Paste Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2018
50. YO LA TENGO – There’s a Riot Going On
49. BLOOD ORANGE – Negro Swan
48. ASHLEY McBRYDE – Girl Going Nowhere
47. FLASHER – Constant Image
46. PHOSPHORESCENT – C’est la vie
45. PAUL KELLY – Nature
44. KACEY MUSGRAVES – Golden Hour
43. CAROLINE ROSE – Loner
42. BETTYE LAVETTE – Things Have Changed
41. ADRIANNE LENKER – abysskiss
40. KELLY MORAN – Ultraviolet
39. ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO – The Crossing
38. RICHARD SWIFT – The Hex
37. PREOCCUPATIONS – New Material
36. LONNIE HOLLEY – MITH
35. I’M WITH HER – See You Around
34. DJ KOZE – Knock Knock
33. ROSANNE CASH – She Remembers Everything
32. NONAME – Room 25
31. NEKO CASE – Hell-On
30. HALEY HEYNDERICKX – I Need to Start a Garden
29. THE BETHS – Future Me Hates Me
28. CAMP COPE – How to Socialise & Make Friends
27. OUGHT – Room Inside the World
26. SUPERCHUNK – What a Time to Be Alive
25. IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
24. ICEAGE – Beyondless
23. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS – Look Now
22. BIG RED MACHINE – s/t
21. COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS – May Your Kindness Remain
20. ARCTIC MONKEY – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
19. ROBYN – Honey
18. FATHER JOHN MISTY – God’s Favorite Customer
17. MGMT – Little Dark Age
16. SUNFLOWER BEAN – Twentytwo in Blue
15. THE DECEMBERISTS – I’ll Be Your Girl
14. JANELLE MONÁE – Dirty Computer
13. U.S. GIRLS – In a Poem Unlimited
12. SHAME – Songs of Praise
11. AMEN DUNES – Freedom
10. HOP ALONG – Bark Your Head Off, Dog
09. LOW – Double Negative
08. ROLLING BLACKOUTS C.F. – Hope Downs
07. PUSHA T – Daytona
06. MITSKI – Be the Cowboy
05. SNAIL MAIL – Lush
04. SOCCER MOMMY – Clean
03. COURTNEY BARNETT – Tell Me How You Really Feel
02. PARQUET COURTS – Wide Awake!
01. LUCY DACUS – Historian
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