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Exclaim!

Highest Rated Albums of 2018

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Genre

2018

1. Meek Mill - Championships

Meek Mill - Championships

November 30, 2018

Trap, East Coast Hip Hop

Conscious Hip Hop, Contemporary R&B, Pop Rap

Score

90

2. J.I.D - DiCaprio 2

J.I.D - DiCaprio 2

November 26, 2018

Southern Hip Hop

Conscious Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Trap, Jazz Rap

Score

90

3. Jeff Tweedy - WARM

Jeff Tweedy - WARM

November 30, 2018

Alt-Country, Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

4. Just John & Dom Dias - Don II

Just John & Dom Dias - Don II

November 16, 2018

Score

90

5. The Great Sabatini - Goodbye Audio

The Great Sabatini - Goodbye Audio

November 16, 2018

Score

90

6. サイ [Sigh] - Heir to Despair

サイ [Sigh] - Heir to Despair

November 16, 2018

Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal

Electronic, Folk Metal, Black Metal, Japanese Folk Music

Score

90

7. Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead

Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead

June 15, 2018

Blues Rock, Soul

Gospel, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelic Soul

Score

90

8. Objekt - Cocoon Crush

Objekt - Cocoon Crush

November 9, 2018

Score

90

9. Paul Brandt - The Journey BNA: Vol. 2

Paul Brandt - The Journey BNA: Vol. 2

November 9, 2018

Score

90

10. All That Remains - Victim of the New Disease

All That Remains - Victim of the New Disease

November 9, 2018

Melodic Metalcore, Metalcore

Alternative Metal, Groove Metal

Score

90

11. Cult Leader - A Patient Man

Cult Leader - A Patient Man

November 9, 2018

Sludge Metal, Mathcore

Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Slowcore

Score

90

12. Elliot Maginot - Comrades

Elliot Maginot - Comrades

November 2, 2018

Indie Pop, Singer-Songwriter

Score

90

13. Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa

Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa

April 6, 2018

Art Pop, Chamber Music

Classical Crossover, Field Recordings

Score

90

14. Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel

Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel

November 2, 2018

Contemporary Country

Score

90

15. Ian William Craig - Thresholder

Ian William Craig - Thresholder

November 2, 2018

Drone, Electroacoustic, Ambient

Choral, Minimalism, Tape Music

Score

90

16. Kelly Moran - Ultraviolet

Kelly Moran - Ultraviolet

November 2, 2018

Post-Minimalism, Electroacoustic

Ambient, Impressionism, Progressive Electronic

Score

90

17. AWAR - Spoils of War

AWAR - Spoils of War

October 26, 2018

Score

90

18. Heather Leigh - Throne

Heather Leigh - Throne

October 26, 2018

Score

90

19. Julia Holter - Aviary

Julia Holter - Aviary

October 26, 2018

Art Pop, Experimental, Progressive Pop

Modern Creative, Free Improvisation, Modern Classical, Chamber Jazz

Score

90

20. Phony Ppl - mō'zā-ik

Phony Ppl - mō'zā-ik

October 19, 2018

Neo-Soul, Hip Hop

Score

90

21. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want

Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want

October 26, 2018

Industrial Rock, Noise Rock

Score

90

22. Sargeist - Unbound

Sargeist - Unbound

October 11, 2018

Black Metal, Metal

Score

90

23. Art d'Ecco - Trespasser

Art d'Ecco - Trespasser

October 12, 2018

Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop

Score

90

24. Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams

Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams

October 5, 2018

Art Punk, Post-Hardcore, Rock Opera

Hardcore Punk, Indie Rock

Score

90

25. Puce Mary - The Drought

Puce Mary - The Drought

October 5, 2018

Death Industrial, Dark Ambient

Drone, Spoken Word

Score

90

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

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