MCCh 2018 (04) March 15
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:49 am
The best albums of 2018 (update March 15)
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Earbuddy; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
None
25 - Camp Cope: How To Socialise & Make Friends - 74,3 (77,6 / 11)
Highlights: The Opener - Anna - I’ve Got You
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388848.jpg[/imgsize]
24 - Everything Is Recorded: Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell - 74,3 (78,0 / 10)
Highlights: Close But Not Quite - Mountains of Gold - Cane
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359040.jpg[/imgsize]
23 - Anna Von Hausswolff: Dead Magic - 74,5 (76,5 / 15)
Highlights: Ugly and Vengeful - The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra - The Truth, the Glow, the Fall
Darkwave
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388837.jpg[/imgsize]
22 - Rae Morris: Someone Out There - 74,5 (78,9 / 8)
Highlights: Do It - Atletico (The Only One) - Reborn
Electropop
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 369302.jpg[/imgsize]
21 - Superchunk: What A Time To Be Alive - 75,5 (76,4 / 18)
Highlights: What a Time to Be Alive - Erasure - Black Thread
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 380783.jpg[/imgsize]
20 - The Breeders: All Nerve - 76 (74 / 27)
Highlights: Wait in the Car - All Nerve - MetaGoth
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388857.jpg[/imgsize]
19 - Ezra Furman: Transangelic Exodus - 76,4 (78,4 / 15)
Highlights: Maraschino-Red Dress $ 8.99 at Goodwill - Suck the Blood from My Wound - Compulsive Liar
Indie Rock
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 357202.jpg[/imgsize]
18 - First Aid Kit: Ruins - 76,4 (74,1 / 28)
Highlights: It's a Shame - Hem of Her Dress - Rebel Heart
Indie Folk
[imgsize 240x240]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 812584.jpg[/imgsize]
17 - tUnE-YaRdS: I Can feel You Creep Into My Private Life – 76,8 (75,8 / 24)
Highlights: Heart Attack - ABC 123 - Look at Your Hands
Art Pop
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 332487.jpg[/imgsize]
16 - MGMT: Little Dark Age – 77,0 (76,0 / 24)
Highlights: Little Dark Age - When You Die - Me and Michael
Synthpop
[imgsize 240x240]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 843664.jpg[/imgsize]
15 - No Age: Snares Like a Haircut – 77,0 (78,7 / 16)
Highlights: Send Me - Cruise Control - Soft Collar Fad /b]
Noise Pop
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 357019.jpg[/imgsize]
14 - Screaming Females: All At Once - 77,3 (80,6 / 10)
Highlights: Black Moon - Agnes Martin - Deeply
Indie Rock
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 385324.jpg[/imgsize]
13 - Dream Wife: Dream Wife – 77,6 (78,9 / 17)
Highlights: Let's Make Out - Hey! Heartbreaker - Fire
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359022.jpg[/imgsize]
12 - Ought: Room Inside The World – 78,0 (78,4 / 20)
Highlights: Desire - Disaffectation - Disgraced in America
Post-Punk
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 353780.jpg[/imgsize]
11 - Marlon Williams: Make Way for Love - 78,2 (79,2 / 18)
Highlights: Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore - Love Is a Terrible Thing - Come to Me
Chamber Folk
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359120.jpg[/imgsize]
10 - Jeff Rosenstock: Post- - 78,2 (82,9 / 7)
Highlights: USA - Yr Throat - Let Them Win
Power Pop
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 355833.jpg[/imgsize]
09 - Lucy Dacus: Historian - 78,9 (79,9 / 18)
Highlights: Addictions - Night Shift - Nonbeliever
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388819.jpg[/imgsize]
08 - Hookworms: Microshift – 79,1 (79,7 / 19)
Highlights: Negative Space - Static Resistance - Ullswater
Neo-Psychedelia
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 373676.jpg[/imgsize]
07- Nils Frahm: All Melody – 79,3 (78,3 / 24)
Highlights: Sunson - Kaleidoscope - My Friend the Forest
Ambient
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 370292.jpg[/imgsize]
06 - Shame: Songs Of Praise – 79,4 (78,7 / 23)
Highlights: Concrete - One Rizla - Tasteless
Post-Punk
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 346066.jpg[/imgsize]
05 - Kendrick Lamar: Black Panther: The Album OST – 79,5 (80,5 / 18)
Highlights: All the Stars - King’s Dead - Pray for Me
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 379895.jpg[/imgsize]
04 - Ty Segall: Freedom's Goblin – 79,7 (79,0 / 23)
Highlights: My Lady's on Fire - Fanny Dog - She
Garage Rock
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 370319.jpg[/imgsize]
03 - Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar - 79,7 (80,7 / 18)
Highlights: In My View - Toy - Wow
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 379264.jpg[/imgsize]
02 - U.S. Girls: In A Poem Unlimited – 81,1 (80,8 / 22)
Highlights: Velvet 4 Sale - M.A.H. - Rosebud
Neo-Psychedelia
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 380754.jpg[/imgsize]
01 - Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy – 81,2 (80,9 / 22)
Highlights: Beach Life-in-Death - Cute Thing - Nervous Young Inhumans
Indie Rock
[imgsize 300x300]https://exclaim.ca//images/CarTF.jpg[/imgsize]
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating, and, in brackets, average and number of ratings (out of 31 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Humo; Indiestyle; Jenesaispop; Laut; Mondosonoro; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Earbuddy; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Under The Radar
