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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

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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.

1.

Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains
October 12, 2018
Americana
Score
100
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2.

Gaika - Basic Volume
July 27, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
100
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3.

John Grant - Love Is Magic
October 12, 2018
Synthpop
Score
100
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4.

Christine and the Queens - Chris
September 21, 2018
Synthpop
Score
100
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5.

Troye Sivan - Bloom
August 31, 2018
Electropop
Score
100
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6.

Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
August 3, 2018
Trap Rap
Score
100
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7.

Suede - The Blue Hour
September 21, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
100
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8.

Ben Howard - Noonday Dream
June 1, 2018
Indie Folk
Score
100
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9.

CHVRCHES - Love is Dead
May 25, 2018
Synthpop
Score
100
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10.

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
March 30, 2018
Country Pop
Score
100
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11.

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
May 18, 2018
Art Punk
Score
100
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12.

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Art Pop
Score
100
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13.

Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads
January 26, 2018
Americana
Score
100
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14.

Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us
January 26, 2018
Americana
Score
100
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15.

Van Morrison - The Prophet Speaks
December 2, 2018
Score
80
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16.

Zayn - Icarus Falls
December 14, 2018
R&B
Score
80
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17.

Barbra Streisand - Walls
November 2, 2018
Adult Contemporary
Score
80
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18.

Matt Corby - Rainbow Valley
November 2, 2018
Score
80
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19.

Bryan Ferry - Bitter-Sweet
November 30, 2018
Score
80
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20.

The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie Land
November 16, 2018
Art Rock
Score
80
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21.

Michael Bublé - Love
November 16, 2018
Score
80
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22.

Imagine Dragons - Origins
November 9, 2018
Pop Rock
Score
80
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23.

Estrons - You Say I'm Too Much, I Say You're Not Enough
October 5, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
80
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24.

Rita Ora - Phoenix
November 23, 2018
Electropop
Score
80
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25.

Nao - Saturn
October 26, 2018
Alternative R&B
Score
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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