The 100 Best Albums of 2018

I listened to over 200 new recordings this year, to varying degrees. Some I listened to briefly and moved on. Some I listened to often and moved on. These are the 100 albums in 2018 that I enjoyed most. Some of them still require some care and attention. Some of them will become classics I listen to for many years to follow. I thought there were a lot of really great albums this year, but I am not sure anyone made a truly amazing record. Probably because it is getting harder and harder to create something truly unique and fascinating. Still lots of wonderful artists out there making really sincere art. 

The sequencing up to 30 is pretty solid. Up to 50 is still pretty accurate. From 50 to 100 the sequencing gets a bit dodgy, even if my process and thought process remained sound throughout. I did not include e.p's, otherwise Nine Inch Nails, Aphex Twin, and Chromatics would all be here, and likely all in the top 30. There is probably an equal mix of popular artists and much less popular artists. The only list I have seen on the internet that is remotely similar might be Drowned in Sound, likely because it is UK based and most of my favourite music comes from the UK. Unlike the Pitchforks of the internet, this is a fun annual project for an aging music nerd, I don't care if anyone lands on this page. If you have though, I hope you find something interesting you have not heard before.

	Artist	Title
100	Foxwarren	Foxwarren
99	Twin Shadow	Caer
98	Chromeo	Head Over Heels
97	The Midnight	Kids
96	Editors	Violence
95	Creep Show	Mr. Dynamite
94	Jungle	For Ever
93	Snail Mail	Lush
92	Superchunk	What A Time to Be Alive
91	Born Ruffians	Uncle, Duke and The Chief
90	Troye Sivan	Bloom
89	Bush Tetras	Take The Fall
88	Wye Oak	The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
87	Oh Pep	I Wasn't Only Thinking About You
86	Public Access T.V.	Street Safari
85	Bodega	Endless Scroll
84	Spiritualized	And Nothing Hurt
83	Mitski	Be The Cowboy
82	David Byrne	American Utopia
81	Bahamas	Earth Tones
80	Confidence Man	Confident Music For Confident People
79	Frankie Cosmos	Vessel
78	Belle Adair	Tuscumbia
77	Marie Davidson	Working Class Woman
76	Manic Street Preachers	Resistance Is Futile
75	Gazelle Twin	Pastoral
74	Starcrawler	Starcrawler
73	Shadowparty	Shadowparty
72	Lily Allen	No Shame
71	Yukon Blonde	Critical Hit
70	Shad	A Short Story About War
69	Young Galaxy	Down Time
68	Gus Gus	Lies Are More Flexible
67	Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks	Sparkle Hard
66	J Mascis	Elastic Days
65	Swearin	Fall Into The Sun
64	Fara-O	Pure-O
63	Laura Jean	Devotion
62	Grmln	Impressions From The Dark
61	Kamasi Washington	Heaven and Earth
60	John Grant	Love Is Magic
59	Ought	Room Inside The World
58	Single Lash	Providence
57	A Projection	Framework
56	Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	Hope Downs
55	Hater	Siesta
54	Heaters	Suspended Youth
53	Gang Gang Dance	Kazuashita
52	Nothing	Dance on the Blacktop
51	Deeper	Deeper
50	ADULT.	This Behaviour
49	Wild Nothing	Indigo
48	Django Django	Marble Skies
47	Fucked Up	Dose Your Dreams
46	The Presets	Hi Viz
45	Suuns	Felt
44	Acid Dad	Acid Dad
43	Noname	Room 25
42	Iceage	Beyondless
41	The Beths	Future Me Hates Me
40	Saba	CARE FOR ME
39	Blood Orange	Negro Swan
38	Dead can Dance	Dionysus
37	The Good, The Bad, and The Queen	Merrie Land
36	Mourn	Sorpresa Familia
35	Xander Harris	Villains Of Romance
34	Parcels	Parcels
33	Fischerspooner	Sir
32	Creux Lies	The Hearth
31	Kurt Vile	Bottle It In
30	Boy Harsher	Lesser Man
29	Sloan	12
28	Denzel Curry	TA1300
27	Robyn	Honey
26	The Slow Readers Club	Build A Tower
25	Anderson .Paak	Oxnard
24	U.S. Girls	In A Poem Unlimited
23	Shopping	The Official Body
22	Christine and the Queens	Chris
21	Hookworms	Microshift
20	Neneh Cherry	Broken Politics
19	Moaning	Moaning
18	Actors	It Will Come To You
17	Interpol	Marauder
16	Janelle Monae	Dirty Computer
15	Suede	The Blue Hour
14	Pusha T	DAYTONA
13	Sunflower Bean	Twentytwo In Blue
12	Preoccupations	New Material
11	The Longcut	Arrows
10	The Orielles	Silver Dollar Moment
9	Field Music	Open Here
8	Vince Staples	FM
7	The KVB	Only Now Forever
6	Idles	Joy As An Act of Reistance
5	Beach House	7
4	Johnny Marr	Call The Comet
3	Anna Calvi	Hunter
2	Shame	Songs of Praise
1	Young Fathers	Cocoa Sugar

The 50 Best Albums of 2017

It's usually 100.

I tried to make it 25.

Here's 50.

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	Artist	Title
50	Dreamcar	Dreamcar
49	The Black Angels	Death Song
48	Lucky Soul	Hard Lines
47	Goldfrapp	Silver Eye
46	Thumpers	Whipped and Glazed
45	Feist	Pleasure
44	Kelley Stolz	Que Aura
43	Soulwax	From Deewee
42	Zola Jesus	Okovi
41	Protomartyr	Relatives in Descent
40	Alvvays	Antisocialites
39	Vince Staples	Big Fish Theory
38	Antipole	Getting Frequent Now
37	Frankie Rose	Cage Tropical
36	DJ Hell	Zukunftsmusik
35	Anna of The North	Lovers
34	Little Cub	Still Life
33	Omni	Multi-Task
32	Maylee Todd	Acts of God
31	Broken Social Scene	Hug Of Thunder
30	London Grammar	Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
29	Ariel Pink	Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
28	Enter Shikari	The Spark
27	Japanese Breakfast	Soft Sounds From Another Planet
26	Grizzly Bear	Painted Ruins
25	Century Palm	Meet You
24	Dutch Uncles	Big Balloon
23	Drab Majesty	The Demonstration
22	Spoon	Hot Thoughts
21	Unkle	The Road, Pt. 1
20	Xander Harris	Termination Dust
19	Everything Everything	A Fever Dream
18	Future Islands	The Far Field
17	Cymbals	Light Your Mind
16	Kendrick Lamar	Damn
15	Wolf Alice	Visions of A Life
14	Sparks	Hippopotamus
13	Tennis	Yours Conditionally
12	Algiers	The Underside of Power
11	Ride	Weather Diaries
10	Charlotte Gainsbourg	Rest
9	Cut Copy	Haiku From Zero
8	Oddisee	The Iceberg
7	St. Vincent	Masseduction
6	Mogwai	Every Country's Sun
5	Fever Ray	Plunge
4	Sampha	Process
3	Slowdive	Slowdive
2	LCD Soundsystem	american dream
1	The Horrors	V

The Top 150 Songs of 2016

I like songs and artists that sound like they should be popular, and deserve to be popular, but mostly are not that popular. I started with over 300 songs I quite liked this year, and somehow managed to narrow it down to a whopping 150. Some of them have synths and elecronics, many of them have guitars and drums. Some of them are rap and none of them are country. All of them are clever, melodic, and harmonious, and they are all especially listenable. 

Here is the playlist, because I make very good playlists :)

