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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

Year

2018
- - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
  - 2012
- - 2011
  - 2010
  - 2009
  - 2008
  - 2007
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Americana
  - Art Pop
  - Country
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Folk Rock
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Folk
- - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
  - Metal
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Neo-Soul
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop

This is an ordered list of The Independent's highest rated albums of 2018. Check out The Independent's Year End List.

1. John Grant - Love Is Magic

October 12, 2018

Synthpop

Score

100

2. Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains

October 12, 2018

Americana

Score

100

3. Suede - The Blue Hour

September 21, 2018

Alternative Rock

Score

100

4. Christine and the Queens - Chris

September 21, 2018

Synthpop

Score

100

5. Troye Sivan - Bloom

August 31, 2018

Electropop

Score

100

6. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD

August 3, 2018

Trap Rap

Score

100

7. Gaika - Basic Volume

July 27, 2018

Experimental Hip Hop

Score

100

8. Ben Howard - Noonday Dream

June 1, 2018

Indie Folk

Score

100

9. CHVRCHES - Love is Dead

May 25, 2018

Synthpop

Score

100

10. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

May 18, 2018

Art Punk

Score

100

11. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer

April 27, 2018

Art Pop

Score

100

12. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour

March 30, 2018

Country Pop

Score

100

13. Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us

January 26, 2018

Americana

Score

100

14. Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads

January 26, 2018

Americana

Score

100

15. Van Morrison - The Prophet Speaks

December 2, 2018

Score

16. Bryan Ferry - Bitter-Sweet

November 30, 2018

Score

17. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

November 30, 2018

Score

18. Rita Ora - Phoenix

November 23, 2018

Score

19. Michael Bublé - Love

November 16, 2018

Score

20. The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie Land

November 16, 2018

Score

21. Imagine Dragons - Origins

November 9, 2018

Score

22. Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley

November 2, 2018

Score

23. Barbra Streisand - Walls

November 2, 2018

Score

24. Nao - Saturn

October 26, 2018

Score

25. Robyn - Honey

October 26, 2018

Score

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

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