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Skinny, Beardfood, BostonGlobe, Nowtoronto, Entertainment Weekly, etc…
New entry or Re-entry
Albums that have obtained new reviews and improved the score
Albums that have obtained new reviews but worsened the score
Out:
None
25 - Camp Cope: How To Socialise & Make Friends - 74,3 (77,6 / 11)
Highlights: The Opener - Anna - I’ve Got You
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388848.jpg[/imgsize]
24 - Everything Is Recorded: Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell - 74,3 (78,0 / 10)
Highlights: Close But Not Quite - Mountains of Gold - Cane
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359040.jpg[/imgsize]
23 - Anna Von Hausswolff: Dead Magic - 74,5 (76,5 / 15)
Highlights: Ugly and Vengeful - The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra - The Truth, the Glow, the Fall
Darkwave
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388837.jpg[/imgsize]
22 - Rae Morris: Someone Out There - 74,5 (78,9 / 8)
Highlights: Do It - Atletico (The Only One) - Reborn
Electropop
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 369302.jpg[/imgsize]
21 - Superchunk: What A Time To Be Alive - 75,5 (76,4 / 18)
Highlights: What a Time to Be Alive - Erasure - Black Thread
Indie Rock
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 380783.jpg[/imgsize]
20 - The Breeders: All Nerve - 76 (74 / 27)
Highlights: Wait in the Car - All Nerve - MetaGoth
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388857.jpg[/imgsize]
19 - Ezra Furman: Transangelic Exodus - 76,4 (78,4 / 15)
Highlights: Maraschino-Red Dress $ 8.99 at Goodwill - Suck the Blood from My Wound - Compulsive Liar
Indie Rock
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 357202.jpg[/imgsize]
18 - First Aid Kit: Ruins - 76,4 (74,1 / 28)
Highlights: It's a Shame - Hem of Her Dress - Rebel Heart
Indie Folk
[imgsize 240x240]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 812584.jpg[/imgsize]
17 - tUnE-YaRdS: I Can feel You Creep Into My Private Life – 76,8 (75,8 / 24)
Highlights: Heart Attack - ABC 123 - Look at Your Hands
Art Pop
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 332487.jpg[/imgsize]
16 - MGMT: Little Dark Age – 77,0 (76,0 / 24)
Highlights: Little Dark Age - When You Die - Me and Michael
Synthpop
[imgsize 240x240]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 843664.jpg[/imgsize]
15 - No Age: Snares Like a Haircut – 77,0 (78,7 / 16)
Highlights: Send Me - Cruise Control - Soft Collar Fad /b]
Noise Pop
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 357019.jpg[/imgsize]
14 - Screaming Females: All At Once - 77,3 (80,6 / 10)
Highlights: Black Moon - Agnes Martin - Deeply
Indie Rock
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 385324.jpg[/imgsize]
13 - Dream Wife: Dream Wife – 77,6 (78,9 / 17)
Highlights: Let's Make Out - Hey! Heartbreaker - Fire
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359022.jpg[/imgsize]
12 - Ought: Room Inside The World – 78,0 (78,4 / 20)
Highlights: Desire - Disaffectation - Disgraced in America
Post-Punk
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 353780.jpg[/imgsize]
11 - Marlon Williams: Make Way for Love - 78,2 (79,2 / 18)
Highlights: Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore - Love Is a Terrible Thing - Come to Me
Chamber Folk
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359120.jpg[/imgsize]
10 - Jeff Rosenstock: Post- - 78,2 (82,9 / 7)
Highlights: USA - Yr Throat - Let Them Win
Power Pop
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 355833.jpg[/imgsize]
09 - Lucy Dacus: Historian - 78,9 (79,9 / 18)
Highlights: Addictions - Night Shift - Nonbeliever
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388819.jpg[/imgsize]
08 - Hookworms: Microshift – 79,1 (79,7 / 19)
Highlights: Negative Space - Static Resistance - Ullswater
Neo-Psychedelia
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 373676.jpg[/imgsize]
07- Nils Frahm: All Melody – 79,3 (78,3 / 24)
Highlights: Sunson - Kaleidoscope - My Friend the Forest
Ambient
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 370292.jpg[/imgsize]
06 - Shame: Songs Of Praise – 79,4 (78,7 / 23)
Highlights: Concrete - One Rizla - Tasteless
Post-Punk
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 346066.jpg[/imgsize]
05 - Kendrick Lamar: Black Panther: The Album OST – 79,5 (80,5 / 18)
Highlights: All the Stars - King’s Dead - Pray for Me
Hip Hop
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 379895.jpg[/imgsize]
04 - Ty Segall: Freedom's Goblin – 79,7 (79,0 / 23)
Highlights: My Lady's on Fire - Fanny Dog - She
Garage Rock
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 370319.jpg[/imgsize]
03 - Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar - 79,7 (80,7 / 18)
Highlights: In My View - Toy - Wow
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 379264.jpg[/imgsize]
02 - U.S. Girls: In A Poem Unlimited – 81,1 (80,8 / 22)
Highlights: Velvet 4 Sale - M.A.H. - Rosebud
Neo-Psychedelia
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 380754.jpg[/imgsize]
01 - Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy – 81,2 (80,9 / 22)
Highlights: Beach Life-in-Death - Cute Thing - Nervous Young Inhumans
Indie Rock
[imgsize 300x300]https://exclaim.ca//images/CarTF.jpg[/imgsize]