PopMatters' 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far

Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet: LandfallLandfall is an album as much as it is a documentation of devastation and loss.

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# 1

Encore by Anderson East

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Blue-Eyed Soul Southern Soul

# 2

The Invisible Comes to Us by Anna & Elizabeth

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Appalachian Folk Music Avant-Folk

# 3

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 4

Last Night by Benin City

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Alternative R&B

# 5

After Bach by Brad Mehldau

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Third Stream

# 6

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 7

Song for Alpha by Daniel Avery

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Ambient Techno

# 8

Extralife by Darlingside

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Folk

# 9

Irisiri by Eartheater

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Post-Industrial Experimental

# 10

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 11

Fenfo (Something to Say) by Fatoumata Diawara

Album • May 25 / 2018 Wassoulou

# 12

Constant Image by Flasher

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

# 13

Kazuashita by Gang Gang Dance

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica Ambient Pop

# 14

Rausch by GAS

Album • May 18 / 2018 Ambient Techno Ambient

# 15

All That Must Be by George FitzGerald

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Deep House

# 16

Prequelle by Ghost

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 17

Grid of Points by Grouper

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 18

Lavender by Half Waif

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 19

The Red Notes by Hieroglyphic Being

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Acid House

# 20

See You Around by I'm With Her

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Folk

# 21

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 22

The Pool by Jazzanova

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Nu Jazz Hip Hop

# 23

POST- by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Jan 02 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 24

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 25

Lost & Found by Jorja Smith

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 26

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 27

Childqueen by Kadhja Bonet

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul

# 28

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 29

Desolation by Khemmis

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Doom Metal Epic Doom Metal

# 30

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

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 31

Full Circle Nightmare by Kyle Craft

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Glam Rock Southern Rock Pop Rock

# 32

Landfall by Laurie Anderson + Kronos Quartet

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Modern Classical Chamber Music

# 33

Nothing Is Still by Leon Vynehall

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Ambient Ambient House

# 34

Rifles and Rosary Beads by Mary Gauthier

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 35

Culture II by Migos

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 36

All Melody by Nils Frahm

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Electronic

# 37

Persona by Rival Consoles

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Microhouse IDM

# 38

CARE FOR ME by Saba

Album • Apr 05 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 39

Free for All by Sami Baha

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 UK Bass Instrumental Hip Hop Trap [EDM] Wave

# 40

Deeper Woods by Sarah Louise

Album • May 11 / 2018 Contemporary Folk

# 41

Years by Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Alt-Country

# 42

soil by serpentwithfeet

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 43

Black Times by Seun Kuti + Egypt 80'

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Afrobeat

# 44

New Bodies by Tangents

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Post-Rock

# 45

All Nerve by The Breeders

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 46

Geography by Tom Misch

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk

# 47

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 48

Voices Fall From the Sky by William Parker

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Avant-Garde Jazz Vocal Jazz

# 49

Flower of Sulphur by YOSHIMIO + Susie Ibarra + Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Free Improvisation

# 50

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul