Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2018

Crack Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2018

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50.

Dean Blunt - Soul on Fire
September 19, 2018
Critic Score
62
2 reviews

49.

November 16, 2018
Critic Score
79
13 reviews

47.

September 14, 2018
Critic Score
85
26 reviews

From the moment it begins, Double Negative sounds like being inside a violent storm, holding up a mirror to the turbulence of the world right now.

45.

June 8, 2018
Critic Score
74
7 reviews

At times, this record can feel uncomfortable, with its abundance of vocal falsettos and staccato synths, but it is in this discomfort that IRISIRI reveals itself.

44.

August 3, 2018
Critic Score
77
18 reviews

While she isn’t the first in recent years to shun hi-tech production tools, Hauff makes her machines bleed better than most.

43.

April 27, 2018
Critic Score
87
41 reviews

Typically dense with historical reference points, as well as contemporary interrogations of real-world issues, Dirty Computer is the ecstatic protest album for an era that will keep people pondering its cultural significance for generations to come.

42.

October 26, 2018
Critic Score
79
5 reviews

38.

August 24, 2018
Critic Score
83
34 reviews

It’s clear that through this album’s 16 introspective, tender and heart-rending tracks, this is the kind of world Dev Hynes is striving to create through his music: one where the negro swan isn’t only desired, but allowed to soar.

37.

June 1, 2018
Critic Score
79
28 reviews

With Age Of, 0PN has once again taken things up a notch.

36.

October 26, 2018
Critic Score
88
29 reviews

32.

June 8, 2018
Critic Score
79
36 reviews

On her debut album as Snail Mail, Jordan pines for a series of former lovers throughout the album, and it’s refreshing to hear the emotions which we usually thrash out in our own heads being clearly communicated with no shame.

30.

June 22, 2018
Critic Score
84
33 reviews
It might not be formally radical, but the tunes are irresistible, and Washington and his band The Next Step have a winning charisma.

28.

November 16, 2018
Critic Score
78
3 reviews

26.

September 28, 2018
Critic Score
78
21 reviews

23.

May 25, 2018
Critic Score
74
9 reviews
For jazz and funk lovers, it’s a gem.

20.

October 11, 2018
Critic Score
82
1 review

18.

Moses Boyd - Displaced Diaspora
September 28, 2018
Critic Score
75
2 reviews

17.

August 3, 2018
Critic Score
77
21 reviews

16.

September 21, 2018
Critic Score
86
36 reviews

This is an album that navigates the ambiguous waters of sexuality and identity, relationships and selfhood, with a steady, sure hand.

15.

September 14, 2018
Critic Score
83
3 reviews

14.

March 2, 2018
Critic Score
75
10 reviews

DJ Taye’s creative, rich debut album Still Trippin’ is footwork at its best.

13.

July 20, 2018
Critic Score
80
34 reviews
A brilliant, electric album to keep you dancing through the summer.

12.

May 4, 2018
Critic Score
81
30 reviews

While Beyondless is a record that honours the lineage of the great musicians that came before Iceage, this music is too alive and too lustful to be sterilised by the praise of rockist bores. It’s the sound of a band who’ve been bound together by music since they were kids, and they’ve not lost an ounce of passion along the way.

11.

April 6, 2018
Critic Score
82
23 reviews

In an era where women are no longer afraid to speak up, Invasion of Privacy is an extension of that movement in her own vision. With bold authenticity and self-awareness, Cardi B proves that a little self-confidence goes a long way.

8.

April 20, 2018
Critic Score
75
1 review

7.

August 17, 2018
Critic Score
85
40 reviews

There’s ... a certain sense of growth from her breakthrough album, 2016’s Puberty 2 – this is bolder, more ambitious and experimental.

5.

August 31, 2018
Critic Score
88
34 reviews

A heady, confusing rush of present-day fury and hope for a brighter future, Joy as An Act of Resistance is a record that bristles with the political and emotional energy of punk’s very best.

4.

September 5, 2018
Critic Score
83
13 reviews
This is a mission statement from an artist who knows that the trademark of their sound is not so much the sound itself, but its ability to take hold of the listener and bring them into the fold. It is the manifestation of a vision, now fully realised, projected to us from within.

2.

August 10, 2018
Critic Score
79
17 reviews

1.

June 15, 2018
Critic Score
82
23 reviews

OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES is every bit the full-length statement of purpose SOPHIE’s fans have waited years for; a maturation and refinement of her brand of meta plasticine electro that reflects the sharpened sense of focus that accompanies its creator strutting purposefully into the spotlight.

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