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2018 Music Year End List Aggregate

These numbers are obtained from the 133 lists found at the end of this page.


Honorable Mention:
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want (50), Skee Mask - Compro (50), The Beths - Future Me Hates Me (49), Various Artists - Black Panther: The Album (49), Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (47), Mariah Carey - Caution (46), The Carters - EVERYTHING IS LOVE (46), Kurt Vile - Bottle It In (45), Nils Frahm - All Melody (44), JPEGMAFIA - Veteran (41), Iceage - Beyondless (41), Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) (39), Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel (38), Neko Case - Hell-On (38), Troye Sivan - Bloom (38), Playboi Carti - Die Lit (38), Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017 (37), Camila Cabello - Camila (37), BROCKHAMPTON - iridescence (37), Ghost - Prequelle (34), Gazelle Twin - Pastoral (34), Marie Davidson - Working Class Woman (34), Florence + The Machine - High as Hope (34), Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E. (33), Nao - Saturn (33), Anna Calvi - Hunter (33), YOB - Our Raw Heart (32), Drake - Scorpion (32), Suede - The Blue Hour (32), A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant (31), Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends (31), Beak> - >>> (31), MGMT - Little Dark Age (30), Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus (30), The Breeders - All Nerve (30), Caroline Rose - Loner (29), Cat Power - Wanderer (29), Mount Eerie - Now Only (29), Turnstile - Time & Space (28), Lotic - Power (28), Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of (28), LUMP - LUMP (27), J Balvin - Vibras (27), Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On (27), Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Sparkle Hard (26), Rico Nasty - Nasty (26), First Aid Kit - Ruins (25), Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin (25), Kamaal Williams - The Return (25), Grouper - Grid of Points (25)
How Points are Measured

Ranked Lists
1st Place:
10 points
2nd Place:
8 points
3rd place:
6 points
Top 10:
5 points
Top 25:
3 points
Other:
1 point
Unranked Lists
10 Albums or Less:
5 points
25 Albums or Less:
3 points
More than 25 Albums:
1 point
Recent Additions
Jan 10
Pretty Much Amazing
Jan 08
New York Post
Jan 04
Magnetic, Upset, The Interns
Jan 02
Refinery29, Metal Injection, The Daily Beast
Jan 01
The Observer: Kitty Empire
Dec 31
Far Out Magazine, Idolator, Under the Radar
Dec 28
Norman Records
Dec 27
Gothamist
Dec 26
Kerrang!, OOR, Yahoo Music
Dec 24
Passion of the Weiss, DJ Mag, ABC News
Dec 23
Thrillist
Dec 22
Sputnikmusic, The Needle Drop, Vinyl Me, Please, Time Out New York, Okayplayer
Dec 21
BrooklynVegan, The Guardian
Dec 20
Esquire (US), The Sydney Morning Herald, Hypebeast, Complex UK, XLR8R, The 405
Dec 19
Classic Rock Magazine, Dummy, Alternative Press, BLARE, Clash, The Wild Honey Pie, Earbuddy, Highsnobiety, No Ripcord, The Alternative
Dec 18
Vibe, Q Magazine, The A.V. Club
Dec 17
PAPER, Tiny Mix Tapes, USA Today, Mixmag, Gigwise, Us Weekly, The Music, Northern Transmissions
Dec 16
NZ Herald
Dec 14
Bandcamp Daily, Spectrum Culture, GQ
Dec 13
FACT, Digital Trends, Rolling Stone, NME
Dec 12
SPIN, Radio X, AXS, Slate, Junkee
Dec 11
Associated Press, The Atlantic , DJBooth (Hip Hop / R&B), Slant Magazine, Resident Advisor, The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich, Pitchfork
Dec 10
FLOOD, NOW Magazine, Double J, Crack Magazine, Billboard, God Is In The TV, PopMatters
Dec 09
Louder Than War, Esquire (UK)
Dec 08
Drowned in Sound, The Times, People
Dec 07
Flavorwire, Loud and Quiet
Dec 06
Newsweek, The Vinyl Factory, AllMusic, American Songwriter, Treble, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times: Jon Caramanica, The New York Times: Jon Pareles
Dec 05
Rock Sound, Dazed, MondoSonoro, The Key, Complex, musicOMH, Noisey
Dec 04
The Wire, Stereogum, The Quietus, The Ringer, NPR Music
Dec 03
Vulture, Uproxx, The Independent, The Line of Best Fit, Gorilla vs. Bear, Consequence of Sound
Dec 02
Albumism, Gaffa (Denmark)
Nov 30
KCRW, Gaffa (Sweden), Bleep
Nov 29
The Skinny
Nov 26
Paste, Glide, Revolver, BBC Radio 6 Music
Nov 25
Fopp
Nov 23
Drift
Nov 22
Piccadilly Records
Nov 19
MOJO
Nov 16
TIME
Nov 15
Decibel
Nov 14
Uncut
Nov 13
Rough Trade
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5y
My Top 50 Albums of 2018

