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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

Year

2018
- - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Emo
  - Experimental Hip Hop
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Metal
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Pop Rap
  - Pop Rock
  - Post-Punk
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop
  - Trap Rap

1. The Voidz - Virtue

The Voidz - Virtue

March 30, 2018

Score

96

2. Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus

Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus

February 9, 2018

Score

96

3. Mitski - Be the Cowboy

Mitski - Be the Cowboy

August 17, 2018

Score

94

4. The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment

The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment

February 16, 2018

Score

93

5. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

June 22, 2018

Score

90

6. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

July 13, 2018

Score

89

7. Underøath - Erase Me

Underøath - Erase Me

April 6, 2018

Score

89

8. JPEGMAFIA - Veteran

JPEGMAFIA - Veteran

January 19, 2018

Experimental Hip Hop

Score

89

9. James - Living in Extraordinary Times

James - Living in Extraordinary Times

August 3, 2018

Alternative Rock

Score

88

10. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur

July 20, 2018

Score

88

11. Lord Huron - Vide Noir

Lord Huron - Vide Noir

April 20, 2018

Score

88

12. Mimicking Birds - Layers of Us

Mimicking Birds - Layers of Us

January 26, 2018

Score

88

13. Brockhampton - iridescence

Brockhampton - iridescence

September 21, 2018

Experimental Hip Hop

Score

87

14. Neko Case - Hell-On

Neko Case - Hell-On

June 1, 2018

Singer-Songwriter

Score

87

15. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

May 18, 2018

Score

87

16. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

May 18, 2018

Score

87

17. Field Music - Open Here

Field Music - Open Here

February 2, 2018

Progressive Pop

Score

87

18. Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E.

Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E.

June 23, 2018

Score

86

19. SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES

SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES

June 15, 2018

Post-Industrial

Score

86

20. Sleep - The Sciences

Sleep - The Sciences

April 20, 2018

Score

86

21. Turbowolf - The Free Life

Turbowolf - The Free Life

March 9, 2018

Score

86

22. Lucy Dacus - Historian

Lucy Dacus - Historian

March 2, 2018

Singer-Songwriter

Score

86

23. Waterparks - Entertainment

Waterparks - Entertainment

January 26, 2018

Score

86

24. Typhoon - Offerings

Typhoon - Offerings

January 12, 2018

Score

86

25. Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place

Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place

October 1, 2018

Score

85

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

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