The Bitter Southerner's 30 Best Southern Albums of 2018

The Bitter Southerner’s sixth annual list of the best albums of the year.

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# 1

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 2

Boygenius by boygenius

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

# 3

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 5

MITH by Lonnie Holley

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Soul

# 6

Ain't it Like the Cosmos by Andrew Bryant

Album • Mar 09 / 2018

# 7

Interstate Gospel by Pistol Annies + Miranda Lambert

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 8

Tenkiller by Marie/Lepanto

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Americana

# 9

DiCaprio 2 by JID

Album • Nov 26 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop

# 10

What a Time to Be Alive by Superchunk

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 11

The Tree of Forgiveness by John Prine

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 12

She Remembers Everything by Rosanne Cash

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Tuscumbia by Belle Adair

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Jangle Pop Power Pop

# 14

TA13OO by Denzel Curry

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 15

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 16

Wide Awake by Rayland Baxter

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 17

How to: Friend, Love, Freefall by Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 18

Edgewood by Trouble + Mike WiLL Made-It

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 19

My American Dream by Will Hoge

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Americana Heartland Rock

# 20

Girl Going Nowhere by Ashley McBryde

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 21

Vanished Gardens by Charles Lloyd + Lucinda Williams

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Jazz Fusion Americana

# 22

Cactus by Elise Davis

Album • Sep 07 / 2018

# 23

Maybe Later by Neighbor Lady

EP • Jan 01 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 24

Things Change by American Aquarium

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Americana Alt-Country Country Rock

# 25

Benton County Relic by Cedric Burnside

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Hill Country Blues Electric Blues

# 26

Crushed Coins by Caleb Caudle

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Americana Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 27

Cotton Fields and Blood for Days by Abe Partridge

Album • Jan 26 / 2018

# 28

KOD by J. Cole

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Conscious Hip Hop

# 29

DIME TRAP by T.I.

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 30

Rifles and Rosary Beads by Mary Gauthier

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter