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This is an ordered list of The Independent's highest rated albums of 2018. Check out
The Independent's Year End List
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Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains
October 12, 2018
Americana
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100
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Gaika - Basic Volume
July 27, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
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100
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John Grant - Love Is Magic
October 12, 2018
Synthpop
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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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Troye Sivan - Bloom
August 31, 2018
Electropop
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100
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Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
August 3, 2018
Trap Rap
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100
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Suede - The Blue Hour
September 21, 2018
Alternative Rock
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100
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Ben Howard - Noonday Dream
June 1, 2018
Indie Folk
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100
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CHVRCHES - Love is Dead
May 25, 2018
Synthpop
Score
100
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Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
March 30, 2018
Country Pop
Score
100
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11
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Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
May 18, 2018
Art Punk
Score
100
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12
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Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Art Pop
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100
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Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads
January 26, 2018
Americana
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100
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Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us
January 26, 2018
Americana
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100
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15
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Van Morrison - The Prophet Speaks
December 2, 2018
Score
80
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Zayn - Icarus Falls
December 14, 2018
R&B
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80
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Barbra Streisand - Walls
November 2, 2018
Adult Contemporary
Score
80
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Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley
November 2, 2018
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80
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Bryan Ferry - Bitter-Sweet
November 30, 2018
Score
80
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The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie Land
November 16, 2018
Art Rock
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80
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Michael Bublé - Love
November 16, 2018
Score
80
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22
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Imagine Dragons - Origins
November 9, 2018
Pop Rock
Score
80
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23
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Estrons - You Say I'm Too Much, I Say You're Not Enough
October 5, 2018
Indie Rock
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80
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24
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Rita Ora - Phoenix
November 23, 2018
Electropop
Score
80
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Nao - Saturn
October 26, 2018
Alternative R&B
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80
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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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