Best Albums

NME

Highest Rated Albums of 2018

Year

2018
- - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
  - 2012
- - 2011
  - 2010
  - 2009
  - 2008
  - 2007
  - 2006
  - 2005
- - 2004
  - 2003
  - 2002
  - 2001
  - 2000
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Art Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Rock
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter

1. Years & Years - Palo Santo

Years & Years - Palo Santo

July 6, 2018

Score

100

2. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch

Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch

June 22, 2018

Experimental Rock

Score

100

3. Tove Styrke - Sway

Tove Styrke - Sway

May 4, 2018

Score

100

4. Jon Hopkins - Singularity

Jon Hopkins - Singularity

May 4, 2018

Score

100

5. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer

Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer

April 27, 2018

Score

100

6. Kali Uchis - Isolation

Kali Uchis - Isolation

April 6, 2018

Score

100

7. Amen Dunes - Freedom

Amen Dunes - Freedom

March 30, 2018

Neo-Psychedelia

Score

100

8. Jack White - Boarding House Reach

Jack White - Boarding House Reach

March 23, 2018

Score

100

9. Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue

Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue

March 23, 2018

Score

100

10. Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie

Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie

February 16, 2018

Score

100

11. Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus

Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus

February 9, 2018

Score

100

12. Hookworms - Microshift

Hookworms - Microshift

February 2, 2018

Neo-Psychedelia

Score

100

13. Dream Wife - Dream Wife

Dream Wife - Dream Wife

January 26, 2018

Alternative Rock

Score

100

14. Shame - Songs of Praise

Shame - Songs of Praise

January 12, 2018

Score

100

15. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose

Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose

July 13, 2018

Score

80

16. Obscura - Diluvium

Obscura - Diluvium

July 13, 2018

Score

80

17. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

July 13, 2018

Score

80

18. Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Wood

Laurel Halo - Raw Silk Uncut Wood

July 13, 2018

Score

80

19. Tom Grennan - Lighting Matches

Tom Grennan - Lighting Matches

July 6, 2018

Score

80

20. Gorillaz - The Now Now

Gorillaz - The Now Now

June 29, 2018

Score

80

21. Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears

Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears

June 29, 2018

Score

80

22. Panic! at the Disco - Pray For The Wicked

Panic! at the Disco - Pray For The Wicked

June 22, 2018

Score

80

23. Bebe Rexha - Expectations

Bebe Rexha - Expectations

June 22, 2018

Score

80

24. Gang Gang Dance - Kazuashita

Gang Gang Dance - Kazuashita

June 22, 2018

Neo-Psychedelia

Score

80

25. The Carters - Everything Is Love

The Carters - Everything Is Love

June 16, 2018

Score

80

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

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85

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

76

Dirty Projectors

78

77

76

85

Between the Buried and Me

78

65

81

Raw Silk Uncut Wood

71