NZ Herald's Top 20 Albums of 2018

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Published: December 12, 2018 21:00 Source

# 1

Make Way for Love by Marlon Williams

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Future Me Hates Me by The Beths

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 3

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 4

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 5

Sex & Food by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 6

Black Panther The Album by Various Artists

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Film Soundtrack West Coast Hip Hop

# 7

SASSAFRASS! by Tami Neilson

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Americana

# 8

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 9

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 10

iridescence by BROCKHAMPTON

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 11

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 12

KIDS SEE GHOSTS by KIDS SEE GHOSTS + Kanye West + Kid Cudi

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 13

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 14

Shining Day by Delaney Davidson

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Alt-Country

# 15

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 16

I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions by Santigold

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Dancehall

# 17

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 18

A Lost Light by Pacific Heights

Album • Aug 31 / 2018

# 19

All Nerve by The Breeders

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 20

No Tourists by The Prodigy

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Big Beat