Year-End Lists

The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2018

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Be the Cowboy
   Mitski
2. Devotion
   Tirzah
3. Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
   Sophie
4. Joy as an Act of Resistance
   Idles
5. Cocoa Sugar
   Young Fathers
6. Invasion of Privacy
   Cardi B
7. El Mal Querer
   Rosalía
8. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
   The 1975
9. I’m All Ears
   Let’s Eat Grandma
10. There’s Always Glimmer
    Gia Margaret
11. Songs of Praise
    Shame
12. iridescence
    BROCKHAMPTON
13. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
14. Chris
    Christine and the Queens
15. Negro Swan
    Blood Orange
16. Your Queen Is a Reptile
    Sons of Kemet
17. Honey
    Robyn
18. Double Negative
    Low
19. Lost & Found
    Jorja Smith
20. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    Arctic Monkeys
21. Heaven and Earth
    Kamasi Washington
22. Lush
    Snail Mail
23. Saturn
    Nao
24. At Weddings
    Tomberlin
25. Hive Mind
    The Internet
26. Bloom
    Troye Sivan
27. Kids See Ghosts
    Kids See Ghosts
28. I Don't Run
    Hinds
29. Freedom
    Amen Dunes
30. Clean
    Soccer Mommy
31. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
32. East Atlanta Love Letter
    6LACK
33. My Mind Makes Noises
    Pale Waves
34. Palo Santo
    Years & Years
35. boygenius
    boygenius
36. Dream Wife
    Dream Wife
37. re:member
    Ólafur Arnalds
38. Age Of
    Oneohtrix Point Never
39. Hell-On
    Neko Case
40. Room 25
    Noname
41. Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1)
    Aurora
42. The Anteroom
    How to Dress Well
43. Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
    John Coltrane
44. Tell Me How You Really Feel
    Courtney Barnett
45. Bottle It In
    Kurt Vile
46. Sway
    Tove Styrke
47. Basic Volume
    Gaika
48. Historian
    Lucy Dacus
49. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
50. American Utopia
    David Byrne