Acclaimed Music Top 50 Albums from 2018 poll

Back and hope for better things after the lull.

Rosalía, Kamasi Washington, Sons of Kemet, Makaya McCraven, and Autechre all possibilities.

tough choice between julia holter+noname. shout to tracey, but my vote is going elsewhere.

hms not listed: jon hassell, steve tibbetts, king krule live on the moon, +the sea and cake. darn solid year!

low

The Beths get my vote. That album still has insane replay value.

Robyn, Low, Janelle Monae, Mitski, SOPHIE, Kali Uchis, Christine & The Queens, Tracey Thorn and Hop Along all make this a very strong year.

Nothing I particularly love here. I was mostly listening to metal from this year.

Yeah, pretty alienating list for me. I'd have New Bodies by Tangents, The Good the Bad & the Queen, Simmy or Leila Abdul-Rauf (although it should be the Boygenius ep really).

At the time it was a tie between Yves Tumor and SOPHIE. I had not yet heard the Daphne & Celeste.

Today it still a tie between Yves Tumor and SOPHIE. And there is no option for Daphne & Celeste. The three of them are five of my favourite albums of the last six years.

bummed that saba's care for me did not make the cut :(

in that case, rosalia. that album was a true game changer

I also loved:
George Clanton - Slide
RP Boo - I'll Tell You What!
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Glass
Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Limpid as the Solitudes
BEAST - Ens
The Good, the Bad & the Queen - Merrie Land
Dirty Projectors - Lamp Lit Prose
Aïsha Devi - DNA Feelings
Peder Mannerfelt - Daily Routine
Booker Stardrum - Temporary etc.

This was a nice year for it

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

Also seeing them with the Sun Ra Arkestra was my favorite show of the year. Love the band and have enjoyed pretty much everything they've released but that album is probably my favorite.

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love
Julia Holter - Aviary
Autechre - NTS Sessions 1-4

amazing year. probably going with autechre because it feels like it had the longest-term impact on my listening

father john misty

i’m in over my…. heeeaaaad?

christine and the queens is an easy #1 for me, the only other ones i really care about are cardi b, tierra whack, kacey, the 1975 and snail mail.

Low or SOPHIE for me, went with Low

Aviary

The only ones I remember from this year are Jon Hopkins and Let's Eat Grandma. Hopkins was extremely enjoyable for a couple weeks, but I've never revisited it. I enjoyed the run-up to Let's Eat Grandma, but when album time came I couldn't eat a whole one.

Kamasi Washington, Sons of Kemet, Makaya McCraven from unperson's selections seem like things that would land for me now that I wouldn't have been interested in then. will check them out.

Snail Mail is still a great record, wasn't expecting that.

I expect Low to walk this but I still don't get it.

I don't remember Spiritualized at all

tirzah. been really feeling tirzah lately tbh

I expect Low to walk this but I still don't get it.

does a comparison to loveless help

I'm going with Snail Mail

That MGMT album is brilliant too. Their best.

Interesting as they don't remind me of MBV. Mind you, I saw the Loveless tour at the Roxy in Hollywood, two out of the three nights. One night my friend jumped on stage and kissed Belinda on the cheek, I think it scared her to death. He was frying his balls off at night.

*that

autechre definitely

Aviary

I always think that this 1975 album is the worst of the middle three but it has;

"Give Yourself a Try"
"TooTimeTooTimeTooTime"
"Love It If We Made It"
"Be My Mistake"
"Sincerity Is Scary"
"I Like America & America Likes Me"
"It's Not Living (If It's Not with You)"
"I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)"

That is quite an album.

yeah...it's not all gold outside the singles but it's their best run of singles imo

idles being #1 here is incredibly embarrassing for critics as a whole

I haven't heard the record but "A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships" is one of the worst album titles I have ever heard

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I have been listening to random albums on these polls to make up my mind. Some I have heard for the first time and others to remind me of a certain year and how much I loved it during the year. I would talk about that more but there just isn't that much discussion, not like there used to be, so I keep quiet.

Anyways, in the end I voted for MGMT, not only was that an amazing tour but listening to the album made up my mind. Album hold up and now thinking about it, I haven't gone back to this years release at all.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I forgot to vote - but the two albums which are by far my favourites both got 0, so they're equal at least

did not expect *anyone* else to vote for Amen Dunes!

only 1 vote for El mal querer is a tragedy