The Vinyl Factory's 50 Favorite Albums of 2018

The Vinyl Factory's annual survey of the year's best albums to own on vinyl, spanning the full breadth of music, from jazz to techno.

Published: December 06, 2018 17:37 Source

# 1

Devotion by Tirzah

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

# 2

OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES by SOPHIE

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Bubblegum Bass Deconstructed Club

# 3

MITH by Lonnie Holley

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Soul

# 4

And Yet It's All Love by Fatima

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Neo-Soul Smooth Soul

# 5

We Out Here by Various Artists

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Jazz

# 6

Khonnar by Deena Abdelwahed

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 UK Bass

# 7

Compro by Skee Mask

Album • May 15 / 2018 Breakbeat Ambient Techno

# 8

Power by Lotic

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Deconstructed Club

# 9

Communion by Park Jiha

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Post-Minimalism

# 10

El Mal Querer by ROSALÍA

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

# 11

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 12

Sonder Somatic by Bruce

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 UK Bass

# 13

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 14

Safe in the Hands of Love by Yves Tumor

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

# 15

Wet Will Always Dry by Blawan

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Industrial Techno Minimal Techno

# 16

Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun by Ben LaMar Gay

Album • May 04 / 2018 Electronic Experimental

# 17

Masana Temples by Kikagaku Moyo

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 18

Negro Swan by Blood Orange

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

# 19

The Dream My Bones Dream by Eiko Ishibashi

Album • Jul 04 / 2018 Art Pop Ambient Pop

# 20

Raw Silk Uncut Wood by Laurel Halo

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Ambient

# 21

Local Guide by North Sea Dialect

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 Ambient Techno

# 22

La candela del río by Insólito UniVerso

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Psychedelic Folk

# 23

Voids by Martyn

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 UK Garage

# 24

Phobiza: Amor Fati Vol. 3 by RAMZi

Album • Aug 01 / 2018 Ambient Dub Tribal Ambient

# 25

Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt

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

# 26

The Shakedown by Tenderlonious

EP • Jun 15 / 2018

# 27

Passion by Demdike Stare

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Deconstructed Club UK Bass

# 28

Con Todo El Mundo by Khruangbin

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Psychedelic Rock

# 29

Broken Politics by Neneh Cherry

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Art Pop

# 30

DNA Feelings by Aïsha Devi

Album • May 11 / 2018 Deconstructed Club UK Bass Post-Industrial

# 31

Collex by Exael

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Ambient Dub Ambient

# 32

Travel Light by Children of Zeus

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 UK Hip Hop Neo-Soul

# 33

soil by serpentwithfeet

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Alternative R&B Art Pop

# 34

Still Trippin' by DJ Taye

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Footwork

# 35

The Two Worlds by Brigid Mae Power

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 36

Nothing Is Still by Leon Vynehall

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Ambient Ambient House

# 37

Pastoral by Gazelle Twin

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Post-Industrial Art Pop

# 38

Rebound by Eleanor Friedberger

Album • May 04 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 39

Tentenko by テンテンコ Tentenko

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 J-Pop Synthpop Art Pop

# 40

Emakhosini by Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Southern African Music

# 41

ZEBRA by Arp

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Ambient

# 42

Heat by Shinichi Atobe

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Deep House Techno

# 43

The Return by Kamaal Williams

Album • May 25 / 2018 Jazz-Funk Jazz Fusion

# 44

Riddims du Lieu-Dit by Low Jack

Album • Mar 15 / 2018 Illbient Techno

# 45

Irisiri by Eartheater

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Post-Industrial Experimental

# 46

Pure-O by Farao

Album • Oct 19 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 47

5 1 1 5 9 3 by Electric Indigo

Album • Mar 13 / 2018 Minimal Techno Electroacoustic

# 48

Anticlines by Lucrecia Dalt

Album • May 04 / 2018 Electroacoustic Electronic

# 49

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 50

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz