SPIN's 51 Best Albums of 2018

Year-end list season continues and one of the latest lists out is by SPIN, who this year picked 51 best albums of 2018 (instead of the usual 50). Coming at #1 is The 1975, who also topped Pitchfork’s song list. Mitski, who has been a popular #1 this year, came in at #2, and Kacey Musgraves came in at #3. Elsewhere on the list, there’s other usual suspects like Low, Pusha T, Earl Sweatshirt, Robyn, U.S. Girls, Ariana Grande, Noname, Cardi B, and Janelle Monae, as well as some stuff that you don’t see on every list like Kelly Moran, Lonnie Holley and Trouble. Check out their full list below and read SPIN‘s commentary here.

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SPIN’s 51 Best Albums of 2018
51. Neko Case – Hell On
50. DJ Taye – Still Trippin’
49. Cupcakke – Ephorize
48. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
47. SOPHIE – Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
46. Tracey Thorn – Record
45. Trouble – Edgewood
44. Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
43. serpentwithfeet – Soil
42. Lonnie Hollie – Mith
41. Rolling Blackouts C.F. – Hope Downs
40. Yves Tumor – Safe In Hands In Love
39. Meshell Ndegeocello – Ventriloquism
38. Makaya Mccraven – Universal Beings
37. Saba – Care For Me
36. Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer
35. Drakeo The Ruler – Cold Devil
34. Charlie Puth – Voicenotes
33. Kelly Moran – Ultraviolet
32. Ohmme – Parts
31. 03 Greedo – God Level
30. Jon Hopkins – Singularity
29. Tirzah – Devotion
28. SOB x RBE – Gangin
27. Christine and the Queens – Chris
26. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sparkle Hard
25. Nao – Saturn
24. JPEGMAFIA – Veteran
23. Tierra Whack – Whack World
22. Jeremih & Ty Dolla $ign – MihTy
21. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
20. Kali Uchis – Isolation
19. Noname – Room 25
18. Playboi Carti – Die Lit
17. DJ Koze – Knock Knock
16. Rico Nasty – Nasty
15. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
14. Snail Mail – Lush
13. U.S. Girls – In A Poem Unlimited
12. Mariah Carey – Caution
11. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!
10. Oneohtrix Point Never – Age Of
9. Robyn – Honey
8. Pusha T – Daytona
7. Low – Double Negative
6. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
5. Blood Orange – Negro Swan
4. Amen Dunes – Freedom
3. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
2. Mitski – Be The Cowboy
1. The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships