Best albums of 2018
Country, hip-hop and pop stopped pretending they served separate markets, and the charts stopped being able to tell them apart. Producers ran the year: short albums, tight rosters, seven tracks at a time, released weekly from a ranch in Wyoming.
According to Riffiter listeners, the best album of 2018 is Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino by Arctic Monkeys, rated 4.5/5 by 14 listeners.
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Build a list or tier of your ownBest albums of 2018 by genre
The genres that carried the period here, each with what listeners rate highest inside it.
Best Hip-Hop albums of 2018
1,114 albums from 2018
Best Rock albums of 2018
882 albums from 2018
Best Electronic albums of 2018
766 albums from 2018
Best Pop albums of 2018
645 albums from 2018
Best Jazz albums of 2018
633 albums from 2018
The artists of 2018
Everyone who put a record out then, ordered by how listeners rate their catalog rather than by that one release.
2018, month by month
Not everything that came out, just where the weight fell. Some months carried a year; some were quiet and worth knowing about.
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FAQ
- What are the best albums of 2018?
- On Riffiter, the highest-rated album of 2018 is Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino by Arctic Monkeys (4.5/5). The ranking below orders the year's releases by community rating.
- How is the 2018 ranking decided?
- By Riffiter listeners. Each album's community rating sets its place. Until a release has enough ratings, its popularity stands in, and the order shifts as more people rate.
- Does the best-of-2018 list change?
- Yes. It's built from live community ratings, so the order updates as people rate 2018 releases. The page refreshes a few times a day.