Here Are 2018's 10 Best Albums

These are some of the year's most beloved releases
By Josh Gardner,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 26, 2018 6:00 PM CST
10 Best Albums of 2018
Courtney Barnett performs at the Spin Magazine Day Party at Stubb's during South By Southwest on Friday.   (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

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:

  1. Lucy Dacus, Historian
  2. Parquet Courts, Wide Awake
  3. Courtney Barnett, Tell Me How You Really Feel
  4. Soccer Mommy, Clean
  5. Snail Mail, Lush
  6. Mitski, Be the Cowboy
  7. Pusha T, DAYTONA
  8. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Hope Downs
  9. Low, Double Negative
  10. Hop Along, Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Check out the rest of the list here. (Are CDs over?)

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