The Line of Best Fit's Best Albums of 2018

We rank the fifty most outstanding records of 2018.

Published: December 03, 2018 00:00 Source

# 1

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 2

Devotion by Tirzah

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

# 3

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 4

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Post-Punk Post-Hardcore

# 5

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 6

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 7

El Mal Querer by ROSALÍA

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Flamenco Pop Flamenco nuevo Art Pop

# 8

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by The 1975

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Art Pop

# 9

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 10

Theres Always Glimmer by Gia Margaret

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 11

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 12

iridescence by BROCKHAMPTON

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 13

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 14

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 15

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 16

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 17

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 18

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 19

Lost & Found by Jorja Smith

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 20

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 21

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 22

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 23

Saturn by Nao

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Alternative R&B

# 24

At Weddings by Tomberlin

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 25

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 26

Bloom by Troye Sivan

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Electropop Alt-Pop

# 27

KIDS SEE GHOSTS by KIDS SEE GHOSTS + Kanye West + Kid Cudi

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 28

I Don't Run by Hinds

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 29

Freedom by Amen Dunes

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

# 30

Clean by Soccer Mommy

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

# 31

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 32

East Atlanta Love Letter by 6LACK

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Alternative R&B

# 33

My Mind Makes Noises by Pale Waves

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Synthpop Pop Rock

# 34

Palo Santo by Years & Years

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Electropop Dance-Pop

# 35

Boygenius by boygenius

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

# 36

Dream Wife by Dream Wife

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Riot Grrrl Alternative Rock

# 37

re:member by Ólafur Arnalds

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Ambient Modern Classical

# 38

Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic

# 39

Hell-On by Neko Case

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 40

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 41

Infections of a Different Kind (Step I) by AURORA

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Art Pop Alt-Pop

# 42

The Anteroom by How to Dress Well

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Art Pop Alternative R&B

# 43

Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album by John Coltrane

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Modal Jazz Post-Bop

# 44

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 45

Bottle It In by Kurt Vile

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 46

Sway by Tove Styrke

Album • May 04 / 2018 Electropop Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 47

BASIC VOLUME by Gaika

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop UK Hip Hop UK Bass

# 48

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 49

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 50

American Utopia by David Byrne

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Art Pop