Rolling Stone's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2018
Rolling Stone staffers rank the 20 best metal albums of 2018, including the latest from Judas Priest, Daughters and Sleep.
Published: December 12, 2018

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

Slate's Best Albums of 2018
Slate music critic Carl Wilson on his favorite music of the year.
Published: December 12, 2018

The Associated Press's Top Albums of 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — The top 10 albums of the year by Associated Press Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu. 1. Janelle Monae, "Dirty Computer": When Janelle Monae released the masterfully brilliant "The ArchAndroid" in 2010, it was hard to imagine how this futuristic, already-seasoned artist could grow, and where that growth would take her.
Published: December 11, 2018

The Atlantic's 23 Best Albums of 2018
Selections from Megan Thee Stallion, Florence + the Machine, Metallica, and more
Published: December 11, 2018

Slant Magazine's 25 Best Albums of 2018
So many of 2018’s best albums capture the feeling of trying to keep our heads above water.
Published: December 11, 2018

The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich's Ten Best Albums of 2018
Amanda Petrusich reflects on the year in music and offers ten of her favorite albums of 2018, including records from boygenius, Noname, Ariana Grande, and more.
Published: December 11, 2018

Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2018
From Snail Mail to CupcakKe, Earl Sweatshirt to Jon Hopkins, these are the very best albums of the year
Published: December 11, 2018

Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2018
The albums that meant so much to us in 2018.
Published: December 10, 2018

Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2018
Here are the Billboard's staff 50 favorite albums of 2018.
Published: December 10, 2018

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

Bandcamp Daily's Best Albums of 2018
Our guide to the year’s crucial LPs.
Published: December 10, 2018

Louder Than War's Albums of the Year 2018
Albums of the Year 2018 : The Top 25 and the top two will be no surprise to regular readers!
Published: December 09, 2018

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

The A.V. Club's Best Electronic Albums of 2018
Psst—even if you don’t listen to electronic music, every record you’ve ever heard is electronic music. The truth of this sophism is deepening as electronic instruments and idioms overtake every genre. Euro-pop arpeggios twist through country radio. Modular drones whir through folk. Synth rock, once a subgenre, now…
Published: December 08, 2018

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

Stereogum's 10 Best Rap Albums of 2018
Rap music existed in a dark fog in 2018. Mac Miller, XXXTentacion, Fredo Santana, and Jimmy Wopo all died. Tekashi 6ix9ine might be the biggest new star in the genre, but he’s also a self-destructive sexual predator whose gang affiliations reportedly came very close to killing him, and who might spend a very long time […]
Published: December 07, 2018

The Times' Best Albums of 2018
ROCK & POPFor the past 60 years, rock and pop has been dominated by men. There have been plenty of women along the way, but look at the biggest names from each decade. Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Coldplay . . . all men. Until now.Whether due to growing conf
Published: December 07, 2018

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Metal and Hardcore Albums
Today (December 7), we're unveiling our list of the best metal and hardcore albums of 2018, including heavy mainstays like Sleep, Cult Leade...
Published: December 07, 2018

Newsweek's Best Albums of 2018
As with everything else, it was a strange year in music—but also one of unpredictable and satisfying pleasures
Published: December 06, 2018

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

Stereogum's 10 Best Metal Albums of 2018
First, some housekeeping. In place of what would have been November’s Black Market column, you are now (in early December) getting our TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR (*terrifying thunderclap*) MINUS A MONTH AND A BIT (*sadder, softer thunderclap*). At the end of this month, as a sort of “special edition” of December’s Black […]
Published: December 06, 2018

The A.V. Club's Best Country Albums of 2018
From one angle, the country music narrative in 2018 was distinguished by consistency. Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s easygoing soul-twang confection “Meant To Be” spent a staggering, record-setting 50 weeks atop the Hot Country Songs chart, while the vast majority of award winners and chart-toppers are all…
Published: December 06, 2018

American Songwriter’s Top 25 Albums of 2018

Published: December 06, 2018

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

The New York Times: Jon Pareles' Best Albums of 2018
Genre lines continued to blur and the definition of album shifted further in another year of upheaval in pop music.
Published: December 06, 2018

The New York Times: Jon Pareles' Best Albums of 2018
Genre lines continued to blur and the definition of album shifted further in another year of upheaval in pop music.
Published: December 06, 2018

Treble's Top 50 Albums of 2018

Published: December 06, 2018

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

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

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

Stereogum's Best EPs of 2018
Every year, the parameters for this list get a little more specious. With the rise of streaming services and the decline of physical media, the distinctions between a 7″ and a 12″ have largely faded away. Today, everything is a “project” or a “collection” or (groan) a “playlist.” Artists are still releasing EPs in name, […]
Published: December 05, 2018

Uproxx's Best Rap Albums of 2018
2018 has been one of the most electric and diverse years in hip-hop ever. Here are the 20 standouts in a year full of them.
Published: December 05, 2018

musicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2018
Lists: musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2018
Published: December 05, 2018

The A.V. Club's Best Punk and Hardcore Albums of 2018
In 2018, the loose genre boundaries of punk and hardcore became more expansive than ever. For decades now, these blanket terms have encompassed a wide swath of sounds, ideologies, and aesthetics. But for most of that time, those distinct subgenres were largely walled off from one another, rarely mingling, much less…
Published: December 04, 2018

Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2018
Most of our favorite music this year came from longtime underdogs, or from artists who weren’t even on our radar a couple of years ago.
Published: December 04, 2018

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

The Key's Top 15 Albums of 2018
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Published: December 04, 2018

The Ringer's Best Albums of 2018
From rap to country to rock to classical and back to rap again, two Ringer staffers count down the top 10 albums of the year
Published: December 04, 2018

NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2018
Even in an era when listeners have been primed to expect the unexpected, the best albums of 2018 are full of surprises: a cascade of discoveries, revelations and artistic rebirths.
Published: December 04, 2018

Treble's 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018

Published: December 04, 2018

Vulture's 15 Best Albums of 2018
Here are the best albums of 2018, according to New York magazine music critic Craig Jenkins. The list includes: Pusha T, Kacey Musgraves, Mitski, Earl Sweatshirt, Mac Miller, Mariah Carey, Blood Orange, Pistol Annies, and much more.
Published: December 03, 2018

Uproxx's 50 Best Albums of 2018
In a packed year of debut artists and returning veterans, here are the best records you absolutely need to hear.
Published: December 03, 2018

Treble's 10 Best Electronic Albums of 2018

Published: December 03, 2018

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

The Line of Best Fit's Best Albums of 2018
We rank the fifty most outstanding records of 2018.
Published: December 03, 2018

The A.V. Club's Best Film Soundtracks of 2018
2018’s best film music is about reinvention. We may be doomed to an endless parade of reboots, remakes, and sequels, both spiritual and otherwise, on our theater screens—a problem that, to be fair, is not a new one for Hollywood—but thankfully we’ve got visionary composers and performers who can mold familiar themes…
Published: December 01, 2018

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

Treble's Top 25 Metal Albums of 2018

Published: November 30, 2018

MondoSonoro's Best Albums of 2018
Desvelamos cuáles han sido los mejores discos internacionales del 2018 para MondoSonoro.
Published: November 28, 2018