Best of 2018 Album Collections

ABC News' 50 Best Albums of 2018

Releases from Travis Scott, The Breeders, and Neko Case made the cut.

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Albumism's 50 Best Albums of 2018

In the spirit of ensuring that our end-of-year selections represent a more accurate consensus among the broader Albumism community, this year’s list reflects our staff & readers’ picks.

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AllMusic's Best Albums of 2018

AllMusic has assembled our Best of 2018. Browse through and check out what music our editors have been listening to this year.

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Alternative Press's 50 Best Albums of 2018

Do you have any idea how many records are released in any given year? That’s OK, neither do we. We do know that there are thousands of records that come out every year, from manufactured pop stars to local church choirs, and all of them are hoping to get your attention. So through all the […]

Published: December 19, 2018 03:00 Source

American Songwriter’s Top 25 Albums of 2018

Published: December 06, 2018 14:24 Source

Bandcamp Daily's Best Albums of 2018

Our guide to the year’s crucial LPs.

Published: December 10, 2018 06:34 Source

BBC Radio 6 Music's Albums of the Year 2018

What a year of music 2018 has been, but which albums have 6 Music presenters loved most?

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Billboard's 10 Best Dance/Electronic Albums of 2018

Billboard Dance's picks its best dance and electronic albums of 2018.

Published: December 12, 2018 19:39 Source

Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2018

Here are the Billboard's staff 50 favorite albums of 2018.

Published: December 10, 2018 17:04 Source

Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2018 (So Far)

We're only six months into the year, but already it's hard to choose just 50 albums to represent our favorites to this point.

Published: June 05, 2018 15:48 Source

Bleep's Top 10 Albums of 2018

Bleep - We specialise in independent and innovative music regardless of genre or format. Working with labels and artists around the globe, we bring you a hand-picked selection of music for your ears and your feet.

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BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2018

From Mitski to Camp Cope to Turnstile to Cardi B, here are our 50 favorite albums of 2018.

Published: December 21, 2018 23:06 Source

Clash's Albums of the Year 2018

With streaming services fully taking hold of the music industry in 2018, it’s been an interesting time for the album format. The number of LPs

Published: December 19, 2018 12:41 Source

Classic Rock Magazine's Best Albums of 2018

Classic Rock Magazine's staff and writers combine their throbbing brains to come up with their favourite albums of the year

Published: December 29, 2018 14:52 Source

Complex's Best Albums of 2018

2018 was a great year for music. From Travis Scott's 'ASTROWORLD' to Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter V,' here are Complex’s 50 best albums of 2018.

Published: December 05, 2018 16:07 Source

Complex UK's Best Albums of 2018

From Smoke Boys and Lily Allen to Jorja Smith and Ghetts, here are the projects we were bumping the most in 2018.

Published: December 20, 2018 13:04 Source

Consequence of Sound's Top 25 Albums of 2018 (So Far)

It's already been a wild and unpredictable year of game-changing surprises.

Published: June 12, 2018 16:00 Source

Consequence of Sound's Top 25 Metal & Hard Rock Albums of 2018

The Heavy Consequence staff selects the best metal and hard rock albums from an eclectic year of heavy music.

Published: December 05, 2018 20:30 Source

Consequence of Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2018

Our staff selects their absolute favorite records from a wild and unpredictable year of music.

Published: December 03, 2018 05:00 Source

Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2018

Our annual countdown of the albums which captured the mood of this year

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Dazed's 20 Best Albums of 2018

This year felt like the rulebook was being rewritten – here are the records that took music into bold new directions

Published: December 05, 2018 15:09 Source

Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018

Published: November 15, 2018 14:45 Source

Digital Trends' Best Albums of 2018

From blockbuster releases to hidden gems, we've spent the year listening to new music from near and far, culling that massive list into our 50 favorites. Whether you like jazz, hip-hop, rock, pop, or anything in between, these are the 50 best records of the year.

Published: December 12, 2018 23:27 Source

DJ Mag's Top 50 Albums of 2018

Our end-of-year list compiling 2018's biggest albums...

Published: December 15, 2018 14:05 Source

Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2018

The albums that meant so much to us in 2018.

Published: December 10, 2018 18:00 Source

Drowned in Sound's 15 Favorite Albums of 2018

The team at DIS reveal their choices for the best albums of the year.

Published: December 08, 2018 14:12 Source

Dummy's 25 Best Albums of 2018

We run down the full-length records that made this year bearable...

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Entertainment Weekly's 15 Best Albums of 2018 (So Far)

Space cowboys, dream-pop cocoons, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and pansexual anthems

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Esquire's 10 Best Country Albums of 2018

From Ashley McBryde's rollicking debut to Willie Nelson's enchanting Last Man Standing, these are the 10 best country albums of the year.

Published: December 01, 2018 12:00 Source

Esquire's (UK) 50 Best Albums of 2018

From rap to pop and hip-hop to electronic, the best releases of the year

Published: December 07, 2018 17:28 Source

Esquire's (US) 20 Best Albums of 2018

The best albums of 2018 represent a time in flux within the industry, within culture, and beyond to our uncertain social-political climate.

Published: December 19, 2018 17:01 Source

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Dance and Electronic Albums of 2018

This year, established electronic masters like Jon Hopkins, DJ Koze and Leon Vynehall outdid themselves by refining and finessing their musi...

Published: December 12, 2018 14:00 Source

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums of 2018

Our Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums of 2018 list is a little different than our lists of years prior. Typically, this one ap...

Published: December 13, 2018 14:00 Source

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Folk and Country Albums of 2018

Today (December 6), Exclaim! presents the best folk and country albums of 2018 as part of our Best of 2018 coverage. Did Kacey Musgraves...

Published: December 06, 2018 14:00 Source

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 2018

Arguably the most anticipated of our year-end list is that of the Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018. But while marquee artists like Drake, Cardi B...

Published: December 10, 2018 14:00 Source

Exclaim!'s Top 11 EPs of 2018

Now that we've given each genre that Exclaim! covers its Best of the Year due, we're turning our attention to a shorter but no less beloved...

Published: December 14, 2018 14:00 Source

Exclaim!'s Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2018

Today (December 4), we begin rolling out the best of the best albums of 2018, and we're beginning with our Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of the y...

Published: December 04, 2018 14:00 Source

Exclaim!'s Top 31 Albums of 2018 So Far

In 2018, the monoculture has all but vanished. With the sheer volume of entertainment at our fingertips — music, movies, TV, videogames, com...

Published: June 18, 2018 13:30 Source

FACT's 50 Best Albums of 2018

Published: December 13, 2018 17:32 Source

Far Out Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2018

The 50 best albums of 2018 | Far Out Magazine

Published: December 20, 2018 10:52 Source

Flavorwire's 25 Best Albums of 2018

The music industry has suffered from the splintering of the monoculture for years, but 2018 was especially slow in terms of hits from world-conquering pop stars. Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Cardi B all released albums, sure, but they served more as…

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FLOOD's Best Albums of 2018

Twenty-five albums to kill your loneliness. Or at least make it suffer a little.

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FLOOD's Best Albums of 2018 (So Far)

From Amen Dunes to Yo La Tengo, twenty-five releases from this year that are leading the pack. 

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Fopp's Best Albums of 2018

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Published: November 22, 2018 13:35 Source