Best Albums

The Observer

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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2010s
- 2000s

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Grime
  - Hip Hop
  - House
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
- - Indie Rock
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Neo-Soul
  - Pop
  - Pop Rap
  - Pop Rock
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop
  - Trap Rap

2018

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

1. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

March 9, 2018

Neo-Soul

Score

100

2. Simian Mobile Disco - Murmurations

May 11, 2018

Tech House

Score

100

3. Blood Orange - Negro Swan

August 24, 2018

Alternative R&B

Score

100

4. Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability

November 2, 2018

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

5. MGMT - Little Dark Age

February 9, 2018

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6. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

November 30, 2018

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7. Django Django - Marble Skies

January 26, 2018

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8. The Go! Team - Semicircle

January 19, 2018

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9. Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus

February 9, 2018

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10. Porches - The House

January 19, 2018

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

January 19, 2018

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12. Joan As Police Woman - Damned Devotion

February 9, 2018

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13. Marlon Williams - Make Way for Love

February 16, 2018

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14. Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin

January 26, 2018

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15. cupcakKe - Ephorize

January 5, 2018

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16. Joan Baez - Whistle Down the Wind

March 2, 2018

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17. Tracey Thorn - Record

March 2, 2018

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18. Hayley Kiyoko - Expectations

March 30, 2018

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19. Toto Bona Lokua - Bondeko

January 19, 2018

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20. John Surman, Nelson Ayres & Rob Waring - Invisible Threads

January 19, 2018

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21. Hinds - I Don't Run

April 6, 2018

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22. Black Milk - FEVER

February 23, 2018

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23. Laura Veirs - The Lookout

April 13, 2018

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24. Mélissa Laveaux - Radyo Siwèl

February 2, 2018

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25. Mr. Fingers - Cerebral Hemispheres

April 3, 2018

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

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