Best Of 2018

Another year end, another Top 50 "best of" list. Keep in mind this is based solely on my personal preference/enjoyment, so it's more of a "favourites" list than an objective ranking in quality. Additionally, don't take the numbering too seriously, it's super hard to pit one album against another, so the actual order is fairly relative. This list only contains full-length albums, thus no EP's are included. Let me know what your favourite albums from 2018 were, how terrible mine are, etc. Thank you guys for continuing to check out this blog, I've got one last post coming for this year, enjoy the holidays, and I'll see you in 2019.

Honorable Mentions:
Messes - The Ever Closing Door
Cloud District - Dont' Give Up, Skeleton
Pool Kids - Music To Practice Safe Sex To
Gulfer - Dog Bless
Infant Island - Infant Island


50

Night Birds - Roll Credits

49

Cassus - Separation Anxiety

48

Pianos Become The Teeth - Wait For Love

47

Super Unison - Stella

46

Turnstile - Time & Space

45

Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning

44

Jay Rock - Redemption

43

Frank Turner - Be More Kind

42

Candy - Good To Feel

41

Jesus Piece - Only Self

40

Ostraca - Enemy

39

Snail Mail - Lush

38

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

37

Jeff Rosenstock - POST-

36

Antarctigo Vespucci - Love In The Time Of E-Mail

35

Gillian Carter - ...This Earth Shaped Tomb

34

Camp Cope - How To Socialise & Make Friends

33

Sleep - The Sciences

32

Mount Eerie - Now Only

31

Foxing - Nearer My God

30

Respire - Dénouement

29

Fiddlehead - Springtime & Blind

28

Portrayal Of Guilt - Let Pain Be Your Guide

27

The Armed - Only Love

26

Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams

25

awakebutstillinbed - what people call low self-esteem is really just seeing yourself the way that other people see you

24

Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs

23

Vince Staples - FM!

22

Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

21

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

20

Kanye West - Ye

19

Culture Abuse - Bay Dream

18

Brockhampton - iridescence

17

Iceage - Beyondless

16

JPEGMAFIA - Veteran

15

Birds in Row - We Already Lost The World

14

mewithoutYou - [untitled]

13

Beach House - 7

12

Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar

11

Pusha T - Daytona

10

Single Mothers - Through A Wall

9

Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog

8

Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer

7

Low - Double Negative

6

Death Grips - Year Of The Snitch

5

Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts

4

The Dirty Nil - Master Volume

3

Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want

2

Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance

1

Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers








So there ya go. I drove myself up the wall trying to pick these out, because so much good material came out this year (some I had to unfortunately exclude). Coming up with the ranks for the final few albums was especially excruciating, because I love them all for different reasons. On a side note I'm sure nobody cares about, I spent almost this entire year telling myself I was not going to make Brian's new album my #1 pick, because I did that in 2016 and 2014 (with TGA) and later regretted both. Not because they're bad albums, but looking back there were better, more definitive albums that should have taken those spots (Atrocity Exhibition and Negative Qualities, for the 1 person who was wondering). So even though Sleepwalkers is a fantastic album, I didn't want to let my fanboyism get in the way again. But lo and behold, when it came down to making this list, I couldn't place it anywhere else but #1. It's probably my most-listened to release this year, one that I'll probably always associate with 2018, and in two years time I'll look back and regret it all over again. I don't know, I found that to be a funny factoid that I'm sure is only amusing to myself. If someone is still reading this, please do let me know what your top albums of this year were, I'm super curious to hear what you've been digging for the last 365 days.