PopMatters: The 70 Best Albums of 2018
70. Gregory Alan Isakov – Evening Machines
69. Ghost – Prequelle
68. Kyle Craft – Full Circle Nightmare
67. Tracey Thorn – Record
66. Dilly Dally – Heaven
65. Armand Hammer – Paraffin
64. Florence + the Machine – High As Hope
63. Brandi Carlile – By the Way, I Forgive You
62. Pusha T – DAYTONA
61. Gwenno – Le Kov
60. David Byrne – American Utopia
59. Natalie Prass – The Future and the Past
58. Old Crow Medicine Show – Volunteer
57. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
56. Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet – Landfall
55. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Black Times
54. Lucy Dacus – Historian
53. Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
52. Field Music – Open Here
51. DJ Koze – Knock Knock
50. Jeff Rosenstrock – POST-
49. Fatoumata Diawara – Fenfo
48. Okzharp & Manthe Ribane – Closer Apart
47. Jon Hopkins – Singularity
46. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
45. Chvrches – Love Is Dead
44. Elysia Crampton – Elysia Crampton
43. St. Lenox – Ten Fables of Young Ambition and Passionate Love
42. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
41. Kelly Moran – Ultraviolet
40. Jorja Smith – Lost & Found
39. Brockhampton – iridescence
38. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
37. Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel
36. Eartheater – IRISIRI
35. Ital Tek – Bodied
34. Beach House – 7
33. I’m With Her – See You Around
32. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Years
31. Blood Orange – Negro Swan
30. Benin City – Late Night
29. Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
28. Tim Hecker – Konoyo
27. Boygenius – boygenius EP
26. Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want
25. Neko Case – Hell-On
24. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
23. Lonnie Holley – MITH
22. Low – Double Negative
21. Vessel – Queen of Golden Dogs
20. Tangents – New Bodies
19. St. Paul and the Broken Bones – Young Sick Camellia
18. Rival Consoles – Persona
17. Christine and the Queens – Chris
16. Julia Holter – Aviary
15. Saba – Care For Me
14. Ray BLK – Empress
13. SOPHIE – Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
12. Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love
11. Robyn – Honey
10. Maribou State – Kingdoms in Colour
09. Noname – Room 25
08. Lotic – Power
07. Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
06. George FitzGerald – All That Must Be
05. serpentwithfeet – soil
04. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
03. IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
02. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
01. Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
Soweit ich sehe, ist das bisher die einzige Liste, in der das großartige neue Album von Sarah Shook & the Disarmers gewürdigt wird (Platz 32):
Years picks up where the band’s debut Sidelong left off, presenting raucous, brawling songs like „New Ways to Fail“ and „The Bottle Never Let Me Down“ while also introducing new wrinkles to their sound, like the pop-leaning „Heartache in Hell“. Having spent most of the previous two years touring, the unit has grown as tight as they come, and they demonstrate both the breadth of their chops and the broad expanse of country music’s potential by refusing to limit themselves to a singular sonic palette. Eric Peterson and pedal steel player Phil Sullivan offer jaunty riffs that bring an uplifting lilt to the proceedings while the rhythm section of bassist Aaron Oliva and drummer John Howie, Jr. keeps things romping along. But the focus is on Shook, who sings these wry and heart-worn songs with a piss & vinegar sincerity that hits the mark. Years is a new country classic, plain and simple.
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