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Highest Rated Albums of 2018
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This is an ordered list of Spectrum Culture's highest rated albums of 2018. Check out
Spectrum Culture's Year End List
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1
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Foxing - Nearer My God
August 10, 2018
Art Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Emo
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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David Crosby - Here If You Listen
October 26, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Pop
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Ian William Craig - Thresholder
November 2, 2018
Ambient
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Wingtip Sloat - Purge & Swell / Lost Decade
September 28, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
5
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Richard Swift - The Hex
September 21, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Amnesia Scanner - Another Life
September 7, 2018
Deconstructed Club
,
Electro-Industrial
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Tim Hecker - Konoyo
September 28, 2018
Ambient
,
Drone
,
Electroacoustic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Low - Double Negative
September 14, 2018
Glitch Pop
,
Ambient Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Swamp Dogg - Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune
September 7, 2018
Contemporary R&B
,
Alternative R&B
,
Neo-Soul
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Meshell Ndegeocello - Ventriloquism
March 16, 2018
Neo-Soul
,
Art Pop
,
Psychedelic Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Lucy Dacus - Historian
March 2, 2018
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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William Parker - Voices Fall from the Sky
June 15, 2018
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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J Mascis - Elastic Days
November 9, 2018
Indie Rock
,
Folk
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Moonface - This One’s For the Dancer & This One’s For the Dancer’s Bouquet
November 2, 2018
Art Rock
,
Art Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
15
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Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams
October 5, 2018
Art Punk
,
Post-Hardcore
,
Rock Opera
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Moon Hooch - Light It Up
April 6, 2018
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
17
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Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
July 13, 2018
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Body/Head - The Switch
July 13, 2018
Noise Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Drone
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
19
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John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
June 29, 2018
Post-Bop
,
Modal Jazz
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Dave Holland - Uncharted Territories
May 11, 2018
Free Jazz
,
Free Improvisation
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Beach House - 7
May 11, 2018
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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Caroline Davis - Heart Tonic
March 24, 2018
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
23
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Jeff Rosenstock - POST-
January 1, 2018
Indie Rock
,
Power Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Pianos Become The Teeth - Wait for Love
February 16, 2018
Emo
,
Indie Rock
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Matthew Shipp Quartet - Sonic Fiction
March 23, 2018
Score
85
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spectrum Culture awarded albums throughout 2018.
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