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Blood Orange - Negro Swan
August 24, 2018
Alternative R&B
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100
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Hippo Campus - Bambi
September 28, 2018
Indie Pop
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95
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Jon Batiste - Hollywood Africans
September 28, 2018
Score
90
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Logic - YSIV
September 28, 2018
Boom Bap
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90
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Pusha T - Daytona
May 25, 2018
Hip Hop
Score
90
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Mitski - Be the Cowboy
August 17, 2018
Indie Rock
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90
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Kids See Ghosts - KIDS SEE GHOSTS
June 8, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
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90
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J. Cole - KOD
April 20, 2018
Hip Hop
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90
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Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing
April 27, 2018
Country
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90
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Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
June 22, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
March 30, 2018
Country Pop
Score
90
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Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Art Pop
Score
90
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Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
April 6, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
90
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Haley Heynderickx - I Need to Start a Garden
March 2, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue
March 23, 2018
Pop Rock
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90
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Lucy Dacus - Historian
March 2, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
February 16, 2018
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
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The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie Land
November 16, 2018
Art Rock
Score
85
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AWOLNATION - Here Come the Runts
February 2, 2018
Pop Rock
Score
85
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Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability
November 2, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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Dilly Dally - Heaven
September 14, 2018
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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Mommy Long Legs - Try Your Best
June 22, 2018
Score
80
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Troye Sivan - Bloom
August 31, 2018
Electropop
Score
80
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Florence + The Machine - High as Hope
June 29, 2018
Art Pop
Score
80
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Panic! at the Disco - Pray For The Wicked
June 22, 2018
Pop Rock
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80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Young Folks awarded albums throughout 2018.
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