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2018 Albumpalooza - Part One (2018's Top 5 Albums by Genre!)



2018 has been a phenomenal year in music — a year of both quality and quantity. Unfortunately, it's swiftly coming to an end. You might have seen my post from November, Top 50 Albums of 2018 (So Far). That was a pretty comprehensive list, but I thought it would be beneficial to break down the albums of 2018 even more - leading up to my finalized Top 50 Albums of 2018.

Welcome to the 2018 Albumpalooza.

This post has three parts:
Part One - Top 5 Albums by Genre
Part Two - 2018 Report Card (Giving a Grade to 175+ Albums from 2018) 
Part Three - Finalized Top 50 of 2018 

Without further adieu, here is part one: 2018's Top 5 Albums by Genre!

Disclaimer: There are multiple projects on here that would be appropriate in more than one genre category. I split them up to the best of my ability, but there's no perfect way of doing this. Nevertheless, here are the results! Enjoy.


Rock / Alternative
  1. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships 
  2. Low - Double Negative 
  3. Pinegrove - Skylight
  4. Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want
  5. Hookworms - Microshift

Pop 
  1. SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARLE’S UN-INSIDES
  2. MGMT - Little Dark Age
  3. Julia Holter - Aviary
  4. Beach House - 7
  5. Kero Kero Bonito - Time ’n’ Place

Folk / Folktronica
  1. Novo Amor - Birthplace
  2. Tunng - Songs You Make at Night
  3. Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss 
  4. Ben Howard - Noonday Dream
  5. Milk Carton Kids - All the Things I Did and All the Things I Didn’t Do

Hip Hop
  1. Saba - CARE FOR ME 
  2. KIDS SEE GHOSTS - KIDS SEE GHOSTS
  3. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
  4. Noname - Room 25
  5. Pusha T - DAYTONA 

R&B / Soul
  1. Kali Uchis - Isolation
  2. Blood Orange - Negro Swan
  3. ROSALIA - El Mal Querer
  4. Jorja Smith - Lost & Found
  5. The Internet - Hive Mind 

Electronic 

  1. Against All Logic - 2012 - 2017
  2.  Iglooghost EPs
  3. Jon Hopkins - Singularity
  4. DJ Koze - Knock Knock
  5. Leon Vynehall - Nothing Is Still

Ambient / Neoclassical
  1. Olafur Arnalds - re:member
  2. Nils Frahm - All Melody
  3. Sarah Davachi - Gave In Rest
  4. Ian William Craig - Thresholder
  5. Tim Hecker - Konoyo

IDM 
  1. Objekt - Cocoon Crush
  2. Aphex Twin - Collapse EP
  3. Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4
  4. Persona - Rival Consoles
  5. Capitol K - Goatherder

Jazz
  1. Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth
  2. Szun Waves - New Hymn to Freedom
  3. Eli Keszler - Stadium 
  4. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
  5. John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once

Country
  1. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
  2. Ashley Monroe - Sparrow
  3. Ashley McBryde - Girl Going Nowhere
  4. Doug Paisley - Starter Home
  5. Eric Church - Desperate Man 




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