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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Girl Going Nowhere Ashley McBryde Mar-30-2018, Contemporary Country
#2 Boygenius boygenius Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock
#3 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Apr-06-2018, Trap
#4 Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa Jeremy Dutcher Apr-06-2018, Indigenous North American Music
#5 Historian Lucy Dacus Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock
#6 Ventriloquism Meshell Ndegeocello Mar-16-2018, Psychedelic Soul
#7 Now Only Mount Eerie Mar-16-2018, Indie Folk
#8 Hell-On Neko Case Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter
#9 Honey Robyn Oct-26-2018, Dance-Pop
#10 In Another Life Sandro Perri Sep-14-2018, Art Pop
#11 Your Queen Is A Reptile Sons Of Kemet Mar-30-2018, Afro-Jazz
#12 What a Time to Be Alive Superchunk Feb-16-2018, Indie Rock
#13 Record Tracey Thorn Mar-02-2018, Synthpop
#14 A Laughing Death in Meatspace Tropical Fuck Storm May-04-2018, Art Punk
#15 Black Panther The Album Various Artists Feb-09-2018, Film Soundtrack
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Girl Going Nowhere | Ashley McBryde | Album, Mar-30-2018, Contemporary Country |
| #2 | Boygenius | boygenius | EP, Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | Album, Apr-06-2018, Trap |
| #4 | Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa | Jeremy Dutcher | Album, Apr-06-2018, Indigenous North American Music |
| #5 | Historian | Lucy Dacus | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock |
| #6 | Ventriloquism | Meshell Ndegeocello | Album, Mar-16-2018, Psychedelic Soul |
| #7 | Now Only | Mount Eerie | Album, Mar-16-2018, Indie Folk |
| #8 | Hell-On | Neko Case | Album, Jun-01-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #9 | Honey | Robyn | Album, Oct-26-2018, Dance-Pop |
| #10 | In Another Life | Sandro Perri | Album, Sep-14-2018, Art Pop |
| #11 | Your Queen Is A Reptile | Sons Of Kemet | Album, Mar-30-2018, Afro-Jazz |
| #12 | What a Time to Be Alive | Superchunk | Album, Feb-16-2018, Indie Rock |
| #13 | Record | Tracey Thorn | Album, Mar-02-2018, Synthpop |
| #14 | A Laughing Death in Meatspace | Tropical Fuck Storm | Album, May-04-2018, Art Punk |
| #15 | Black Panther The Album | Various Artists | Album, Feb-09-2018, Film Soundtrack |