Thrillist's Best Albums of 2018

Don't miss out on all the best new albums of 2018, whether it's a giant pop release, an indie record, or the hottest mixtape.

Published: March 07, 2018 05:04 Source

# 1

Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Country Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 2

Wide Awake! by Parquet Courts

Album • May 18 / 2018

# 3

Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B

Album • Apr 06 / 2018 Trap East Coast Hip Hop

# 4

In A Poem Unlimited by U.S. Girls

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

# 5

Hive Mind by The Internet

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Neo-Soul

# 6

Be the Cowboy by Mitski

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Rock

# 7

Outside by Burna Boy

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Afrobeats

# 8

Desperate Man by Eric Church

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Contemporary Country Country

# 9

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 10

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 11

BEASTMODE 2 by Future

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 12

Room 25 by noname

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 13

What a Time to Be Alive by Superchunk

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 14

DAYTONA by Pusha T

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

# 15

Ephorize by cupcakKe

Album • Jan 05 / 2018 Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 16

Historian by Lucy Dacus

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 17

Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt

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

# 18

Lionheart by H.C. McEntire

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Country

# 19

Victory Lap by Nipsey Hussle

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap

# 20

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships by The 1975

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Art Pop

# 21

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 22

Sweetener by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Electropop

# 23

Interstate Gospel by Pistol Annies + Miranda Lambert

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Contemporary Country

# 24

Everything Is Love by THE CARTERS

Album • Jun 16 / 2018 Pop Rap Contemporary R&B

# 25

All at Once by Screaming Females

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Indie Rock Garage Rock

# 26

Lush by Snail Mail

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 27

GANGIN by SOB X RBE

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Hyphy Gangsta Rap

# 28

Sparkle Hard by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 29

Honey by Robyn

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Dance-Pop Electropop House

# 30

There’s A Riot Going On by Yo La Tengo

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Ambient Pop Indie Rock

# 31

Compro by Skee Mask

Album • May 15 / 2018 Breakbeat Ambient Techno

# 32

WARM by Jeff Tweedy

Album • Nov 30 / 2018 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 33

Caution by Mariah Carey

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 34

Hundreds of Days by Mary Lattimore

Album • May 18 / 2018 Ambient New Age

# 35

POST- by Jeff Rosenstock

Album • Jan 02 / 2018 Power Pop Indie Rock

# 36

By The Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile

Album • Feb 16 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Folk Rock

# 37

FM! by Vince Staples

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop

# 38

Snares Like a Haircut by No Age

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Noise Pop Indie Rock

# 39

K.T.S.E. by Teyana Taylor

Album • Jun 23 / 2018 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 40

Age Of by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Progressive Electronic