Paste's 50 Best Albums of 2018

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# 1

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 3

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 5

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 6

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 7

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 8

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 9

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 10

Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 11

Freedom by Amen Dunes

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

# 12

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 13

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 14

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 15

I'll Be Your Girl by The Decemberists

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 16

Twentytwo in Blue by Sunflower Bean

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Power Pop

# 17

Little Dark Age by MGMT

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Synthpop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 18

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 19

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 20

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 21

May Your Kindness Remain by Courtney Marie Andrews

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Alt-Country

# 22

Big Red Machine by Big Red Machine

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Art Pop

# 23

Look Now by Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Sophisti-Pop

# 24

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 25

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 26

What a Time to Be Alive by Superchunk

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 27

Room Inside the World by Ought

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 28

How to Socialise and Make Friends by Camp Cope

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 29

Future Me Hates Me by The Beths

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 30

I Need to Start a Garden by Haley Heynderickx

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 31

Hell-On by Neko Case

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 32

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 33

She Remembers Everything by Rosanne Cash

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 34

Knock Knock by DJ Koze

Album • May 04 / 2018 House Deep House

# 35

See You Around by I'm With Her

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Folk

# 36

MITH by Lonnie Holley

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Soul

# 37

New Material by Preoccupations

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Post-Punk

# 38

The Hex by Richard Swift

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia

# 39

The Crossing by Alejandro Escovedo

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Alt-Country Americana

# 40

Ultraviolet by Kelly Moran

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Post-Minimalism

# 41

abysskiss by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 42

Things Have Changed by Bettye LaVette

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Rhythm & Blues Soul

# 43

LONER by Caroline Rose

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 44

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 45

Nature by Paul Kelly

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter

# 46

C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Americana

# 47

Constant Image by Flasher

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Post-Punk Post-Punk Revival

# 48

Girl Going Nowhere by Ashley McBryde

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 49

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 50

There’s A Riot Going On by Yo La Tengo

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Ambient Pop Indie Rock