Slate's Best Albums of 2018

Slate music critic Carl Wilson on his favorite music of the year.

Published: December 12, 2018 10:55 Source

# 1

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 2

Boygenius by boygenius

EP • Oct 26 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 4

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indigenous North American Music Art Pop Chamber Music

# 5

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Psychedelic Soul Art Pop Neo-Soul

# 7

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 8

Hell-On by Neko Case

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

# 9

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 10

In Another Life by Sandro Perri

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 11

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 12

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 13

Record by Tracey Thorn

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Synthpop Alternative Dance New Wave

# 14

Album • May 04 / 2018 Art Punk Punk Blues Noise Rock

# 15

Black Panther The Album by Various Artists

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Film Soundtrack West Coast Hip Hop