50 Best Albums 2018 (1-10)

1. Rosalía - El Mal Querer 

A ground-breaking record that epitomises voice, lyrics, instrumentals, influences and a thick concept to give us the best piece of music in a long long time.

2. SOPHIE - Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides 

As jaw-dropping as dance-oriented, the marvelous electronic producer creates her magnum opus.

3. Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance. 

The most potent, gargantuan and socially-aware post-punk record in a wide while.

4. Forest Swords - DJ Kicks 

Who would have known that a compillation of tracks would have such a profound impact on me?

5. Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile 

The most appealing set of wondrous jazz tracks that empower historical women and music as pure joy.

6. Superorganism - Superorganism 

A great surprise came from this unorthodox group with their splashy, effervescent pop.

7. Low - Double Negative 

The thickest, most engrossing and absorbing release of the year that juxtaposes void and spirit.

8. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! 

A fun, entertaining and clever collection of tracks from a band that's cemented their status as groovy weirdos.

9. Robyn - Honey 

A beautiful testament about love, loss, forgiveness and spiritual sublime.

10. Empress Of - Us 

Despite the lack of experimentation, Lorely Rodríguez still finds ways to deliver some of the most shimmering synth-pop of the year.

50 Best Albums 2018 (11-20)

11. Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want 

An amazingly absorbing abyss that drenches into superb cacophony and doom.

12. Kali Uchis - Isolation 

A wondrous, lush new world that combines eras and moods from an exquisite artist.

13. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer 

Sexy, savage, conscious and animalistic, Janelle continues to snap with her imagery.

14. Blood Orange - Negro Swan 

Another luminous, omnipresent release from a levitating, dreamy-like performer.

15. Camarão - The Imaginary Soundtrack To A Brazilian Western Movie 

A remastered tape that reminds us how important it is to keep world traditions alive.

16. Judas Priest - Firepower 

A return to form that shows that legend bands still have a freaking lot to say and do today.

17. Melody's Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage 

It's great to have such a powerful psychedelic voice back. Melody simply slaps.

18. Niño De Elche - Antología Del Cante Flamenco Heterodoxo 

A marvelous macro-collection of hidden gems from one of the most important iconoclasts.

19. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar 

As revered as cinematically gargantuan, the trio returns to form and brings superiority here.

20. Poppy - Am I A Girl? 

One of the most daring releases from a girl that seems to be changing an entire generation.

50 Best Albums 2018 (21-30)

21. U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited 

A wonderful, life-assuring feminist manifesto that harckens and utters with grace and joy.

22. Vessel - Queen Of Golden Dogs 

A change of pace that served as a threshold to a magnificently medieval new world.

23. Anna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic 

Terror, ache and profound lore made maximalist, apocalyptic baroque music.

24. Dead Can Dance - Dionysus 

A trembling ambient tribal record that takes you to infinite places and times.

25. Gazelle Twin - Pastoral 

A droning world of flutes, noise and mechanic chatter that nonetheless feels organically raw.

26. Mitski - Be The Cowboy 

The greatest release so far from an artist with immense potential as a grand new voice.

27. Malphino - Visit Malphino 

A lush, psychedelic world that expresses heat, dance and latin exotic landscapes.

28. Sleep - The Sciences 

A stunning return-to-form gathered by a band that seemed to lost absolutely no gut on it.

29. Mount Eerie - Now Only 

The extensive pain of a loved one that's gone continues to morph into quintessential folk.

30. Jorja Smith - Lost & Found 

A surprisingly good debut from a voice that'll definitely do the talking in the near future.

50 Best Albums 2018 (31-40)

31. Lolina - The Smoke 

A chirpy, oddly magnetic experience that wooes and cooes in whim and gut.

32. Tierra Whack - Whack World 

15 tracks. 15 minutes. A wild, simple concept. A wonderful execution. A hell of an artist.

33. DJ Koze - Knock Knock 

A life-affirming, arm-wrapping, dancefloor-oriented self-realisation.

34. Haley Heynderickx - I Need To Start A Garden 

A joyous, pristine indie-folk manifesto that lulls with sincerity, love and affection.

35. Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy 

A pulsating,ridiculously catchy beat-box that slaps with fierceness and strong womanhood.

36. Ghost - Prequelle 

Another cinematic, highly perfomative concept album from a beyond-metal outfit.

37. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo 

A criminally bittersweet composition that explodes friendship, compassion and communion.

38. A.L.L. (Against All Logic) - 2012-2017 

A sensational collection of heavily-sampled, funky bangers to dance and admire equally.

39. Denzel Curry - TA13OO 

The artist that experienced the deepest maximisation comes with a darkly conceptual ethos.

40. Noname - Room 25 

The shiest yet most appealing and emotional coming-of-age release of the year.

50 Best Albums 2018 (41-50)

The list is here! My favourite releases of 2018 finally see the light!

41. Beach House - 7 

Bewitching synth-pop with heavy layers of passion and disdain, love and fearlessness.

42. Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of 

An intergalactic macro-concept about post-life, electronic feelings and shiny doom.

43. Pusha T - Daytona 

A maccabre and joyously sadistic hip hop record that suffocates and marvels.

44. Yves Tumor - Safe In The Hands Of Love 

The most unique release of the year carries an enormous burden of emotions and anger.

45. Merlin - The Wizard 

An epitaph of a record that transcends metal canons and goes beyond logic and magic.

46. Los Siquicos Litoraleños - Radio Siquica 

An amorphous collection of lost tapes grows into a touching archive for the mind and soul.

47. serpentwithfeet - soil 

An immaculate soundtrack to the wounded, the desperate and the hopeful.

48. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs 

Deeply abstract and painstakingly raw, Earl dives into delirium and stays afloat and glorious.

49. Kimbra - Primal Heart 

After all these years, Kimbra still knows how to be as daring as accessible and simple.

50. Phantastic Ferniture - Phantastic Ferniture 

Twee pop encapsulated into agonic-yet-childish storytelling and friendship.