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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

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- Indie Folk
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
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- Noise Rock
- Pop
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- Psychedelic
- Psychedelic Pop
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Synthpop

2018

This is an ordered list of No Ripcord's highest rated albums of 2018. Check out No Ripcord's Year End List.

1. Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability

Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability

November 2, 2018

Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

2. Thou - Magus

August 31, 2018

Score

90

3. Lithics - Mating Surfaces

Lithics - Mating Surfaces

May 25, 2018

Score

90

4. Mitski - Be the Cowboy

Mitski - Be the Cowboy

August 17, 2018

Score

90

5. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

June 15, 2018

Score

90

6. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

June 22, 2018

Score

90

7. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

May 18, 2018

Score

90

8. Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace

Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace

May 4, 2018

Score

90

9. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

March 9, 2018

Score

90

10. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited

U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited

February 16, 2018

Neo-Psychedelia

Score

90

11. Hookworms - Microshift

Hookworms - Microshift

February 2, 2018

Neo-Psychedelia

Score

90

12. Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus

Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus

February 9, 2018

Score

90

13. Foxwarren - Foxwarren

Foxwarren - Foxwarren

November 30, 2018

Score

80

14. Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar

Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar

September 28, 2018

Score

80

15. Julia Holter - Aviary

Julia Holter - Aviary

October 26, 2018

Progressive Pop

Score

80

16. Dead Can Dance - DIONYSUS

Dead Can Dance - DIONYSUS

November 2, 2018

Score

80

17. Balún - Prisma Tropical

Balún - Prisma Tropical

July 20, 2018

Score

80

18. boygenius - boygenius EP

boygenius - boygenius EP

October 26, 2018

Score

80

19. Basement Revolver - Heavy Eyes

Basement Revolver - Heavy Eyes

August 24, 2018

Score

80

20. Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning

Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning

October 19, 2018

Score

80

21. Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss

Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss

October 5, 2018

Score

80

22. Blood Orange - Negro Swan

Blood Orange - Negro Swan

August 24, 2018

Alternative R&B

Score

80

23. Guerilla Toss - Twisted Crystal

Guerilla Toss - Twisted Crystal

September 14, 2018

Neo-Psychedelia

Score

80

24. Pig Destroyer - Head Cage

Pig Destroyer - Head Cage

September 7, 2018

Score

80

25. Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog

Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog

August 24, 2018

Alternative Metal

Score

80

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings No Ripcord awarded albums throughout 2018.

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