Following the results of our Album of the Year Poll last week. Here are my personal fifty favourite albums of 2018. An eclectic mix of genres and artists, I think its been a really strong year for music! My favourite tracks and a playlist to follow.
1.Melody’s Echo Chamber – Bon Voyage
2. U.S Girls – In a Poem unlimited
3.The Beths – Future Hates me
4.Kathryn Joseph – When I wake the want is
5. Noname – Room 25
6. Gwenno- Le Kov
7. Christine and the Queens – Chris
8. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
9. Audiobooks – Now! In a Minute
10. Adwaith – Melyn
11. Dream Wife – ST
12. Natalie Prass – The Future and the Prass
13. SOPHIE- Oil of every pearl’s uninsides
14. Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer
15. Lykki Li – So Sad So sexy
16. City Calm Down – Echoes in blue
17. Bryde – Like an Island
18. Gabe Gurnsey – Physical
19. Echo Ladies – Pink Noise
20. Let’s Eat Grandma – I’m All Ears
21. Young Fathers -Cocoa Sugar
22. MGMT – Little Dark Age
23. Princess Chelsea -Loneliest Girl
24. Boy Azooga – 1,2 Kung Fu
25. Chrome Sparks – ST
26. Serol Serol – ST
27. Insecure Men – Insecure Men
28. Chaouche – Safe
29. The Orielles – Silver Dollar Moment
30. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
31. R. Seiliog – Megadoze
32. Lucy Dacus – Historian
33. LOMA – S/T
34. Miya Follick – Premonitions
35. Suede – The Blue Hour
36. Spiritualized – And nothing hurt
37. Soccer Mommy – Clean
38. Haiku Salut-There is no elsewhere
39. Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman
40. Beach House – 7
41. Seazoo – Trunks
42. Accu – Echo the Red
43. Chemtrails – Calf of the Sacred Cow
44. Snail Mail – Lush
45. Swearin’- Fall into the Sun
46. Black belt eagle scout – Soft Stud
48. Chorusgirl – Shimmer and Spin
49. Estrons – You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough’
50. Halo Maud – Je Suis Une île
Best EPs/min albums
1. Hatchie – Sugar & Spice EP
2. Stella Donnelly- Thrush Metal
3. Jenny Hval – The Long Sleep EP
4. Breakfast Muff- Crocodile
5. Das Body – Graceland EP