50. Natalie Prass – The Future and the Past (ATO Records)
49. Shinichi Atobe – Heat (DDS)
48. Mary Gauthier – Rifles & Rosary Beads (Thirty Tigers)
47. Vessel – Queen of the Golden Dogs (Tri Angle)
46. Armand Hammer – Paraffin (Backwoodz Studioz)
45. Caroline Rose – Loner (New West)
44. Dream Wife – Dream Wife (Lucky Number)
43. Confidence Man – Confident Music for Confident People (Heavenly)
42. Amanda Shires – To the Sunset (Silver Knife Records)
41. Thou – Magus (Sacred Bones)
40. Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love (Warp Records)
39. Camp Cope – How to Socialise & Make Friends (Run for Cover)
38. Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts (G.O.O.D. Music)

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5y
Soyuz Music - popular russian website about music & cinema
Top 25 best albums of the year
https://www.soyuz.ru/articles/1597?sectionId=4
5y
I don't know will you update list or no, but there is GQ Russia's Top 20 albums of the year. It's different from international GQ list & they do rankings.
https://www.gq.ru/entertainment/best-music-albums-2018

1. Kids See Ghosts – Kids See Ghosts
2. Rosalía – El Mal Querer
3. Anderson.Paak – Oxnard
4. Kanye West – Ye
5. Travis Scott – Astroworld
6. Noname – Room 25
7. Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys
8. The Internet – Hive Mind
9. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
10. Kali Uchis – Isolation
11. Big Baby Tape – Dragonborn
12. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
13. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
14. Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, SZA – Black Panther: The Album
15. Монеточка – Раскраски для взрослых
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5y
Top 20: Best albums I’ve heard in 2018*


20# Confidence Man - Confident Music For Confident People

19# Blood Orange - Negro Swan

18# Drake - Scorpion

17# Mitski - Be the Cowboy

16# The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

15# Anderson .Paak - Oxnard

14# BROCKHAMPTON - Iridescenc

13# Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer

12# DJ Koze - Knock Knock

11# Lily Allen - No Shame

10# Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

9# Joey Purp - QUARTERTHING

8# Christine and the Queens - Chris

7# Kali Uchis - Isolation

6# Robyn - Honey

5# Kids See Ghosts - KIDS SEE GHOSTS

4# Empress Of - Us

3# Beach House - 7

2# Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour

1# Leon Bridges - Good Thing
5y
https://www.worthmyti.me/2019/01/01/2018-wrap-up-50-albums-i-love/

1. Jonny Greenwood – The Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Nonesuch Records]
2. JPEGMAFIA – Veteran [Deathbomb Arc]
3. Sigh – Heir To Despair [Universal Music Operations Limited]
4. Any Other – Two Geography [42 Records]
5. Rose Droll – Your Dog [Father/Daughter Records]
6. Royce da 5’9″ – Book of Ryan [Heaven Studios, Inc. & Entertainment One U.S., LP]
7. Anenon – Tongue [Friends of Friends Music]
8. Juliana Daugherty – Light [Western Vinyl]
9. Haley Heynderickx – I Need to Start a Garden [Mama Bird Recording Co.]
10. Caroline Rose – Loner [New West Records]
11. Eliza Shaddad – Future [Beatnik Creative]
12. Fenne Lily – On Hold [Fenne Lily]
13. Okay Kaya
5y
The Observer (respected UK Sunday broadsheet newspaper) Top 10 Albums of 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/30/kitty-empire-best-pop-rock-2018
5y
After checking this list, I have to admit comparing with last year, there are not too many great albums released in 2018 tbh.
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