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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

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1.

Meek Mill - Championships
November 30, 2018
Trap, East Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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2.

JID - DiCaprio 2
November 26, 2018
Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Score
90
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3.

Jeff Tweedy - WARM
November 30, 2018
Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country
Score
90
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4.

JustJohn & Dom Dias - Don II
November 16, 2018
Score
90
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5.

The Great Sabatini - Goodbye Audio
November 16, 2018
Score
90
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Amazon

6.

Sigh - Heir To Despair
November 16, 2018
Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal
Score
90
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7.

Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead
June 15, 2018
Soul, Blues Rock
Score
90
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8.

Objekt - Cocoon Crush
November 9, 2018
IDM, Techno
Score
90
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9.

Paul Brandt - The Journey BNA: Vol. 2
November 9, 2018
Score
90
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10.

All That Remains - Victim of the New Disease
November 9, 2018
Metalcore, Melodic Metalcore
Score
90
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11.

Cult Leader - A Patient Man
November 9, 2018
Sludge Metal, Mathcore
Score
90
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12.

Elliot Maginot - Comrades
November 2, 2018
Indie Pop, Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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13.

Jeremy Dutcher - Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa
April 6, 2018
Modern Classical, Art Pop, Chamber Music
Score
90
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14.

Pistol Annies - Interstate Gospel
November 2, 2018
Country
Score
90
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15.

Ian William Craig - Thresholder
November 2, 2018
Ambient
Score
90
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16.

Kelly Moran - Ultraviolet
November 2, 2018
Post-Minimalism, Electroacoustic
Score
90
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17.

AWAR - Spoils of War
October 26, 2018
Score
90
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18.

Heather Leigh - Throne
October 26, 2018
Score
90
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19.

Julia Holter - Aviary
October 26, 2018
Art Pop, Experimental, Progressive Pop
Score
90
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20.

Phony Ppl - mō'zā-ik
October 19, 2018
Neo-Soul, Hip Hop
Score
90
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21.

Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
October 26, 2018
Noise Rock, Industrial Rock
Score
90
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22.

Sargeist - Unbound
October 11, 2018
Metal, Black Metal
Score
90
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23.

Art D'Ecco - Trespasser
October 12, 2018
Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
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24.

Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams
October 5, 2018
Art Punk, Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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25.

Puce Mary - The Drought
October 5, 2018
Death Industrial, Dark Ambient
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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