Q Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2018



Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys May-11-2018,
#2 I'm All Ears Let's Eat Grandma Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#3 A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships The 1975 Nov-30-2018, Art Pop
#4 Honey Robyn Oct-26-2018, Dance-Pop
#5 Wide Awake! Parquet Courts May-18-2018,
#6 Chris Christine and the Queens Sep-21-2018, Synthpop
#7 Joy as an Act of Resistance. IDLES Aug-31-2018, Post-Punk
#8 Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B
#9 True Meanings Paul Weller Sep-14-2018, Pop Rock
#10 Hunter Anna Calvi Aug-31-2018, Art Rock
#11 Marauder Interpol Aug-24-2018, Post-Punk Revival
#12 Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves Mar-30-2018, Country Pop
#13 Babelsberg Gruff Rhys Jun-08-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#14 Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#15 Negro Swan Blood Orange Aug-24-2018, Alternative R&B
#16 Be the Cowboy Mitski Aug-17-2018, Art Pop
#17 Freedom's Goblin Ty Segall Jan-26-2018, Garage Rock
#18 Knock Knock DJ Koze May-04-2018, House
#19 DAYTONA Pusha T May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop
#20 And Nothing Hurt Spiritualized Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
#21 Double Negative Low Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop
#22 Hope Downs Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop
#23 Record Tracey Thorn Mar-02-2018, Synthpop
#24 Look Now Elvis Costello & The Imposters Oct-12-2018, Pop Rock
#25 God's Favorite Customer Father John Misty Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#26 In A Poem Unlimited U.S. Girls Feb-16-2018, Art Pop
#27 Song for Alpha Daniel Avery Apr-06-2018, Ambient Techno
#28 Hell-On Neko Case Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#29 World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes May-04-2018, Art Rock
#30 Bottle It In Kurt Vile Oct-12-2018, Folk Rock
#31 High As Hope Florence + the Machine Jun-29-2018, Art Pop
#32 Sparkle Hard Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks May-18-2018, Indie Rock
#33 Songs of Praise shame Jan-12-2018, Post-Punk
#34 Mozart's Mini-Mart Go-Kart Mozart Feb-23-2018,
#35 Aviary Julia Holter Oct-26-2018, Progressive Pop
#36 Rebound Eleanor Friedberger May-04-2018, Indie Pop
#37 7 Beach House May-11-2018, Dream Pop
#38 Yawn Bill Ryder-Jones Nov-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#39 Wanderer Cat Power Oct-05-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#40 KIDS SEE GHOSTS KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Kanye West, Kid Cudi Jun-08-2018, Pop Rap
#41 so sad so sexy Lykke Li Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B
#42 OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES SOPHIE Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass
#43 Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell Everything Is Recorded Feb-16-2018, Alternative R&B
#44 Pray for the Wicked Panic! At the Disco Jun-22-2018, Electropop
#45 Swimming Mac Miller Aug-03-2018, Pop Rap
#46 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Apr-06-2018, Trap
#47 Merrie Land The Good, the Bad & the Queen Nov-16-2018, Art Rock
#48 Heaven and Earth Kamasi Washington Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz
#49 Resistance is Futile Manic Street Preachers Apr-13-2018, Alternative Rock
#50 Silver Dollar Moment The Orielles Feb-16-2018, Indie Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | Arctic Monkeys | Album, May-11-2018,  |
| #2 | I'm All Ears | Let's Eat Grandma | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #3 | A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships | The 1975 | Album, Nov-30-2018, Art Pop |
| #4 | Honey | Robyn | Album, Oct-26-2018, Dance-Pop |
| #5 | Wide Awake! | Parquet Courts | Album, May-18-2018,  |
| #6 | Chris | Christine and the Queens | Album, Sep-21-2018, Synthpop |
| #7 | Joy as an Act of Resistance. | IDLES | Album, Aug-31-2018, Post-Punk |
| #8 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Album, Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #9 | True Meanings | Paul Weller | Album, Sep-14-2018, Pop Rock |
| #10 | Hunter | Anna Calvi | Album, Aug-31-2018, Art Rock |
| #11 | Marauder | Interpol | Album, Aug-24-2018, Post-Punk Revival |
| #12 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Mar-30-2018, Country Pop |
| #13 | Babelsberg | Gruff Rhys | Album, Jun-08-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #14 | Tell Me How You Really Feel | Courtney Barnett | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #15 | Negro Swan | Blood Orange | Album, Aug-24-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #16 | Be the Cowboy | Mitski | Album, Aug-17-2018, Art Pop |
| #17 | Freedom's Goblin | Ty Segall | Album, Jan-26-2018, Garage Rock |
| #18 | Knock Knock | DJ Koze | Album, May-04-2018, House |
| #19 | DAYTONA | Pusha T | Album, May-25-2018, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #20 | And Nothing Hurt | Spiritualized | Album, Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #21 | Double Negative | Low | Album, Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #22 | Hope Downs | Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever | Album, Jun-15-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #23 | Record | Tracey Thorn | Album, Mar-02-2018, Synthpop |
| #24 | Look Now | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Album, Oct-12-2018, Pop Rock |
| #25 | God's Favorite Customer | Father John Misty | Album, Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #26 | In A Poem Unlimited | U.S. Girls | Album, Feb-16-2018, Art Pop |
| #27 | Song for Alpha | Daniel Avery | Album, Apr-06-2018, Ambient Techno |
| #28 | Hell-On | Neko Case | Album, Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #29 | World’s Strongest Man | Gaz Coombes | Album, May-04-2018, Art Rock |
| #30 | Bottle It In | Kurt Vile | Album, Oct-12-2018, Folk Rock |
| #31 | High As Hope | Florence + the Machine | Album, Jun-29-2018, Art Pop |
| #32 | Sparkle Hard | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks | Album, May-18-2018, Indie Rock |
| #33 | Songs of Praise | shame | Album, Jan-12-2018, Post-Punk |
| #34 | Mozart's Mini-Mart | Go-Kart Mozart | Album, Feb-23-2018,  |
| #35 | Aviary | Julia Holter | Album, Oct-26-2018, Progressive Pop |
| #36 | Rebound | Eleanor Friedberger | Album, May-04-2018, Indie Pop |
| #37 | 7 | Beach House | Album, May-11-2018, Dream Pop |
| #38 | Yawn | Bill Ryder-Jones | Album, Nov-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #39 | Wanderer | Cat Power | Album, Oct-05-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #40 | KIDS SEE GHOSTS | KIDS SEE GHOSTSKanye WestKid Cudi | Album, Jun-08-2018, Pop Rap |
| #41 | so sad so sexy | Lykke Li | Album, Jun-08-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #42 | OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES | SOPHIE | Album, Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass |
| #43 | Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell | Everything Is Recorded | Album, Feb-16-2018, Alternative R&B |
| #44 | Pray for the Wicked | Panic! At the Disco | Album, Jun-22-2018, Electropop |
| #45 | Swimming | Mac Miller | Album, Aug-03-2018, Pop Rap |
| #46 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Album, Apr-06-2018, Trap |
| #47 | Merrie Land | The Good, the Bad & the Queen | Album, Nov-16-2018, Art Rock |
| #48 | Heaven and Earth | Kamasi Washington | Album, Jun-22-2018, Spiritual Jazz |
| #49 | Resistance is Futile | Manic Street Preachers | Album, Apr-13-2018, Alternative Rock |
| #50 | Silver Dollar Moment | The Orielles | Album, Feb-16-2018, Indie Pop |