The Bitter Southerner's 30 Best Southern Albums of 2018
The Bitter Southerner’s sixth annual list of the best albums of the year.
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #2 | Boygenius | boygenius | Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Historian | Lucy Dacus | Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock |
| #4 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | Mar-30-2018, Country Pop |
| #5 | MITH | Lonnie Holley | Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | Ain't it Like the Cosmos | Andrew Bryant | Mar-09-2018, |
| #7 | Interstate Gospel | Pistol Annies, Miranda Lambert | Nov-02-2018, Contemporary Country |
| #8 | Tenkiller | Marie/Lepanto | Jan-26-2018, Americana |
| #9 | DiCaprio 2 | JID | Nov-26-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #10 | What a Time to Be Alive | Superchunk | Feb-16-2018, Indie Rock |
| #11 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Apr-13-2018, Americana |
| #12 | She Remembers Everything | Rosanne Cash | Nov-02-2018, Americana |
| #13 | Tuscumbia | Belle Adair | Jan-19-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #14 | TA13OO | Denzel Curry | Jul-27-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #15 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Wide Awake | Rayland Baxter | Jul-13-2018, Pop Rock |
| #17 | How to: Friend, Love, Freefall | Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Apr-06-2018, Indie Pop |
| #18 | Edgewood | Trouble, Mike WiLL Made-It | Mar-23-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #19 | My American Dream | Will Hoge | Oct-05-2018, Americana |
| #20 | Girl Going Nowhere | Ashley McBryde | Mar-30-2018, Contemporary Country |
| #21 | Vanished Gardens | Charles Lloyd, Lucinda Williams | Jun-29-2018, Jazz Fusion |
| #22 | Cactus | Elise Davis | Sep-07-2018, |
| #23 | Maybe Later | Neighbor Lady | Jan-01-2018, Indie Rock |
| #24 | Things Change | American Aquarium | Jun-01-2018, Americana |
| #25 | Benton County Relic | Cedric Burnside | Sep-14-2018, Hill Country Blues |
| #26 | Crushed Coins | Caleb Caudle | Feb-23-2018, Americana |
| #27 | Cotton Fields and Blood for Days | Abe Partridge | Jan-26-2018, |
| #28 | KOD | J. Cole | Apr-20-2018, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #29 | DIME TRAP | T.I. | Oct-05-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #30 | Rifles and Rosary Beads | Mary Gauthier | Jan-26-2018, Americana |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Dirty Computer | Janelle Monáe | Album, Apr-27-2018, Contemporary R&B |
| #2 | Boygenius | boygenius | EP, Oct-26-2018, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Historian | Lucy Dacus | Album, Mar-02-2018, Indie Rock |
| #4 | Golden Hour | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Mar-30-2018, Country Pop |
| #5 | MITH | Lonnie Holley | Album, Sep-21-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | Ain't it Like the Cosmos | Andrew Bryant | Album, Mar-09-2018, |
| #7 | Interstate Gospel | Pistol AnniesMiranda Lambert | Album, Nov-02-2018, Contemporary Country |
| #8 | Tenkiller | Marie/Lepanto | Album, Jan-26-2018, Americana |
| #9 | DiCaprio 2 | JID | Album, Nov-26-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #10 | What a Time to Be Alive | Superchunk | Album, Feb-16-2018, Indie Rock |
| #11 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Album, Apr-13-2018, Americana |
| #12 | She Remembers Everything | Rosanne Cash | Album, Nov-02-2018, Americana |
| #13 | Tuscumbia | Belle Adair | Album, Jan-19-2018, Jangle Pop |
| #14 | TA13OO | Denzel Curry | Album, Jul-27-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #15 | Clean | Soccer Mommy | Album, Mar-02-2018, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Wide Awake | Rayland Baxter | Album, Jul-13-2018, Pop Rock |
| #17 | How to: Friend, Love, Freefall | Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Album, Apr-06-2018, Indie Pop |
| #18 | Edgewood | TroubleMike WiLL Made-It | Album, Mar-23-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #19 | My American Dream | Will Hoge | Album, Oct-05-2018, Americana |
| #20 | Girl Going Nowhere | Ashley McBryde | Album, Mar-30-2018, Contemporary Country |
| #21 | Vanished Gardens | Charles LloydLucinda Williams | Album, Jun-29-2018, Jazz Fusion |
| #22 | Cactus | Elise Davis | Album, Sep-07-2018, |
| #23 | Maybe Later | Neighbor Lady | EP, Jan-01-2018, Indie Rock |
| #24 | Things Change | American Aquarium | Album, Jun-01-2018, Americana |
| #25 | Benton County Relic | Cedric Burnside | Album, Sep-14-2018, Hill Country Blues |
| #26 | Crushed Coins | Caleb Caudle | Album, Feb-23-2018, Americana |
| #27 | Cotton Fields and Blood for Days | Abe Partridge | Album, Jan-26-2018, |
| #28 | KOD | J. Cole | Album, Apr-20-2018, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #29 | DIME TRAP | T.I. | Album, Oct-05-2018, Southern Hip Hop |
| #30 | Rifles and Rosary Beads | Mary Gauthier | Album, Jan-26-2018, Americana |