PopMatters' 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far

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# 1
Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Blue-Eyed Soul Southern Soul
# 2
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Appalachian Folk Music Avant-Folk
# 3
Album • May 11 / 2018
# 4
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Alternative R&B
# 5
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Third Stream
# 6
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop
# 7
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Ambient Techno
# 8
Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Folk
# 9
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Post-Industrial Experimental
# 10
Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 11
Album • May 25 / 2018 Wassoulou
# 12
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Post-Punk Post-Punk Revival
# 13
Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica Ambient Pop
# 14
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Album • May 18 / 2018 Ambient Techno Ambient
# 15
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Deep House
# 16
Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Hard Rock
# 17
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop
# 18
Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Alt-Pop
# 19
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Acid House
# 20
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Folk
# 21
Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 22
Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Nu Jazz Hip Hop
# 23
Album • Jan 02 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock
# 24
Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse
# 25
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 26
Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 27
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul
# 28
Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz
# 29
Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Doom Metal Epic Doom Metal
# 30
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop
# 31
Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Glam Rock Southern Rock Pop Rock
# 32
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Modern Classical Chamber Music
# 33
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Ambient Ambient House
# 34
Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter
# 35
Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 36
Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Electronic
# 37
Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Microhouse IDM
# 38
Album • Apr 05 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap
# 39
Album • Jun 01 / 2018 UK Bass Instrumental Hip Hop Trap [EDM] Wave
# 40
Album • May 11 / 2018 Contemporary Folk
# 41
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Alt-Country
# 42
Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop
# 43
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Afrobeat
# 44
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Post-Rock
# 45
Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Alternative Rock
# 46
Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk
# 47
Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop
# 48
Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Avant-Garde Jazz Vocal Jazz
# 49
Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Free Improvisation
# 50
Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul