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1.

Black Peaks - All That Divides
October 5, 2018
Progressive Rock
Critic Score
90
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads
January 26, 2018
Americana
Critic Score
90
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
August 31, 2018
Post-Punk
Critic Score
88
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Macy Gray - Ruby
September 21, 2018
Soul
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Sigh - Heir To Despair
November 16, 2018
Avant-Garde Metal
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Robyn - Honey
October 26, 2018
Electropop
Critic Score
88
29 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Contemporary R&B
Critic Score
86
40 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
June 29, 2018
Jazz
Critic Score
86
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Noname - Room 25
September 14, 2018
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
86
16 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Mitski - Be the Cowboy
August 17, 2018
Indie Rock
Critic Score
86
39 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6
March 23, 2018
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
Amazon

12.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Years
April 6, 2018
Alt-Country
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

13.

Between the Buried and Me - Automata II
July 13, 2018
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
85
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Christine and the Queens - Chris
September 21, 2018
Synthpop
Critic Score
85
34 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
February 16, 2018
Neo-Psychedelia
Critic Score
85
26 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
October 26, 2018
Noise Rock
Critic Score
85
13 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Low - Double Negative
September 14, 2018
Ambient Pop
Critic Score
85
26 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Voivod - The Wake
September 21, 2018
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
85
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere
March 30, 2018
Country
Critic Score
85
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
February 9, 2018
Indie Rock
Critic Score
85
25 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Pusha T - Daytona
May 25, 2018
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
24 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Various Artists - Brainfeeder X
November 16, 2018
Wonky
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Black Foxxes - REIðI
March 16, 2018
Alternative Rock
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Saba - CARE FOR ME
April 5, 2018
Hip Hop
Critic Score
85
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
May 18, 2018
Art Punk
Critic Score
85
33 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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