The sheer volume of music (no pun intended) available to listeners both casual and obsessive in the streaming age is vast to say the least. But in this era of self-curated and Spotify-created playlists, Paste wants folks to know the art of the album is still alive and well. To prove it, they put together a list of the 50 Best Albums of 2018 as chosen by their music-loving staff. The top 10:
- Lucy Dacus, Historian
- Parquet Courts, Wide Awake
- Courtney Barnett, Tell Me How You Really Feel
- Soccer Mommy, Clean
- Snail Mail, Lush
- Mitski, Be the Cowboy
- Pusha T, DAYTONA
- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Hope Downs
- Low, Double Negative
- Hop Along, Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Check out the rest of the list
here. (
Are CDs over?)