The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2018

From Jon Hopkins, Courtney Barnett and Mitski to Young Fathers, Confidence Man and Christine and the Queens, The Skinny music team pick their favourite 50 albums from the last year.

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# 1

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 2

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 3

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 4

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 5

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 6

Here Lies the Body by Aidan Moffat + RM Hubbert

Album • May 11 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Spoken Word

# 7

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 8

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Slacker Rock

# 10

All Melody by Nils Frahm

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Post-Minimalism Electronic

# 11

From When I Wake The Want Is by Kathryn Joseph

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Progressive Folk Art Pop

# 12

7 by Beach House

Album • May 11 / 2018 Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 13

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 14

Dream Wife by Dream Wife

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Riot Grrrl Alternative Rock

# 15

The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs by Wye Oak

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 16

Acts of Fear and Love by SOFT PLAY

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Garage Punk

# 17

Confident Music for Confident People by Confidence Man

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Nu-Disco Alternative Dance

# 18

Saturn by Nao

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Alternative R&B

# 19

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 20

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 21

Singularity by Jon Hopkins

Album • May 04 / 2018 Tech House Microhouse

# 22

Isolation by Kali Uchis

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

# 23

Bark Your Head Off, Dog by Hop Along

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 24

Ecstatic Arrow by Virginia Wing

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Art Pop

# 25

Sunday Best by Martha Ffion

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indie Pop Folk Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 26

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 27

Lavender by Half Waif

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 28

The Future and the Past by Natalie Prass

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Pop Soul Sophisti-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 29

Now Only by Mount Eerie

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 30

Dance Music by Mastersystem

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 31

Working Class Woman by Marie Davidson

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Minimal Synth Tech House Techno

# 32

Freedom by Amen Dunes

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

# 33

Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 34

Sum of All Your Parts by Fatherson

Album • Sep 14 / 2018

# 35

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 36

All That Divides by Black Peaks

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Progressive Rock

# 37

Beyondless by Iceage

Album • May 04 / 2018 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 38

C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Americana

# 39

Superorganism by Superorganism

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia Glitch Pop

# 40

Compro by Skee Mask

Album • May 15 / 2018 Breakbeat Ambient Techno

# 41

2012 - 2017 by Against All Logic

Album • Feb 17 / 2018 Deep House

# 42

Fall Into the Sun by Swearin'

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 43

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 44

To the Sunset by Amanda Shires

Album • Aug 03 / 2018 Alt-Country Americana

# 45

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 46

At Weddings by Tomberlin

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 47

Songs of Praise by shame

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Post-Punk Indie Rock

# 48

The House by Porches

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Synthpop

# 49

Invitation to Her's by Her's

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 50

Veteran by JPEGMAFIA

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