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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

Year

2018
- - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
  - 2012
- - 2011
  - 2010
  - 2009
  - 2008
  - 2007
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alt-Country
  - Americana
  - Art Pop
  - Blues Rock
  - Country
  - Folk
  - Folk Rock
  - Garage Rock
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - Jazz
- - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Pop Soul
  - Psychedelic
  - Psychedelic Rock
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Slowcore
  - Sophisti-Pop
  - Soul
  - Standards
  - Vocal Jazz

1. Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay Sessions

May 18, 2018

Score

100

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Amazon

2. Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing

April 27, 2018

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3. Eels - The Deconstruction

April 6, 2018

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4. Jack White - Boarding House Reach

March 23, 2018

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5. Belle & Sebastian - How to Solve Our Human Problems (Parts 1-3)

February 16, 2018

Indie Pop

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Amazon

6. Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis - Wild! Wild! Wild!

October 8, 2018

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7. Amy Helm - This Too Shall Light

September 21, 2018

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8. Willie Nelson - My Way

September 14, 2018

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9. Paul McCartney - Egypt Station

September 7, 2018

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10. Mitski - Be the Cowboy

August 17, 2018

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11. Liz Cooper & The Stampede - Window Flowers

August 10, 2018

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12. Shemekia Copeland - America's Child

August 3, 2018

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13. Lucero - Among the Ghosts

August 3, 2018

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14. Amanda Shires - To The Sunset

August 3, 2018

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15. Kevin Gordon - Tilt and Shine

July 27, 2018

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16. Boz Scaggs - Out of the Blues

July 27, 2018

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17. Willie Nile - Children of Paradise

July 27, 2018

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18. Cowboy Junkies - All That Reckoning

July 13, 2018

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19. Jim James - Uniform Distortion

June 29, 2018

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20. T. Hardy Morris - Dude, the Obscure

June 22, 2018

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Amazon

21. Erin Rae - Putting on Airs

June 8, 2018

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22. Shannon Shaw - Shannon In Nashville

June 8, 2018

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23. Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past

June 1, 2018

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24. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Sparkle Hard

May 18, 2018

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25. Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son

May 11, 2018

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings American Songwriter awarded albums throughout 2018.

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