Albums of the Year 2018.

At the end of 2005 I was working in an office and most people had finished for Xmas. I was pretty bored to be honest. So I decided to put together some kind of metacritic list of the albums of the year.

I chose five publications and/or websites that had listed 50 (or more) of their best albums of the year. Selecting the top 50 I awarded 50 points for 1st, 49 for 2nd, and so on down to 1 point for 50th. I then crunched the numbers and made a list of the top 30 scoring.

This silly piece of time wasting proved to be quite popular so I continued and have done every year since. I used to send the e-mails round a few mates who've either expressed an interest or I'm trying to impress in some way. Since leaving my old job I've lost all the lists from 2005-2015. If anyone has them saved please get in touch.

Now I have a blog (and I've left my job) I'm gonna use this to disseminate the data. So, here we are, no photos, just a list of 2018's Top 30. Enjoy (or not)....

1.Low - Double Negative
2.Pusha T - Daytona
3.Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile
4.Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
5.Christine and the Queens - Chris
6.Julia Holter - Aviary
7.Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
8.Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
9.Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Hell
10.Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
11.Gazelle Twin - Pastoral
12.Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
13.Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
14.Tirzah - Devotion
15.The Breeders - All Nerve
16.Senyawa - Sujud
17.Let's Eat Grandma - All Ears
18.Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
19.Idles - Joy as an Act of Resistance
20.Kurt Vile - Bottle It In
21.Inescure Men - Insecure Men
22.Paul Weller - True Meanings
23.Yo La Tengo - There's A Riot Going On
24.Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg
25.Suede - The Blue Hour
26.Elvis Costello and the Imposters - Look Now
27.Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin
28.JPEGMAFIA - Veteran
29.SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
30. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love

View the 2017 list here.
View the 2016 list here.

sources:-

Pitchfork
the Quietus
The Wire
Uncut
Mojo