Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018

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1. Be the Cowboy
   Mitski
2. Golden Hour
   Kacey Musgraves
3. Knock Knock
   DJ Koze
4. Honey
   Robyn
5. Lush
   Snail Mail
6. El Mal Querer
   Rosalía
7. Some Rap Songs
   Earl Sweatshirt
8. Double Negative
   Low
9. Whack World
   Tierra Whack
10. Safe in the Hands of Love
    Yves Tumor
11. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
12. Ephorize
    cupcakKe
13. Devotion
    Tirzah
14. Freedom
    Amen Dunes
15. Room 25
    Noname
16. Singularity
    Jon Hopkins
17. Daytona
    Pusha T
18. Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
    Sophie
19. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
20. 7
    Beach House
21. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    The 1975
22. In a Poem Unlimited
    U.S. Girls
23. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
24. Aviary
    Julia Holter
25. Die Lit
    Playboi Carti
26. FM!
    Vince Staples
27. Clean
    Soccer Mommy
28. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
    Deafheaven
29. boygenius
    boygenius
30. Chris
    Christine and the Queens
31. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    Arctic Monkeys
32. I’m All Ears
    Let’s Eat Grandma
33. Mudboy
    Sheck Wes
34. Broken Politics
    Neneh Cherry
35. 2012-2017
    Against All Logic
36. Nasty
    Rico Nasty
37. Veteran
    JPEGMAFIA
38. Isolation
    Kali Uchis
39. Hive Mind
    The Internet
40. Beyondless
    Iceage
41. MIH-TY
    Jeremih & Ty Dolla $ign
42. abysskiss
    Adrianne Lenker
43. The Sciences
    Sleep
44. How to Socialise & Make Friends
    Camp Cope
45. Wanderer
    Cat Power
46. Negro Swan
    Blood Orange
47. Compro
    Skee Mask
48. Heaven and Earth
    Kamasi Washington
49. Overload
    Georgia Anne Muldrow
50. Gangin
    SOB X RBE