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This is an ordered list of Drowned in Sound's highest rated albums of 2018. Check out
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Gazelle Twin - Pastoral
September 21, 2018
Post-Industrial
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100
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Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams
October 5, 2018
Art Punk
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100
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Flasher - Constant Image
June 8, 2018
Post-Punk
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100
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Nils Frahm - All Melody
January 26, 2018
Ambient
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100
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Black Foxxes - REIðI
March 16, 2018
Alternative Rock
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100
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Ought - Room Inside the World
February 16, 2018
Post-Punk
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100
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Fightmilk - Not with That Attitude
November 2, 2018
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90
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William Basinski + Lawrence English - Selva Oscura
October 12, 2018
Ambient
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90
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Sauna Youth - Deaths
September 7, 2018
Garage Punk
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90
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Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss
October 5, 2018
Indie Folk
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90
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The Black Delta Movement - Preservation
August 3, 2018
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90
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The Necks - Body
August 14, 2018
Post-Rock
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90
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John Grant - Love Is Magic
October 12, 2018
Synthpop
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90
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Self Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk Music
June 29, 2018
Post-Punk
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90
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John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
June 29, 2018
Jazz
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90
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Foxing - Nearer My God
August 10, 2018
Indie Rock
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90
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Onyx Collective - Lower East Suite Part Three
June 15, 2018
Avant-Garde Jazz
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90
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Dancehall - The Band
June 15, 2018
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90
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Low - Double Negative
September 14, 2018
Ambient Pop
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90
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Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
August 31, 2018
Post-Punk
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90
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Interpol - Marauder
August 24, 2018
Post-Punk Revival
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90
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Apostille - Choose Life
June 8, 2018
Synthpop
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90
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Szun Waves - New Hymn to Freedom
August 31, 2018
Nu Jazz
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90
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Eureka California - Roadrunners
May 4, 2018
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90
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Florence + The Machine - High as Hope
June 29, 2018
Art Pop
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90
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Drowned in Sound awarded albums throughout 2018.
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