Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2018 So Far

From Beach House to Cardi B to Father John Misty, here are the best albums of 2018 so far, as ranked by the Stereogum staff.

Published: June 06, 2018 16:00 Source

# 1

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 2

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 4

Constant Image by Flasher

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Post-Punk Post-Punk Revival

# 5

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 6

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 7

Lavender by Half Waif

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 8

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 9

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 10

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 11

Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic

# 12

Isolation by Kali Uchis

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

# 13

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 14

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 15

Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It by Rolo Tomassi

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Mathcore

# 16

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 17

Deafman Glance by Ryley Walker

Album • May 18 / 2018 Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 19

Kiss Yr Frenemies by illuminati hotties

Album • May 11 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 20

Forth Wanderers by Forth Wanderers

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 21

CARE FOR ME by Saba

Album • Apr 05 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 22

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 23

Knock Knock by DJ Koze

Album • May 04 / 2018 House Deep House

# 24

Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 25

WASTEISOLATION by Black Dresses

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Post-Industrial Electro-Industrial

# 26

To Drink From The Night Itself by At The Gates

Album • May 18 / 2018 Melodic Death Metal

# 27

Phantom Thread by Jonny Greenwood

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Modern Classical Film Score

# 28

Jord by MØL

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Blackgaze

# 29

Shrine by The Republic of Wolves

Album • Mar 27 / 2018 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 30

Skulls Example by Dear Nora

Album • May 25 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Folk

# 31

The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs by Wye Oak

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 32

Virtue by The Voidz

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 33

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

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

# 34

The Sciences by Sleep

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Stoner Metal Doom Metal

# 35

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 36

GANGIN by SOB X RBE

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

# 37

Time & Space by Turnstile

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Hardcore Punk New York Hardcore

# 38

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 39

Only Love by The Armed

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 40

A Whole Fucking Lifetime of This by American Pleasure Club + Teen Suicide

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Bedroom Pop Slacker Rock

# 41

Swell by Tiny Moving Parts

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Midwest Emo

# 42

No Fool Like an Old Fool by Caroline Says

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Dream Pop

# 43

Little Dark Age by MGMT

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Synthpop Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop

# 44

Saved by Now, Now

Album • May 18 / 2018 Synthpop Indie Pop Alt-Pop

# 45

Vessel by Frankie Cosmos

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Indie Pop Twee Pop Bedroom Pop

# 46

Jericho Sirens by Hot Snakes

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Garage Punk Post-Hardcore

# 47

Everything's Fine by Jean Grae + Quelle Chris

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 48

All at Once by Screaming Females

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Rock Garage Rock

# 49

Die Lit by Playboi Carti

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

# 50

POST- by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Jan 02 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock