Year-End Lists

The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2018

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