Album of The Year - Endgame

My Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2018

1. Beach House - 7
2. Father John Misty - God's Favourite Customer
3. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
4. Mitski - Be The Cowboy
5. DJ Koze - Knock Knock
6. Amen Dunes - Freedom
7. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
8. Soccer Mommy - Clean
9. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
10. Colter Wall - Songs Of The Plains
 
  1. Benny The Butcher- Tana Talk 3
  2. A.A.L. - 2012 -2017
  3. Young Fathers- Cocoa Sugar
  4. DJ Koze- Knock Knock
  5. Tierra Whack- Whack World
  6. Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
  7. Parquet Courts- Wide Awake
  8. Sons of Kemet - My Queen is a Reptile
  9. Skee Mask - Compro
  10. JID - DiCaprio 2
 
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Seeing as it’s only 13/14 months old I’m sticking with my OG list

1. Mitski - Be The Cowboy
2. Olivia Chaney - Shelter
3. Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance
4. St. Vincent - MassEducation
5. LUMP
6. Blood Orange - Negro Swan
7. The Gloaming - Live at the National Concert Hall
8. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Camp Hotel + Casino
9. Wye Oak - The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
10. Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past
 
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1. Nils Frahm - All Melody
2. Malena Zavala - Aliso
3. Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
4. Jon Hopkins - Singularity
5. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
6. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
7. Rae Morris - Someone Out There
8. GoGo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
9. Django Django - Marble Skies
10. Julia Holter - Aviary

11-25 (in alphabetical order):

Ólafur Arnalds - Re:member
Arp - Zebra
Daniel Avery - Song for Alpha
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Wrong Creatures
Bob Moses - Battle Lines
Cat Power - Wanderer
Neneh Cherry - Broken Politics
Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer
Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
Caroline Rose - LONER
Slaves - Acts of Fear and Love
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Kamaal Williams - The Return
Conner Youngblood - Cheyenne
 
  1. Travis Scott - Astroworld
  2. Julia Holter - Aviary
  3. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
  4. AAL - Against All Logic 2012-2017
  5. Pusha T - Daytona
  6. Skee Mask - Compro
  7. JID - Dicaprio 2
  8. Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer
  9. Lupe Fiasco - Drogas Wave
  10. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
Reshuffled a bit from 2018
 
yeah this still holds up

Best of 2018

1. Wild Nothing - Indigo
2. Snail Mail - Lush
3. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur
4. Beach House - 7
5. Saintseneca - Pillar of Na
6. Anna Burch - Quit the Curse
7. Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning
8. Soccer Mommy - Clean
9. Caroline Rose - Loner
10. Lucy Dacus - Historian
 
yeah this still holds up

Best of 2018

1. Wild Nothing - Indigo
2. Snail Mail - Lush
3. Wild Pink - Yolk in the Fur
4. Beach House - 7
5. Saintseneca - Pillar of Na
6. Anna Burch - Quit the Curse
7. Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning
8. Soccer Mommy - Clean
9. Caroline Rose - Loner
10. Lucy Dacus - Historian
Thank you for including this criminally underrated album.
 
My Top 10 Albums of 2018
In no particular order...except number one is my number one.

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - Tearing at the Seams
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Close but no Cigar
Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Khruangbin ‎– Con Todo El Mundo
Glen Hansard - Between Two Shores
War and Treaty - Healing Tide
Caroline Rose - Loner
Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain
Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky

Hollie Cook - Vessel of Love

HMs - Jack White - Boarding House Reach,, John Prine - Tree of Forgiveness,
Naked Giants - Sluff, DeJohnette/Grenadier/Medeski/Scofield - Hudson
 
Mostly the same as the list I posted at the time. Same albums, order slightly changed.

2018:
1. The Voidz - Virtue
2. Judas Priest - Firepower
3. Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway - Dictator
4. Poppy - Am I A Girl?
5. Steve Perry - Traces
6. Veridia - The Beast You Feed
7. Twenty One Pilots - Trench
8. The Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny And Oh So Bright Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
9. Breaking Benjamin - Ember
10. Jack White - Boarding House Reach
 
Top 10 - 2018
  1. Let's Eat Grandma ‎– I'm All Ears
  2. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
  3. Against All Logic ‎– 2012-2017
  4. Camp Cope - How To Socialise and Make Friends
  5. Hubert Lenoir - Darlène
  6. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
  7. Robyn - Honey
  8. Rosalia - El Mal Querer
  9. Travis Scott - Astroworld
  10. Skee Mask - Compro

HMs:
Mid-Air Thief - Crumbling
Mitski - Be The Cowboy
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
Snail Mail - Lush
Kali Uchis - Isolation
Christine & The Queens - Chris
 
Kinda fun to see how things have changed for me in 14 months. (Not much).

