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Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
November 30, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
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100
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Robyn - Honey
October 26, 2018
Electropop
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100
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ROSALÍA - EL MAL QUERER
November 2, 2018
Art Pop
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100
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Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics
October 19, 2018
Art Pop
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100
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Bill Ryder-Jones - Yawn
November 2, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
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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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Christine and the Queens - Chris
September 21, 2018
Synthpop
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100
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Helena Hauff - Qualm
August 3, 2018
Electro
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100
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Gwenifer Raymond - You Never Were Much of a Dancer
June 29, 2018
American Primitivism
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100
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Low - Double Negative
September 14, 2018
Ambient Pop
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100
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Prince - Piano & a Microphone 1983
September 21, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
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100
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Anna Calvi - Hunter
August 31, 2018
Art Rock
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100
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Mitski - Be the Cowboy
August 17, 2018
Indie Rock
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100
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Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
July 13, 2018
Blackgaze
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100
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Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
June 29, 2018
Art Pop
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100
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Neko Case - Hell-On
June 1, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
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100
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Polina Leschenko - Deux
February 23, 2018
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100
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Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
March 30, 2018
Country Pop
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100
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Sarah Blasko - Depth of Field
February 23, 2018
Art Pop
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100
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Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain
March 23, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
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100
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Steve Reich - Pulse / Quartet
February 2, 2018
Modern Classical
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100
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Hookworms - Microshift
February 2, 2018
Neo-Psychedelia
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100
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No Age - Snares Like a Haircut
January 26, 2018
Noise Pop
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100
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Brona McVittie - We Are the Wildlife
January 12, 2018
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80
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Moonlight Benjamin - Siltane
March 23, 2018
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80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Guardian awarded albums throughout 2018.
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