SPIN's 51 Best Albums of 2018

# 1

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by The 1975

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Art Pop

# 2

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 3

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Freedom by Amen Dunes

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Singer-Songwriter

# 5

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Alternative R&B Sophisti-Pop

# 6

Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 7

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 8

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 9

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 10

Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic

# 11

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 12

Caution by Mariah Carey

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 13

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 14

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 15

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 16

Nasty by Rico Nasty

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 17

Knock Knock by DJ Koze

Album • May 04 / 2018 House Deep House

# 18

Die Lit by Playboi Carti

Album • May 11 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop Cloud Rap

# 19

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 20

Isolation by Kali Uchis

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 21

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 22

MIH-TY by Jeremih + Ty Dolla $ign

Album • Oct 26 / 2018

# 23

Whack World by Tierra Whack

Album • May 30 / 2018 Pop Rap Alternative R&B East Coast Hip Hop

# 24

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Glitch Hop Industrial Hip Hop

# 25

Saturn by Nao

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Alternative R&B

# 26

Sparkle Hard by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 27

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 28

GANGIN by SOB X RBE

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Hyphy Gangsta Rap

# 29

Devotion by Tirzah

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 30

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 31

God Level by 03 Greedo

Album • Jun 27 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 32

Parts by Finom

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Indie Rock Art Rock

# 33

Ultraviolet by Kelly Moran

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Post-Minimalism

# 34

Voicenotes by Charlie Puth

Album • May 11 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop

# 35

Cold Devil by Drakeo the Ruler

Album • Dec 26 / 2017 Nervous Music Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop

# 36

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Art Pop

# 37

CARE FOR ME by Saba

Album • Apr 05 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 38

Universal Beings by Makaya McCraven

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Nu Jazz

# 39

Ventriloquism by Meshell Ndegeocello

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

# 40

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

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

# 41

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 42

MITH by Lonnie Holley

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Soul

# 43

soil by serpentwithfeet

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

# 44

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 45

Edgewood by Trouble + Mike WiLL Made-It

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 46

Record by Tracey Thorn

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Synthpop Alternative Dance New Wave

# 47

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 48

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 49

Ephorize by cupcakKe

Album • Jan 05 / 2018 Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 50

Still Trippin' by DJ Taye

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Footwork