The Needle Drop's Top 50 Albums of 2018

# 1

You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Industrial Rock

# 2

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

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Pop Rap Experimental Hip Hop

# 3

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

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

# 4

Musas Vol. 2 by Natalia Lafourcade

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Nueva canción latinoamericana

# 5

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 6

2012 - 2017 by Against All Logic

Album • Feb 17 / 2018 Deep House

# 7

Haru to Syura by HARU NEMURI

Album • Apr 11 / 2018 Noise Pop J-Rock

# 8

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 9

Year Of The Snitch by Death Grips

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 10

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 11

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 12

Boarding House Reach by Jack White

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Blues Rock Experimental Rock Art Rock

# 13

Isolation by Kali Uchis

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

# 14

TA13OO by Denzel Curry

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop Trap

# 15

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 16

Little Dark Age by MGMT

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

# 17

Prequelle by Ghost

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 18

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 19

Idol by Horrendous

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Progressive Metal Death Metal

# 20

The Sciences by Sleep

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Stoner Metal Doom Metal

# 21

El Mal Querer by ROSALÍA

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

# 22

Time 'n' Place by Kero Kero Bonito

Album • Oct 01 / 2018 Twee Pop Indie Pop

# 23

Firepower by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Heavy Metal

# 24

Paraffin by Armand Hammer

Album • Aug 30 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 25

Ion by Portal

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 26

Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt

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

# 27

Oxnard by Anderson .Paak

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Neo-Soul Funk

# 28

Die Lit by Playboi Carti

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

# 29

Virtue by The Voidz

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Art Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 30

Everything's Fine by Jean Grae + Quelle Chris

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

# 31

You're Not Alone by Andrew W.K.

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Hard Rock Power Pop

# 32

ye by Kanye West

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Pop Rap

# 33

Trench by twenty one pilots

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Alt-Pop Indie Pop

# 34

New Levels New Devils by Polyphia

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Math Rock

# 35

Dead Magic by Anna von Hausswolff

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Neoclassical Darkwave

# 36

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 37

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 38

Orpheus vs. the Sirens by Hermit and the Recluse

Album • Aug 18 / 2018 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop Drumless

# 39

Aviary by Julia Holter

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Progressive Pop Art Pop Experimental Ambient Pop

# 40

Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 41

DiCaprio 2 by JID

Album • Nov 26 / 2018 Southern Hip Hop

# 42

Stranger Fruit by Zeal & Ardor

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Avant-Garde Metal Spirituals

# 43

Vile Luxury by Imperial Triumphant

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 44

Whack World by Tierra Whack

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

# 45

All at Once by Screaming Females

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Rock Garage Rock

# 46

Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 47

Twisted Crystal by Guerilla Toss

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Zolo

# 48

A Laughing Death in Meatspace by Tropical Fuck Storm

Album • May 04 / 2018 Art Punk Punk Blues Noise Rock

# 49

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 50

The Light Is Leaving Us All by Current 93

Album • Oct 13 / 2018 Neofolk Avant-Folk