Criteria: These music albums from the year 2018 were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, and acclaim from critics and musicians. This list does not include 'Greatest Hits' albums.
Edited By: Ryan
1. Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe 2. Sweetener - Ariana Grande 3. Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves 4. Invasion of Privacy - Cardi B 5. Black Panther soundtrack - Kendrick Lamar & various artists 6. A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships - The 1975 7. Be the Cowboy - Mitski 8. Astroworld - Travis Scott 9. Daytona - Pusha T 10. A Star is Born soundtrack - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 11. Room 25 - Noname 12. Joy as an Act of Resistance - Idles 13. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino - Arctic Monkeys 14. Lush - Snail Mail 15. Everything is Love - The Carters 16. Wide Awake! - Parquet Courts 17. Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides - SOPHIE 18. FM! - Vince Staples 19. Historian - Lucy Dacus 20. Love Yourself: Tear - BTS 21. By the Way, I Forgive You - Brandi Carlile 22. God's Favorite Customer - Father John Misty 23. Interstate Gospel - Pistol Annies 24. Culture II - Migos 25. Chris - Christine and the Queens 26. Bark Your Head Off, Dog - Hop Along 27. Pray for the Wicked - Panic! at the Disco 28. Some Rap Songs - Earl Sweatshirt 29. Boygenius - Boygenius 30. KOD - J. Cole 31. American Utopia - David Byrne 32. Negro Swan - Blood Orange 33. The Tree of Forgiveness - John Prine 34. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts 35. Little Dark Age - MGMT 36. Trench - Twenty One Pilots 37. Queen - Nicki Minaj 38. Tell Me How You Really Feel - Courtney Barnett 39. Twin Fantasy - Car Seat Headrest 40. I Need to Start a Garden - Haley Heynderickx 41. In a Poem Unlimited - U.S. Girls 42. Iridescence - Brockhampton 43. Swimming - Mac Miller 44. The Sciences - Sleep 45. Clean - Soccer Mommy 46. Ephorize - Cupcakke 47. H.E.R - H.E.R. 48. 7 - Beach House 49. Hell-On - Neko Case 50. Now Only - Mount Eerie 51. Hive Mind - The Internet 52. To the Sunset - Amanda Shires 53. Safe in the Hands of Love - Yves Tumor 54. Bloom - Troye Sivan 55. Isolation - Kali Uchis 56. Scorpion - Drake 57. Double Negative - Low 58. Sparkle Hard - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks 59. Please Don't Be Dead - Fantastic Negrito 60. There's a Riot Going On - Yo La Tengo 61. Ordinary Corrupt Human Love - Deafheaven 62. Songs of Praise - Shame 63. Come Tomorrow - Dave Matthews Band 64. Boarding House Reach - Jack White 65. The Future and the Past - Natalie Prass 66. Love is Dead - CHVRCHES 67. You Won't Get What You Want - Daughters 68. Egypt Station - Paul McCartney 69. Knock Knock - DJ Koze 70. Future Me Hates Me - The Beths 71. Dose Your Dreams - Fucked Up 72. Voicenotes - Charlie Puth 73. Time & Space - Turnstile 74. Warm - Jeff Tweedy 75. Caution - Mariah Carey 76. Hope Downs - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever 77. Delta - Mumford & Sons 78. What a Time to Be Alive - Superchunk 79. Electric Messiah - High on Fire 80. I'll Be Your Girl - The Decemberists 81. I'm All Ears - Let's Eat Grandma 82. My Dear Melancholy - The Weeknd 83. I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life - Tune-Yards 84. Nearer My God - Foxing 85. Look Now - Elvis Costello & The Imposters 86. Be More Kind - Frank Turner 87. And Nothing Hurt - Spiritualized 88. Prequelle - Ghost 89. Post - Jeff Rosenstock 90. Ventriloquism - Meshell Ndegeocello 91. Ye - Kanye West 92. High as Hope - Florence + The Machine 93. Cocoa Sugar - Young Fathers 94. Care for Me - Saba 95. Age Of - Oneohtrix Point Never 96. Whistle Down the Wind - Joan Baez 97. Beyondless - Iceage 98. Good Thing - Leon Bridges 99. Dove - Belly 100. The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs - Wye Oak
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2018
Ryan's choice - An unheralded great album from 2018
• Parts - Ohmme
Lew's choice:
• Vide Noir - Lord Huron
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
