"best albums of 2018" lists

[CRAZY-HORSE]

'tis the time of the year when the experts drop their favourite albums lists of the year...
whilst I rarely agree with these lists, and even get pissed off with the inclusions and exclusions
I still read them year in, year out,
and in any case im currently compiling my own list from my own purchases which im sure members here
will disagree with also...LMAO...

so here goes with the first list I found:

this one is from PASTE, whatever that is???

1....LUCY DACUS "historian"

2....PARQUET COURTS "wide awake"

3....COURTNEY BARNETT "tell me how you really feel"

4....SOCCER MOMMY "clean"

5....SNAIL MAIL "lush"

6....MITSKI "be the cowboy"

7....PUSHA T "Daytona"

8....ROLLING BLACKOUTS C.F "hope downs"

9....LOW  "double negative"

10..HOP ALONG "bark your head off, dog"

[Music Head]

I love these year end charts
they usually point out plenty of artists I am not familiar with
as does your posted list
we know at least one person liked them
that doesn't mean we will be another one
but we wonder why this guy thinks Lucy is the best album of the year
or are we missing something

[SteveO]

Music HeadI love these year end charts
they usually point out plenty of artists I am not familiar with
as does your posted list
we know at least one person liked them
that doesn't mean we will be another one
but we wonder why this guy thinks Lucy is the best album of the year
or are we missing something

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COURTNEY BARNETT "tell me how you really feel" is the only one I am familiar at all with ! I like her.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

from METACRITIC:

1: LOW "double negative"

2: JANELLE MONAE "dirty computer"

3: IDLES "joy as an act of resistance"

4: KACEY MUSGRAVES "golden hour"

5: MITSKI "be the cowboy"

6: CARDI B "invasion of privacy"

7: PUSHA T "Daytona"

8: KAMSI WASHINGTON "heaven and earth"

9: CHRISTINE & THE UEENS "Chris"

10: TIRZAH "devotion"

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEW YORK TIMES:

1....JANELLE MONAE "dirty computer"

2....MITSKI "be the cowboy"

3....SERPENTWITHFEET "soil"

4....ESPERANZA SPALDING "12 little spells"

5....NEENAH CHERRY "broken politics"

6....ROSALIA "el mal querer"

7....ARIANA GRANDE "sweetener"

8....SOCCER MOMMY "clean"

9....JUPITER & OKWESS "in sonic"

10..AUTECHRE "NTS sessions 1-4"

[CRAZY-HORSE]

from DOUBLE J:

10. Christine And The Queens – Chris
9. MOD CON – Modern Convenience
8. Robyn – Honey
7. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
6. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
5. Mojo Juju – Native Tongue
4. IDLES – Joy As An Act of Resistance
3. Gurrumul – Djarimirri
2. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
1. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!

[CRAZY-HORSE]

UNCUT (along with "Q", my 'go to' music magazine)

25. Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain
24. Paul Weller – True Meanings
23. Kurt Vile – Bottle It In
22. Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
21. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
20. Jack White – Boarding House Reach
19. Cowboy Junkies – All That Reckoning
18. The Breeders – All Nerve
17. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
16. Ezra Furman – Transangelic Exodus
15. Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Look Now
14. Ry Cooder – The Prodigal Son
13. Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar
12. Neko Case – Hell-On
11. Richard Thompson – 13 Rivers
10. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen is a Reptile
9. Christine and the Queens – Chris
8. Beak> – >>>
7. Gruff Rhys – Babelsberg
6. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
5. Yo La Tengo – There’s a Riot Going On
4. Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
3. Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin
2. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
1. Low – Double Negative

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NME:

1....THE 1975 - "a brief enquiry into online relationships"

2....ARCTIC MONKEYS - "tranquillity base hotel and casino"

3....IDLES - "joy as an act of resistance"

4....SUNFLOWER BEAN - "twentytwo in blue"

5....PUSHA T - "daytona"

6....SHAME - "songs of praise"

7....KALI UCHIS - "isolation"

8....CARDI B - "invasion of privacy"

9....MITSKI - "be the cowboy"

10..CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS - "chris"

[CRAZY-HORSE]

VARIETY best albums of 2018 (by reporter)

Andrew Barker’s Top 10 Albums of 2018:
1. Kacey Musgraves, “Golden Hour”
2. Kamasi Washington, “Heaven and Earth”
3. Pusha T, “Daytona”
4. Eric Church, “Desperate Man”
5. John Coltrane, “Both Directions at Once”
6. Pistol Annies, “Interstate Gospel”
7. Vince Staples, “FM!”
8. Sleep, “The Sciences”
9. 03 Greedo “The Wolf of Grape Street”
10. No Age, “Snares Like a Haircut”


Chris Willman’s Top 20 Albums of 2018
1. Elvis Costello & the Imposters “Look Now”
2. Brandi Carlile “By the Way, I Forgive You”
3. Lucius “Nudes”
4. Kacey Musgraves “Golden Hour”
5. Father John Misty “God’s Favorite Customer”
6. Pistol Annies “Interstate Gospel”
7. Ariana Grande “Sweetener”
8. Jack White “Boarding House Reach”
9. Lily Allen “No Shame”
10. Cécile McLoran Salvant “The Window”

Jem Aswad’s Top 20 Albums of 2018
1. Robyn “Honey”
2. Jorja Smith “Lost & Found”
3. Tierra Whack “Whack World”
4. The Blaze “Dancehall”
5. Janelle Monae “Dirty Computer”
6. Mitski “Be the Cowboy”
7. Deafheaven “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love”
8. Soundtrack “Black Panther”
9. Kadhja Bonet “Childqueen”
10. The Internet “Hive Mind”

[Music Head]

you're doing a fine job with this thread mate