https://open.spotify.com/user/pryan2112/playlist/2I0d4g00MfOGEE6TLw9svf

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	Song	Artist
150	What's It Gonna Be?	Shura
149	Bad Decisions	Two Door Cinema Club
148	You Bring The Summer	The Monkees
147	Estuvo Bien	Mexrrissey
146	Swing Street	Steve Porcaro (ft. Michael McDonald)
145	Alakazam !	Justice
144	Sleepover	Kaya Stewart
143	Never Ever	STRFKR
142	Pain	De La Soul
141	Don't Wanna Dance	Paper Lions
140	Then Again	Pinegrove
139	Vertigo Flowers	Nothing
138	In The Moment	DMAs
137	Honey Sweet	Blossoms
136	Arizona Hwy	The Darcys
135	Hey Girl	Cullen Omori
134	Thin Air	Teenage Fanclub
133	King Of The World	Weezer
132	Racing Country	EZTV
131	My Instincts Are The Enemy	American Football
130	Flower of Sex	Merchandise
129	Evil Disco	Public Access T.V.
128	White Street	Kristin Kontrol
127	Staring At All This Handle	Simian Mobile Disco
126	It Means I Love You	Jessy Lanza
125	Secrets	The Weeknd
124	Big Cat	Wild Beasts
123	These Words	Lemon Twigs
122	Didn't Try To Run Away	Kyle Forester
121	Life Of Pause	Wild Nothing
120	Cold To See Clear	Nada Surf
119	Departures	Portrayal
118	Descent of Their Last End	Kestrels
117	Planet You	The Julie Ruin
116	Fading Lines	Amber Arcades
115	Signals	School of Seven Bells
114	Ambulance	The Amazing
113	Another Dimension	Toy
112	Nobody	Operators
111	Siberian Nights	The Kills
110	(Girl We Got A) Good Thing	Weezer
109	The Book of Too Late Changes	Cotton Mather
108	The End Of Things	Bob Mould
107	Sun Rays	Syd Arthur
106	The Wheel	PJ Harvey
105	Something Like Love	Light Fantastic
104	So Tired	Hockey Dad
103	Hold On	Teenage Fanclub
102	Mind Over Matter	Tuns
101	She's Mine	Alex Cameron
100	Breakfast In Bed	Mayer Hawthorne
99	untitled 03	Kendrick Lamar
98	Eat Your Heart Out Adonis	Wild Beasts
97	The Sweetest Romance	Breakbot
96	Dial Me In	Factory Floor
95	FloriDada	Animal Collective
94	Aaja	Swet Shop Boys
93	Got It Good	Kaytranada
92	Youth	Glass Animals
91	Riverina	The Temper Trap
90	Caroline	The Blessed Isles
89	A Love Song	Ladyhawke
88	Whole Food	Denmark Vessey
87	Breakdance Lesson N.1.	Kaytranada
86	Information	Eliot Sumner
85	Open Your Eyes	School Of Seven Bells
84	Wake Up	Soft Kill
83	No Peace	Syd Arthur
82	never	jennylee
81	Talk To Me	Run The Jewels
80	Won't Go Crazy	Kyle Forester
79	It's A Good Thing	Field Music
78	The Valley	Mayer Hawthorne
77	Straight up Satan	Xander Harris
76	Lyrics	Skepta
75	X-Communicate	Kristin Kontrol
74	Rome	Operators
73	Stimulation	Preoccupations
72	Marc Bolan Blues	Luke Haines
71	Melbourne	DMAs
70	Red Flag	The Moth & The Flame
69	Take It Out On Me	White Lies
68	Little Kids	Suede
67	Lost Illusions	Exploded View
66	New Song	Warpaint
65	The Pop Kids	Pet Shop Boys
64	A Couple Dollars	Apollo Brown & Skyzoo
63	Love is A Fire	Junior Boys
62	Ain't That Something	Trashcan Sinatras
61	Back Among Friends	Tuns
60	Raygun	Hockey Dad
59	Dopamine	Diiv
58	Twilight Driving	Methyl Ethyl
57	Get My Bang	Wild Beasts
56	If Rah	Underworld
55	Nobody Speak	DJ Shadow & Run The Jewels
54	Ordinary	Jagwar Ma
53	My Number	Paper Lions
52	Baby give up on it	Junior Boys
51	Lost Somebody	A Tribe Called Quest
50	untitled 08	Kendrick Lamar
49	Together	Kaytranada
48	You Don't Get Me High Anymore	Phantogram
47	Mother Emanuel	Local Natives
46	Shut Up Kiss Me	Angel Olsen
45	Jungle Jenny	Omni
44	Hunny Bunny	Hockey Dad
43	Bombay Blue	Mystery Jets
42	Radio Silence	Shearwater
41	No Tomorrow	Suede
40	It's Different For Girls	Of Montreal
39	Never Enough	Jessy Lanza
38	Groovy	Pet Shop Boys
37	The Space Program	A Tribe Called Quest
36	Augustine	Blood Orange
35	Don't You Want to Know What's Wrong?	Field Music
34	Walrus	D.D Dumbo
33	Blume	Eagulls
32	Burn The Witch	Radiohead
31	Lazarus	David Bowie
30	The Community of Hope	PJ Harvey
29	Winter Radio	Zoos Of Berlin
28	Silly Me	Yeasayer
27	He The Colossus	Wild Beasts
26	2100	Run The Jeweis
25	Buckle Bunny	Xander Harris
24	Am I Wrong	Anderson Paak
23	boom boom	jennylee
22	Under The Sun	Diiv
21	Crash	Against Me!
20	Cold Vermouth	Omni
19	Give Me A Reason	Jagwar Ma
18	Junie	Solange
17	T5	Swet Shop Boys
16	Battlecry	Digitalism
15	Indentikit	Radiohead
14	Satan	D.D Dumbo
13	Too Soon	DMAs
12	End Of An Era	Public Access T.V.
11	Goin Down	Dinosaur Jr.
10	Mixed Messages	Tuns
9	All Night	Trashcan Sinatras
8	Nylon Strung	Underworld
7	We The People	A Tribe Called Quest
6	A Night Out With	Hockey Dad
5	Alpha Female	Wild Beasts
4	In Deep	The KVB
3	Dark Days	Local Natives
2	Disappointed	Field Music
1	Ablaze	School of Seven Bells