18-2018,  |
| #8 | I'm All Ears | Let's Eat Grandma | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #9 | Hunter | Anna Calvi | Album, Aug-31-2018, Art Rock |
| #10 | Twin Fantasy | Car Seat Headrest | Album, Feb-16-2018, Slacker Rock |
| #11 | Double Negative | Low | Album, Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #12 | You Won't Get What You Want | Daughters | Album, Oct-26-2018, Noise Rock |
| #13 | 7 | Beach House | Album, May-11-2018, Dream Pop |
| #14 | Heaven and Earth | Kamasi Washington | Album, Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz |
| #15 | Negative Capability | Marianne Faithfull | Album, Nov-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Safe in the Hands of Love | Yves Tumor | Album, Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #17 | Cocoa Sugar | Young Fathers | Album, Mar-09-2018, Indietronica |
| #18 | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Courtney Barnett | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #19 | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | Arctic Monkeys | Album, May-11-2018,  |
| #20 | Magus | Thou | Album, Aug-31-2018, Doom Metal |
| #21 | Hive Mind | The Internet | Album, Jul-20-2018, Neo-Soul |
| #22 | Now Only | Mount Eerie | Album, Mar-16-2018, Indie Folk |
| #23 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Album, Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #24 | Freedom | Amen Dunes | Album, Mar-30-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #25 | Negro Swan | Blood Orange | Album, Aug-24-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #26 | Ordinary Corrupt Human Love | Deafheaven | Album, Jul-13-2018, Blackgaze |
| #27 | POST- | Jeff Rosenstock | Album, Jan-02-2018, Power Pop |
| #28 | Le Kov | Gwenno | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Pop |
| #29 | Room 25 | noname | Album, Sep-14-2018, Jazz Rap |
| #30 | How to Socialise and Make Friends | Camp Cope | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock |
| #31 | Transangelic Exodus | Ezra Furman | Album, Feb-09-2018, Indie Rock |
| #32 | Honey | Robyn | Album, Oct-26-2018, Dance-Pop |
| #33 | World’s Strongest Man | Gaz Coombes | Album, May-04-2018, Art Rock |
| #34 | Obey | Exploded View | Album, Sep-28-2018, Post-Punk |
| #35 | The Future and the Past | Natalie Prass | Album, Jun-01-2018, Pop Soul |
| #36 | Devotion | Tirzah | Album, Aug-10-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #37 | Goat Girl | Goat Girl | Album, Apr-06-2018, Punk Blues |
| #38 | soil | serpentwithfeet | Album, Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #39 | Konoyo | Tim Hecker | Album, Sep-28-2018, Ambient |
| #40 | Sparkle Hard | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #41 | Palo Santo | Years & Years | Album, Jul-06-2018, Electropop |
| #42 | Bad Witch | Nine Inch Nails | Album, Jun-22-2018, Experimental Rock |
| #43 | Twerp Verse | Speedy Ortiz | Album, Apr-27-2018, Indie Rock |
| #44 | We're Not Talking | The Goon Sax | Album, Sep-14-2018, Indie Pop |
| #45 | Snares Like a Haircut | No Age | Album, Jan-26-2018, Noise Pop |
| #46 | I can feel you creep into my private life | Tune-Yards | Album, Jan-19-2018, Art Pop |
| #47 | abysskiss | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-05-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #48 | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | IDLES | Album, Aug-31-2018, Post-Punk |
| #49 | Age Of | Oneohtrix Point Never | Album, Jun-01-2018, Progressive Electronic |
| #50 | Broken Politics | Neneh Cherry | Album, Oct-19-2018, Art Pop |