Favourites Albums of 2018
  1. Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer
  2. The War and Treaty – Healing Tide
  3. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen is a Reptile
  4. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
  5. Orquesta Akokan – Orquesta Akokan
  6. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
  7. Mt. Joy – Mt. Joy
  8. Angelique Kidjo – Remain in Light
  9. Noname – Room 23
  10. Nils Frahm – All Melody
HMs:
Sarah McDougall – All the Hours…
Nathaniel Ratliff & The Night Sweats – Tearing at the Seams
Caroline Rose – Loner
Medeski, Martin & Wood w/ Alarm will Sound - Omnisphere
Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel
John Coltrane – Both Directions at Once
Neko Case – Hell On
Beach House – 7
Mitski – Be the Cowboy
Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
 
slightly updated from eoty 2018...

The OrderArtistAlbum
1​
Kacey MusgravesGolden Hour
2​
Pusha-TDaytona
3​
Christine and the QueensChris
4​
Janelle MonaeDirty Computer
5​
Father John MistyGod's Favorite Customer
6​
Augie MarchBootikins
7​
Marlon WilliamsMake Way For Love
8​
Cat PowerWanderer
9​
Kendrick LamarBlack Panther soundtrack
10​
Arctic MonkeysTranquility Base Hotel & Casino
11​
Vince StaplesFM!
12​
RobynHoney
13​
Kids See GhostsKids See Ghosts
14​
The WeekndMy Dear Melancholy, (EP)
15​
CupcakKeEphorize
16​
Tierra WhackWhack World
17​
The BreedersAll Nerve
18​
Neko CaseHell-On
19​
MitskiBe the Cowboy
20​
Melody's Echo ChamberBon Voyage
 
This feels like the best year for jazz in decades. Can't quite believe the albums I've had to leave off. I love all of my top 10 a lot.

1. Muriel Grossmann - Golden Rule
2. Sons of Kemet - My Queen is a Reptile
3. EABS - Repetitions (live at Katowice)
4. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
5. Maisha - There is a Place
6. We Out Here
7. Glass Museum - Deux
8. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita - Soar
9. Vaudou Game - Otodi
10. Ill Considered - Ill Considered Christmas
 
1. Parquet Courts - wide Awake
2. Arctic Monkeys- Tranquility Hotel
3. Cat Power - Wanderer
4. Nathaniel rateliff and the night Sweats - tearing at the Seams
5. Hop Along - Bark your head off, dog
6. Tocotronic - Die Unendlichkeit
7. Shakey Graves - Can´t wake up
8. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
9. Stephen Malkmus and the Jigs - Sparkle Hard
10. Nils Frahm - All Melody

HM:
Phosphorescent Cést la vie
kamasi washington - Heaven and Earth
Luara Jane Grace - bought to rot
Wild Child - Expectations
Rolling Coastal BF - hope Down
Villagers . Art of pretending to swim
Superchunk - What a time
 
My list has already changed quite a bit for 2018. The more I look at this list, the more I feel that Natalie Prass should move up a lot haha

1. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
2. Saba - Care for Me
3. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats - Tearing at the Seams
4. Orgone - Undercover Mixtape
5. Leon Bridges - Good Thing
6. Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes
7. Ivy Sole - Overgrown
8. J.P Bimeni and the Black Belts - Free Me
9. Lake Street Dive - Free Yourself
10. Pusha T - Daytona
11. Jorja Smith - Lost & Found
12. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
13. Natalie Prass - The Future and the Past
14. Jason Mraz - Know.
15. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts
 
  1. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
  2. Jeff Tweedy - Warm
  3. J. Mascis - Elastic Days
  4. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
  5. Camp Cope - How To Socialize and Make Friends
  6. High On Fire - Electric Messiah
  7. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch
  8. Hop Along - Bark, your head off
  9. Sleep - The Sciences
  10. Jeff Rosenstock - Post-
 
1. Courtney Barnett - Tell me how you really feel
2. Dan Mangan - More or less
3. Laura Merrimen - This time and from now on
4. Damien Jurado - The horizon just laughed
5. Postdata - Let’s be wilderness
6. Boygenius - s/t
7. Low - Double negative
8. Hop Along - Bark your head off, dog
9. The Olympic Symphonium - Beauty in the tension
10. Nap Eyes - I’m bad now

Edit: Forgot Mangan was 2018.
 
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2018
1. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
2. Steven Adams & the French Drops - Virtue Signs
3. Flasher - Constant Image
4. She Makes War - Brace for Impact
5. Caroline Rose - Loner
6. Frank Turner - Be More Kind
7. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
8. Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
9. Shame - Songs of Praise
10. Unlikely Friends - Crooked Numbers

HM:
The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
Neko Case - Hell-On
Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams
Low - Double Negative
The Magic Gang - The Magic Gang
Dan Mangan - More or Less
Mitski - Be the Cowboy
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
Phantastic Ferniture - Phantastic Ferniture
Teleman - Family of Aliens
 
1. Robyn - Honey
2. Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
3. Rosalía - El Mal Querer
4. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
5. Beach House - 7
6. Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose
7. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
8. A.A.L. - 2012-2017
9. Pusha T - Daytona
10. Miya Folick - Premonitions

HM: MorMor - Heaven´s only wishful EP
 
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