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Highest Rated Albums of 2018

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Genre
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1.

Blood Orange - Negro Swan
August 24, 2018
Alternative R&B
Score
100
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2.

Hippo Campus - Bambi
September 28, 2018
Indie Pop
Score
95
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3.

U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
February 16, 2018
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
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4.

Lucy Dacus - Historian
March 2, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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5.

Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue
March 23, 2018
Pop Rock
Score
90
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6.

Haley Heynderickx - I Need to Start a Garden
March 2, 2018
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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7.

Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
April 6, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
90
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8.

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Art Pop
Score
90
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9.

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
March 30, 2018
Country Pop
Score
90
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10.

Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
June 22, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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11.

Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing
April 27, 2018
Country
Score
90
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12.

J. Cole - KOD
April 20, 2018
Hip Hop
Score
90
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13.

Kids See Ghosts - KIDS SEE GHOSTS
June 8, 2018
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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14.

Mitski - Be the Cowboy
August 17, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
90
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15.

Pusha T - Daytona
May 25, 2018
Hip Hop
Score
90
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16.

Logic - YSIV
September 28, 2018
Pop Rap
Score
90
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17.

Jon Batiste - Hollywood Africans
September 28, 2018
Score
90
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18.

AWOLNATION - Here Come the Runts
February 2, 2018
Pop Rock
Score
85
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19.

The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie Land
November 16, 2018
Art Rock
Score
85
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20.

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter V
September 28, 2018
Trap Rap
Score
80
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21.

MGMT - Little Dark Age
February 9, 2018
Synthpop
Score
80
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22.

Screaming Females - All at Once
February 23, 2018
Indie Rock
Score
80
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23.

They Might Be Giants - I Like Fun
January 19, 2018
Indie Pop
Score
80
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24.

Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending
February 9, 2018
Dance Punk
Score
80
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25.

First Aid Kit - Ruins
January 19, 2018
Indie Folk
Score
80
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NOTE: 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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