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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2010s
- 2000s

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

2018

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

1. Calexico - The Thread That Keeps Us

January 26, 2018

Americana

Score

100

2. Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads

January 26, 2018

Americana

Score

100

3. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer

April 27, 2018

Art Pop

Score

100

4. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

May 18, 2018

Art Punk

Score

100

5. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour

March 30, 2018

Country Pop

Score

100

6. CHVRCHES - Love is Dead

May 25, 2018

Synthpop

Score

100

7. Ben Howard - Noonday Dream

June 1, 2018

Indie Folk

Score

100

8. Suede - The Blue Hour

September 21, 2018

Alternative Rock

Score

100

9. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD

August 3, 2018

Trap Rap

Score

100

10. Troye Sivan - Bloom

August 31, 2018

Electropop

Score

100

11. Christine and the Queens - Chris

September 21, 2018

Synthpop

Score

100

12. John Grant - Love Is Magic

October 12, 2018

Synthpop

Score

100

13. Gaika - Basic Volume

July 27, 2018

Experimental Hip Hop

Score

100

14. Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains

October 12, 2018

Americana

Score

100

15. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

November 30, 2018

Score

16. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Wrong Creatures

January 12, 2018

Score

17. Kimbra - Primal Heart

April 20, 2018

Score

18. Tom Grennan - Lighting Matches

July 6, 2018

Score

19. Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus

February 9, 2018

Score

20. tUnE-yArDs - I can feel you creep into my private life

January 19, 2018

Score

21. Plan B - Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose

May 4, 2018

Score

22. Chromeo - Head Over Heels

June 15, 2018

Score

23. Joan As Police Woman - Damned Devotion

February 9, 2018

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24. Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile

April 13, 2018

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25. The Vaccines - Combat Sports

March 30, 2018

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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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