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This is an ordered list of Loud and Quiet's highest rated albums of 2018. Check out
Loud and Quiet's Year End List
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1
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Beak> - >>>
September 21, 2018
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Krautrock
Score
100
Source →
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2
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Mount Eerie - Now Only
March 16, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Dirtmusic - Bu Bir Ruya
January 26, 2018
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Tropical Fuck Storm - A Laughing Death in Meatspace
May 4, 2018
Art Punk
,
Noise Rock
,
Punk Blues
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Daniel Knox - Chasescene
December 7, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Jacco Gardner - Somnium
November 23, 2018
Progressive Electronic
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Hen Ogledd - Mogic
November 16, 2018
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Dead Can Dance - DIONYSUS
November 2, 2018
Tribal Ambient
,
Neoclassical New Age
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Audiobooks - Now! (in a minute)
November 2, 2018
Synthpop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Kelly Moran - Ultraviolet
November 2, 2018
Post-Minimalism
,
Electroacoustic
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Mountain Man - Magic Ship
September 21, 2018
Folk
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Lonnie Holley - MITH
September 21, 2018
Soul
,
Experimental
,
Free Jazz
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Gazelle Twin - Pastoral
September 21, 2018
Post-Industrial
,
Art Pop
,
Electronic
,
Experimental
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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The Goon Sax - We're Not Talking
September 14, 2018
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Thou - Magus
August 31, 2018
Sludge Metal
,
Doom Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Blood Orange - Negro Swan
August 24, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Sophisti-Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Phantastic Ferniture - Phantastic Ferniture
July 27, 2018
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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The Innocence Mission - Sun on the Square
June 29, 2018
Folk Pop
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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serpentwithfeet - soil
June 8, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Virginia Wing - Ecstatic Arrow
June 8, 2018
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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LICE - It All Worked Out Vol. 1 & 2
May 25, 2018
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
22
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Lithics - Mating Surfaces
May 25, 2018
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Aja - Aja
May 11, 2018
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance
May 18, 2018
Psychedelic Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Jon Hopkins - Singularity
May 4, 2018
Microhouse
,
Tech House
,
Techno
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Loud and Quiet awarded albums throughout 2018.
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