Rough Trade's Albums of the Year 2018

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# 1

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 2

Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell by Everything Is Recorded

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 3

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 4

Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 5

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 6

Minus by Daniel Blumberg

Album • May 04 / 2018 Art Rock Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 7

Goat Girl by Goat Girl

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Punk Blues

# 8

Innerland by Mark Peters

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Progressive Electronic Ambient

# 9

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 10

Smote Reverser by Thee Oh Sees

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 11

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 12

Endless Scroll by BODEGA

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Art Punk Indie Rock

# 13

All Melody by Nils Frahm

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Electronic

# 15

Nothing Is Still by Leon Vynehall

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Ambient Ambient House

# 16

Silver Dollar Moment by The Orielles

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Pop Neo-Psychedelia Dream Pop

# 17

Dance Music by Mastersystem

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 18

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Industrial

# 19

LUMP by LUMP + Laura Marling + Mike Lindsay

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Folktronica Indie Folk Art Pop

# 20

Superorganism by Superorganism

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia Glitch Pop

# 21

Marauder by Interpol

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Post-Punk Revival

# 22

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 23

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 24

Fenfo (Something to Say) by Fatoumata Diawara

Album • May 25 / 2018 Wassoulou

# 25

LONER by Caroline Rose

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 26

Love Is Magic by John Grant

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Minimal Synth Synthpop

# 27

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 28

Song for Alpha by Daniel Avery

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Ambient Techno

# 29

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 30

The Straight Hits! by Josh T. Pearson

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Indie Rock Alt-Country Americana

# 31

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 32

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 33

Physical by Gabe Gurnsey

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Minimal Synth

# 34

Le Kov by Gwenno

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Pop Art Pop Indietronica

# 35

abysskiss by Adrianne Lenker

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 36

Confident Music for Confident People by Confidence Man

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Nu-Disco Alternative Dance

# 37

Hunter by Anna Calvi

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Art Rock

# 38

Dream Wife by Dream Wife

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Riot Grrrl Alternative Rock

# 39

Jassbusters by Connan Mockasin

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Spoken Word Experimental

# 40

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 41

Resistance is Futile by Manic Street Preachers

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 42

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 43

No Shame by Lily Allen

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop Electropop

# 44

C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Americana

# 45

re:member by Ólafur Arnalds

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Ambient Modern Classical

# 46

And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 47

Mattiel by Mattiel

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Indie Rock

# 48

Marble Skies by Django Django

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 49

Apricot Princess by Rex Orange County

Album • Apr 26 / 2017 Bedroom Pop Contemporary R&B Alt-Pop

# 50

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 51

Aaarth by The Joy Formidable

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Alternative Rock