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Highest Rated Albums of 2018
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This is an ordered list of NME's highest rated albums of 2018. Check out
NME's Year End List
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1
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Gucci Mane - Evil Genius
December 7, 2018
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
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2
.
The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
November 30, 2018
Art Pop
,
Pop Rock
,
Synthpop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Architects - Holy Hell
November 9, 2018
Progressive Metalcore
,
Metalcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
The Prodigy - No Tourists
November 2, 2018
Big Beat
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
boygenius - boygenius
October 26, 2018
Indie Rock
,
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Parcels - Parcels
October 12, 2018
Nu-Disco
,
Indietronica
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Christine and the Queens - Chris
September 21, 2018
Synthpop
,
Electropop
,
Electro-Disco
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Noname - Room 25
September 14, 2018
Jazz Rap
,
Conscious Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Muncie Girls - Fixed Ideals
August 31, 2018
Pop Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance.
August 31, 2018
Post-Hardcore
,
Post-Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Troye Sivan - Bloom
August 31, 2018
Pop
,
Electropop
,
Alt-Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Blood Orange - Negro Swan
August 24, 2018
Alternative R&B
,
Sophisti-Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Trophy Eyes - The American Dream
August 3, 2018
Pop Punk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD
August 3, 2018
Trap
,
Pop Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Internet - Hive Mind
July 20, 2018
Neo-Soul
,
Alternative R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Years & Years - Palo Santo
July 6, 2018
Nu-Disco
,
Dance-Pop
,
Electropop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
June 22, 2018
Industrial Rock
,
Experimental Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Tove Styrke - Sway
May 4, 2018
Electropop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Jon Hopkins - Singularity
May 4, 2018
Microhouse
,
Tech House
,
Techno
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
April 27, 2018
Contemporary R&B
,
Art Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Kali Uchis - Isolation
April 6, 2018
Neo-Soul
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Amen Dunes - Freedom
March 30, 2018
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Jack White - Boarding House Reach
March 23, 2018
Experimental Rock
,
Blues Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Sunflower Bean - Twentytwo in Blue
March 23, 2018
Pop Rock
,
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie
February 16, 2018
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2018.
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