Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2018

Published: November 13, 2018 13:42 Source

# 1

Double Negative by Low

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Ambient Pop Glitch Pop

# 2

Hope Downs by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 3

Freedom's Goblin by Ty Segall

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Garage Rock Glam Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 4

And Nothing Hurt by Spiritualized

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock

# 5

There’s A Riot Going On by Yo La Tengo

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Ambient Pop Indie Rock

# 6

Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

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

# 7

Babelsberg by Gruff Rhys

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Baroque Pop Indie Pop

# 8

>>> by Beak>

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Experimental Rock Electronic Post-Rock

# 9

Chris by Christine and the Queens

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Synthpop Alt-Pop

# 10

Your Queen Is A Reptile by Sons Of Kemet

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Afro-Jazz

# 11

13 Rivers by Richard Thompson

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 12

Hell-On by Neko Case

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 13

Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Indietronica Neo-Soul

# 14

The Prodigal Son by Ry Cooder

Album • May 11 / 2018 Americana

# 15

Look Now by Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter Sophisti-Pop

# 16

Transangelic Exodus by Ezra Furman

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 17

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Courtney Barnett

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 18

All Nerve by The Breeders

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Alternative Rock

# 19

All That Reckoning by Cowboy Junkies

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Slowcore Americana

# 20

Boarding House Reach by Jack White

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

# 21

Heaven and Earth by Kamasi Washington

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Spiritual Jazz

# 22

God's Favorite Customer by Father John Misty

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop

# 23

Bottle It In by Kurt Vile

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 24

True Meanings by Paul Weller

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 25

May Your Kindness Remain by Courtney Marie Andrews

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana Alt-Country

# 26

The Tree of Forgiveness by John Prine

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 27

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

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

# 28

Lamp Lit Prose by Dirty Projectors

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Art Pop Indie Pop

# 29

I'm All Ears by Let's Eat Grandma

Album • Jun 29 / 2018 Art Pop Synthpop Electropop

# 30

Radyo siwèl by Melissa Laveaux

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Indie Pop Art Pop

# 31

Pastoral by Gazelle Twin

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Post-Industrial Art Pop

# 32

Le Kov by Gwenno

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Indie Pop Art Pop Indietronica

# 33

Jassbusters by Connan Mockasin

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Spoken Word Experimental

# 34

Microshift by Hookworms

Album • Feb 02 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia

# 35

Mozart's Mini-Mart by Go-Kart Mozart

Album • Feb 23 / 2018

# 36

Go to School by The Lemon Twigs

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Glam Rock Rock Opera Pop Rock

# 37

Sparkle Hard by Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Album • May 18 / 2018 Indie Rock

# 38

The Thread That Keeps Us by Calexico

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Americana Indie Rock

# 39

Rebound by Eleanor Friedberger

Album • May 04 / 2018 Indie Pop

# 40

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys

Album • May 11 / 2018

# 41

Wanderer by Cat Power

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 42

Bon Voyage by Melody's Echo Chamber

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Neo-Psychedelia Progressive Pop

# 43

Record by Tracey Thorn

Album • Mar 02 / 2018 Synthpop Alternative Dance New Wave

# 44

Deafman Glance by Ryley Walker

Album • May 18 / 2018 Psychedelic Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 45

Hunter by Anna Calvi

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Art Rock

# 46

From When I Wake The Want Is by Kathryn Joseph

Album • Aug 10 / 2018 Progressive Folk Art Pop

# 47

Aviary by Julia Holter

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

# 48

The Lookout by Laura Veirs

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 49

Hundreds of Days by Mary Lattimore

Album • May 18 / 2018 Ambient New Age

# 50

Body by The Necks

Album • Aug 14 / 2018 Post-Rock Avant-Garde Jazz