2018 Singer-Songwriter Album Releases

Mar 30

Kacey Musgraves

Golden Hour

79

critic score

(19)

80

user score

(2,334)

Jun 1

Father John Misty

God's Favorite Customer

80

critic score

(39)

78

user score

(1,502)

Oct 26

boygenius

boygenius

82

critic score

(17)

81

user score

(1,423)

Mar 2

Soccer Mommy

Clean

79

critic score

(21)

76

user score

(876)

Mar 2

Lucy Dacus

Historian

79

critic score

(24)

80

user score

(808)

May 18

Courtney Barnett

Tell Me How You Really Feel

80

critic score

(41)

75

user score

(758)

Jan 1

Jeff Rosenstock

POST-

82

critic score

(15)

75

user score

(743)

Mar 16

Mount Eerie

Now Only

83

critic score

(20)

78

user score

(683)

Oct 24

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

qp

80

critic score

(1)

83

user score

(537)

May 25

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes

73

critic score

(7)

57

user score

(521)

Mar 2

Haley Heynderickx

I Need to Start a Garden

80

critic score

(9)

79

user score

(513)

Mar 30

Amen Dunes

Freedom

80

critic score

(17)

77

user score

(442)

Oct 5

Adrianne Lenker

abysskiss

80

critic score

(17)

77

user score

(382)

Apr 27

Grouper

Grid of Points

78

critic score

(21)

72

user score

(331)

Jan 19

EDEN

vertigo

40

critic score

(1)

73

user score

(311)

Oct 12

Kurt Vile

Bottle It In

75

critic score

(33)

71

user score

(284)

Jun 8

Indigo De Souza

I Love My Mom

71

critic score

(2)

80

user score

(238)

Jun 1

LUMP

LUMP

79

critic score

(26)

74

user score

(230)

Nov 8

Lewis Capaldi

Someone You Loved

24

user score

(229)

Oct 5

Cat Power

Wanderer

77

critic score

(37)

72

user score

(209)

Jun 1

Ben Howard

Noonday Dream

78

critic score

(14)

76

user score

(205)

Feb 16

Brandi Carlile

By The Way, I Forgive You

82

critic score

(7)

76

user score

(203)

Nov 30

Jeff Tweedy

WARM

80

critic score

(25)

73

user score

(199)

Apr 21

Sufjan Stevens

Mystery of Love

85

user score

(198)

Nov 30

Ex:Re

Ex:Re

76

critic score

(7)

77

user score

(190)

Mar 23

George Ezra

Staying at Tamara's

63

critic score

(12)

63

user score

(171)

Jun 1

Neko Case

Hell-On

82

critic score

(27)

73

user score

(167)

Sep 14

Emma Ruth Rundle

On Dark Horses

77

critic score

(7)

78

user score

(150)

Oct 19

Tamino

Amir

70

critic score

(3)

79

user score

(150)

Sep 21

Prince

Piano & a Microphone 1983

81

critic score

(16)

79

user score

(137)

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Sep 28

Marissa Nadler

For My Crimes

74

critic score

(21)

74

user score

(137)

Nov 1

Sun Kil Moon

This Is My Dinner

54

critic score

(7)

58

user score

(131)

Aug 10

Tomberlin

At Weddings

80

critic score

(17)

73

user score

(119)

Feb 2

Anna Burch

Quit the Curse

73

critic score

(12)

72

user score

(119)

May 25

Matt Maltese

Bad Contestant

79

critic score

(8)

79

user score

(116)

Sep 6

Hozier

Nina Cried Power

70

critic score

(3)

69

user score

(112)

Feb 6

Car Seat Headrest

My Boy (Twin Fantasy)

92

user score

(102)

Feb 23

Vance Joy

Nation of Two

53

critic score

(4)

59

user score

(99)

May 11

Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek

65

critic score

(9)

68

user score

(92)

Mar 2

XXXTENTACION

changes

56

user score

(84)

Apr 13

John Prine

The Tree of Forgiveness

75

critic score

(15)

75

user score

(83)

Feb 16

Marlon Williams

Make Way for Love

80

critic score

(16)

73

user score

(80)

Apr 6

Eels

The Deconstruction

72

critic score

(27)

68

user score

(74)

Oct 5

Molly Burch

First Flower

75

critic score

(10)

74

user score

(73)

Mar 23

Courtney Marie Andrews

May Your Kindness Remain

77

critic score

(14)

73

user score

(71)

Sep 7

Waxahatchee

Great Thunder

69

critic score

(13)

66

user score

(70)

Oct 12

John Grant

Love Is Magic

76

critic score

(24)

69

user score

(69)

May 4

Damien Jurado

The Horizon Just Laughed

79

critic score

(12)

73

user score

(67)

Apr 13

Laura Veirs

The Lookout

79

critic score

(24)

72

user score

(66)

Aug 9

Mitski

Two Slow Dancers

89

user score

(65)

Feb 9

Alela Diane

Cusp

84

critic score

(7)

75

user score

(64)

Sep 21

Mount Eerie

(after)

85

critic score

(6)

83

user score

(64)

May 4

Frank Turner

Be More Kind

75

critic score

(14)

63

user score

(63)

Nov 2

Marianne Faithfull

Negative Capability

84

critic score

(21)

75

user score

(58)

May 18

Ryley Walker

Deafman Glance

74

critic score

(15)

70

user score

(57)

Oct 12

Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Look Now

77

critic score

(19)

72

user score

(54)

Oct 26

Soap&Skin

From Gas to Solid / You Are My Friend

58

critic score

(4)

67

user score

(53)

Nov 21

Lady Gaga

Always Remember Us This Way

82

user score

(52)

Nov 2

Bill Ryder-Jones

Yawn

79

critic score

(15)

75

user score

(51)

Oct 26

Tom Odell

Jubilee Road

68

critic score

(4)

67

user score

(47)

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