AOTY 2018

Best Albums

The Best Indie Pop Albums of 2018

Decade

2010s
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Genre

Indie Pop
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient
  - Art Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - House
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Metal
  - Pop
  - Pop Rap
  - Pop Rock
  - Post-Punk
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop
  - Techno
  - Trap Rap

2018

1. Mélissa Laveaux - Radyo Siwèl

Mélissa Laveaux - Radyo Siwèl

February 2, 2018

Critic Score

82

5 reviews

2. Matt Maltese - Bad Contestant

Matt Maltese - Bad Contestant

May 25, 2018

Critic Score

82

6 reviews

3. The Essex Green - Hardly Electronic

The Essex Green - Hardly Electronic

June 29, 2018

Critic Score

82

5 reviews

4. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

July 20, 2018

Critic Score

81

5 reviews

5. Gwenno - Le Kov

Gwenno - Le Kov

March 2, 2018

Critic Score

80

14 reviews

6. Soccer Mommy - Clean

Soccer Mommy - Clean

March 2, 2018

Critic Score

80

15 reviews

7. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

June 15, 2018

Critic Score

80

22 reviews

8. The Spook School - Could It Be Different?

The Spook School - Could It Be Different?

January 26, 2018

Critic Score

79

12 reviews

9. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

April 6, 2018

Critic Score

79

15 reviews

10. Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg

Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg

June 8, 2018

Critic Score

79

16 reviews

11. The Goon Sax - We're Not Talking

The Goon Sax - We're Not Talking

September 14, 2018

Critic Score

79

12 reviews

12. Twenty One Pilots - Trench

Twenty One Pilots - Trench

October 5, 2018

Critic Score

78

6 reviews

13. Tracyanne & Danny - Tracyanne & Danny

Tracyanne & Danny - Tracyanne & Danny

May 25, 2018

Critic Score

78

7 reviews

14. Field Music - Open Here

Field Music - Open Here

February 2, 2018

Critic Score

78

16 reviews

15. Miya Folick - Premonitions

Miya Folick - Premonitions

October 26, 2018

Critic Score

77

9 reviews

16. TERRY - I’m Terry

TERRY - I’m Terry

August 31, 2018

Critic Score

77

5 reviews

17. Molly Burch - First Flower

Molly Burch - First Flower

October 5, 2018

Critic Score

77

9 reviews

18. Sloan - 12

April 6, 2018

Critic Score

77

6 reviews

19. Charles Watson - Now That I’m A River

Charles Watson - Now That I’m A River

May 18, 2018

Critic Score

76

5 reviews

20. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose

Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose

July 13, 2018

Critic Score

76

30 reviews

21. Cut Worms - Hollow Ground

Cut Worms - Hollow Ground

May 4, 2018

Critic Score

76

8 reviews

22. Tracey Thorn - Record

Tracey Thorn - Record

March 2, 2018

Critic Score

75

15 reviews

23. Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue

Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue

March 23, 2018

Critic Score

75

23 reviews

24. Frankie Cosmos - Vessel

Frankie Cosmos - Vessel

March 30, 2018

Critic Score

75

16 reviews

25. Belle & Sebastian - How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 3)

Belle & Sebastian - How to Solve Our Human Problems (Part 3)

February 16, 2018

Critic Score

74

5 reviews

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