Noisey's 100 Best Albums of 2018

Noisey's 100 Best Albums of 2018

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# 1

Whack World by Tierra Whack

Album • May 30 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B East Coast Hip Hop

# 2

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 4

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 5

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 6

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 7

Astroworld by Travis Scott

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop

# 8

Only Love by The Armed

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 9

Knock Knock by DJ Koze

Album • May 04 / 2018 House Deep House

# 10

A Whole Fucking Lifetime of This by American Pleasure Club + Teen Suicide

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Bedroom Pop Slacker Rock

# 11

DAYTONA by Pusha T

Album • May 25 / 2018 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 12

Magus by Thou

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Doom Metal Sludge Metal

# 13

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 14

Aviary by Julia Holter

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Progressive Pop Art Pop Experimental Ambient Pop

# 15

God Level by 03 Greedo

Album • Jun 27 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 16

WASTEISOLATION by Black Dresses

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Post-Industrial Electro-Industrial

# 17

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 18

Swimming by Mac Miller

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B

# 19

Master Volume by The Dirty Nil

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Alternative Rock Garage Punk

# 20

Harder Than Ever by Lil Baby

Album • May 18 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 21

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 22

By The Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Folk Rock

# 23

Die Lit by Playboi Carti

Album • May 11 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop Cloud Rap

# 24

Devotion by Tirzah

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

# 25

Let Pain Be Your Guide by Portrayal of Guilt

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Screamo

# 26

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 27

Cosmic Crypt by Mammoth Grinder

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Death Metal

# 28

PERIOD by City Girls

Album • May 11 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 29

SPACEMAN by Octavian

Album • Sep 10 / 2018 UK Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap

# 30

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 31

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 32

Dance on the Blacktop by Nothing

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Shoegaze

# 33

Friends. Lovers. Favorites. by The Hirs Collective

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Queercore Grindcore Powerviolence

# 34

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 35

Cast of Static & Smoke by Vile Creature

Album • Mar 07 / 2018 Doom Metal Sludge Metal

# 36

Bay Dream by Culture Abuse

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 37

Nasty by Rico Nasty

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 38

Nothing 2 Loose by DJ Healer

Album • Apr 01 / 2018 Ambient House Deep House Ambient

# 39

FM! by Vince Staples

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 40

Its Hard to Have Hope by Svalbard

Album • May 25 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Neocrust

# 41

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Industrial Hip Hop

# 42

Vessel by Frankie Cosmos

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Indie Pop Twee Pop Bedroom Pop

# 43

And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 44

BEASTMODE 2 by Future

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 45

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 46

Isolation by Kali Uchis

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 47

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 48

Freddie by Freddie Gibbs

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Trap Gangsta Rap

# 49

Our Raw Heart by YOB

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Doom Metal

# 50

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter