The Quietus Albums of the Year 2018

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# 1

Pastoral by Gazelle Twin

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Post-Industrial Art Pop

# 2

An Angel Fell by Idris Ackamoor + The Pyramids

Album • May 11 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 3

Insecure Men by Insecure Men

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia

# 4

The Blue Hour by The London Suede

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 5

Cocoon Crush by Objekt

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 IDM UK Bass

# 6

We Are ILL by ILL

Album • May 11 / 2018 Art Punk Psychedelic Rock Zolo

# 7

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 8

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 9

Now! (in a minute) by Audiobooks

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Synthpop Art Pop

# 10

Who Do You Love by Årabrot

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Noise Rock

# 11

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 12

Mogic by Hen Ogledd

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Art Pop Progressive Pop Experimental Rock

# 13

You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Industrial Rock

# 14

Working Class Woman by Marie Davidson

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Minimal Synth Tech House Techno

# 15

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 16

A Laughing Death in Meatspace by Tropical Fuck Storm

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

# 17

Chris Carter's Chemistry Lessons Volume One. 1 Coursework by Chris Carter

EP • Mar 30 / 2018

# 18

Red Goddess (Of This Men Shall Know Nothing) by Hawthonn

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Drone Free Folk Ritual Ambient

# 19

Wet Will Always Dry by Blawan

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Industrial Techno Minimal Techno

# 20

Aviary by Julia Holter

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

# 21

The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness, Part 1 by Panopticon

Album • Apr 06 / 2018

# 22

Sujud by Senyawa

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Avant-Folk Southeast Asian Folk Music

# 23

Grid of Points by Grouper

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Ambient Pop

# 24

Unfold by Gábor Lázár

Album • May 04 / 2018 IDM UK Bass

# 25

Solan Goose by Erland Cooper

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Ambient Modern Classical

# 26

Slowly Paradise by Eric Chenaux

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter

# 27

Powerhouse by Planningtorock

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 Art Pop Indietronica

# 28

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 29

Multum in Parvo by Todd Barton

Album • Oct 05 / 2018

# 30

Ambition Will Eat Itself by Yossarians

Single • Aug 10 / 2018

# 31

The Long Sleep by Jenny Hval

EP • May 25 / 2018 Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 32

The Sound of Music by Laibach

Album • Nov 23 / 2018 Post-Industrial Art Rock

# 33

Here Lies the Body by Aidan Moffat + RM Hubbert

Album • May 11 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Spoken Word

# 34

Dimensional People by Mouse On Mars

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Electronic Experimental

# 35

Compro by Skee Mask

Album • May 15 / 2018 Breakbeat Ambient Techno

# 36

Physical by Gabe Gurnsey

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Minimal Synth

# 37

RECKONINGS by Laura Cannell + Andre Bosman

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Free Improvisation

# 38

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Post-Industrial

# 39

New Hymn to Freedom by Szun Waves

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Nu Jazz Ambient

# 40

Chapel Perilous by Gnod

Album • May 04 / 2018 Noise Rock

# 41

Something Blue by Blocks & Escher

Album • Mar 26 / 2018 Atmospheric Drum and Bass

# 42

Spa 700 by 700 Bliss

EP • Mar 23 / 2018 Experimental Hip Hop Deconstructed Club

# 43

Devotion by Tirzah

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

# 44

My Mother the Vent by Guttersnipe

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Experimental Rock

# 45

Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 5 by The Caretaker

Album • Sep 20 / 2018 Sound Collage Noise Dark Ambient Turntable Music

# 46

Isolation by Kali Uchis

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

# 47

Sonder Somatic by Bruce

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 UK Bass

# 48

Don’t Look Away by Alexander Tucker

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Psychedelic Folk

# 49

All Is Quiet at the Ancient Theatre by Alison Cotton

Album • Nov 18 / 2018 Chamber Folk Drone

# 50

Khonnar by Deena Abdelwahed

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 UK Bass