Best Albums of 2018

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Listed below are the best albums of 2018 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

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2018 year summaryThe best artists of 2018 were Car Seat Headrest, Kids See Ghosts, Idles, Beach House, Daughters, Parquet Courts, MGMT, Kacey Musgraves, Arctic Monkeys and Earl Sweatshirt.

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A Humdrum Star

GoGo Penguin

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

130

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162.

What A Time To Be Alive

Superchunk

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

130

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163.

Lost Souls

Loreena McKennitt

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

130

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164.

Rainier Fog

Alice In Chains

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

45 charts

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130

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165.

Noonday Dream

Ben Howard

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

128

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166.

There's A Riot Going On

Yo La Tengo

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

67 charts

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127

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167.

Love Is Dead

CHVRCHES

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

47 charts

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127

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Masana Temples

幾何学模様 [Kikagaku Moyo]

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2018

Appears in:

29 charts

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127

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169.

Hell-On

Neko Case

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

59 charts

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126

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170.

World's Strongest Man

Gaz Coombes

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2018

Appears in:

37 charts

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126

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Best Albums of 2018 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	7	1%
Bladee	2	0%
Logic	2	0%
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	2	0%
Between The Buried And Me	2	0%
Unknown Mortal Orchestra	2	0%
Makaya McCraven	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	474	47%
	179	18%
	43	4%
	39	4%
	37	4%
	31	3%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	977	98%
Yes	23	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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