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The Best Albums of 2018

By The A.V. Club

Songs from The A.V. Club's best albums of 2018, plus selections from our best albums by genre, including electronic, metal, country, hardcore and punk, pop/R&B, hip-hop, and indie/rock.

75 songs

  1. 1.
    Long Road Back to YouCourtney Marie Andrews • May Your Kindness Remain
    6:010:30
  2. 2.
    The MotherBrandi Carlile • By The Way, I Forgive You
    3:160:30
  3. 3.
    When the Dust SettlesBrent Cobb • Providence Canyon
    3:070:30
  4. 4.
    PangaeaI'm With Her, Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan • See You Around
    3:170:30
  5. 5.
    RadiolandAshley McBryde • Girl Going Nowhere
    3:050:30
  6. 6.
    You Can't Break a WomanLori McKenna • The Tree
    3:130:30
  7. 7.
    Slow BurnKacey Musgraves • Golden Hour
    4:060:30
  8. 8.
    Got My Name Changed BackPistol Annies • Interstate Gospel
    2:540:30
  9. 9.
    Cry PrettyCarrie Underwood • Cry Pretty
    4:070:30
  10. 10.
    Wild DogsColter Wall • Songs of the Plains
    4:520:30
  11. 11.
    VexareChurchburn • None Shall Live... The Hymns of Misery
    4:450:30
  12. 12.
    Electric MessiahHigh On Fire • Electric Messiah
    4:160:30
  13. 13.
    Superior FirepowerMammoth Grinder • Cosmic Crypt
    2:380:30
  14. 14.
    Akumajo (Blood)Primal Rite • Dirge of Escapism
    3:290:30
  15. 15.
    Fen of ShadowsSkeletonwitch • Devouring Radiant Light
    7:580:30
  16. 16.
    Crop KillerSlugdge • Esoteric Malacology
    7:190:30
  17. 17.
    InwardThou • Magus
    10:080:30
  18. 18.
    AbysswalkerTomb Mold • Manor of Infinite Forms
    4:210:30
  19. 19.
    Grey GardenWindhand • Eternal Return
    6:300:30
  20. 20.
    Ship On FireZeal & Ardor • Stranger Fruit
    3:330:30
  21. 21.
    Fortune's DaughterThe Armed • Only Love
    3:290:30
  22. 22.
    Systematic DeathCandy • Good to Feel
    1:430:30
  23. 23.
    ViolationC.H.E.W. • Feeding Frenzy
    1:180:30
  24. 24.
    The Reason They Hate MeDaughters • You Won't Get What You Want
    3:550:30
  25. 25.
    Lay LowFiddlehead • Springtime and Blind
    2:460:30
  26. 26.
    Only FriendGouge Away • Burnt Sugar
    1:480:30
  27. 27.
    Last Acrylic Nail in the CoffinThe Hirs Collective • Friends. Lovers. Favorites
    0:510:30
  28. 28.
    Locked UpMuncie Girls • Fixed Ideals
    1:440:30
  29. 29.
    Real ThingTurnstile • Time & Space
    1:560:30
  30. 30.
    Virus://VibranceVein • Errorzone
    2:240:30

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