MCCh 2018 (06) April 15

[Otisredding]

The best albums of 2018 (update April 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

35 - 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 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388837.jpg[/imgsize]


34 - Rae Morris: Someone Out There - 74,5 (78,9 / 8)
Highlights: Do It - Atletico (The Only One) - Reborn
Electropop
[imgsize 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 369302.jpg[/imgsize]


33 - Rolo Tomassi: Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It - 74,6 (79,3 / 7)
Highlights: Aftermath - The Hollow Hour - Contretemps
Mathcore
[imgsize 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 348883.jpg[/imgsize]


32 - Gwenno: Le Kov - 74,6 (79,3 / 7)
Highlights: Tir Ha Mor - Eus Keus? - Hy a Skoellyas Lyf a Dhagrow
Indieronica
[imgsize 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 363060.jpg[/imgsize]


31 - Everything Is Recorded: Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell - 74,9 (78,2 / 11)
Highlights: Close But Not Quite - Mountains of Gold - Cane
Alternative R&B
[imgsize 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359040.jpg[/imgsize]


30 - Daniel Avery: Song For Alpha - 74,9 (77,9 / 12)
Highlights: Projector - Slow Fade - Citizen//Nowhere
Ambient Techno
[imgsize 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 391904.jpg[/imgsize]


29 - Yo La Tengo: There's a Riot Going On - 75,5 (74,5 / 24)
Highlights: For You Too - Shades of Blue - You Are Here
Ambient Pop
[imgsize 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 373872.jpg[/imgsize]


28 - Superchunk: What A Time To Be Alive – 75,7 (76,4 / 19)
Highlights: What a Time to Be Alive - Erasure - Black Thread
Indie Rock
[imgsize 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 380783.jpg[/imgsize]


27 - The Breeders: All Nerve – 76,2 (73,8 / 28)
Highlights: Wait in the Car - All Nerve - MetaGoth
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 200x200]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388857.jpg[/imgsize]


26 - Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy - 76,3 (77,9 / 16)
Highlights: Bodak Yellow - I Do - I Like It
Trap Rap
[imgsize 200x200]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 876603.jpg[/imgsize]


25 - 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 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 357202.jpg[/imgsize]


24 - First Aid Kit: Ruins - 76,4 (74,1 / 28)
Highlights: It's a Shame - Hem of Her Dress - Rebel Heart
Indie Folk
[imgsize 220x220]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 812584.jpg[/imgsize]


23 - 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 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 332487.jpg[/imgsize]


22 - No Age: Snares Like a Haircut – 76,9 (78,2 / 17)
Highlights: Send Me - Cruise Control - Soft Collar Fad /b]
Noise Pop
[imgsize 220x220]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 357019.jpg[/imgsize]


21 - MGMT: Little Dark Age – 77,0 (76,0 / 24)
Highlights: Little Dark Age - When You Die - Me and Michael
Synthpop
[imgsize 220x220]https://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cov ... 843664.jpg[/imgsize]


20 - Screaming Females: All At Once - 77,3 (80,6 / 10)
Highlights: Black Moon - Agnes Martin - Deeply
Indie Rock
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 385324.jpg[/imgsize]


19 - Dream Wife: Dream Wife – 77,6 (78,9 / 17)
Highlights: Let's Make Out - Hey! Heartbreaker - Fire
Alternative Rock
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359022.jpg[/imgsize]


18 - Marlon Williams: Make Way for Love – 77,8 (78,1 / 20)
Highlights: Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore - Love Is a Terrible Thing - Come to Me
Chamber Folk
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 359120.jpg[/imgsize]


17 - Ought: Room Inside The World – 78,0 (78,4 / 20)
Highlights: Desire - Disaffectation - Disgraced in America
Post-Punk
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 353780.jpg[/imgsize]


16 - Amen Dunes: Freedom - 78,3 (81,3 / 12)
Highlights: Blue Rose - Believe - Miki Dora
Neo-Psychedelia
[imgsize 240x240]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 403193.jpg[/imgsize]


15 - Rival Consoles: Persona – 78,9 (83,6 / 7)
Highlights: Persona - Hidden - Phantom Grip
Microhouse
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 408733.jpg[/imgsize]


14 - Lucy Dacus: Historian – 79,1 (79,7 / 19)
Highlights: Addictions - Night Shift - Nonbeliever
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 388819.jpg[/imgsize]


13 - Hookworms: Microshift – 79,1 (79,7 / 19)
Highlights: Negative Space - Static Resistance - Ullswater
Neo-Psychedelia
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 373676.jpg[/imgsize]


12- Nils Frahm: All Melody – 79,3 (78,3 / 24)
Highlights: Sunson - Kaleidoscope - My Friend the Forest
Ambient
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 370292.jpg[/imgsize]


11 - Shame: Songs Of Praise – 79,4 (78,7 / 23)
Highlights: Concrete - One Rizla - Tasteless
Post-Punk
[imgsize 260x260]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 346066.jpg[/imgsize]


10 - Ty Segall: Freedom's Goblin – 79,7 (79,0 / 23)
Highlights: My Lady's on Fire - Fanny Dog - She
Garage Rock
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 370319.jpg[/imgsize]


09 - Kendrick Lamar: Black Panther: The Album OST – 79,9 (80,5 / 19)
Highlights: All the Stars - King’s Dead - Pray for Me
Hip Hop
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 379895.jpg[/imgsize]


08 - Mount Eerie: Now Only – 80,0 (81,4 / 17)
Highlights: Now Only - Tintin in Tibet - Distortion
Singer-Songwriter
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 398274.jpg[/imgsize]


07 - Jeff Rosenstock: Post- - 80,3 (83,3 / 12)
Highlights: USA - Let Them Win - TV Stars
Power Pop
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_5 ... 355833.jpg[/imgsize]


06 - Kali Uchis: Isolation - 80,5 (83,5 / 12)
Highlights: After the Storm - Miami - Tyrant
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 280x280]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_4 ... 407863.jpg[/imgsize]


05 - Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy – 80,7 (79,7 / 24)
Highlights: Beach Life-in-Death - Cute Thing - Nervous Young Inhumans
Indie Rock
[imgsize 300x300]https://exclaim.ca//images/CarTF.jpg[/imgsize]


04 - Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar – 80,8 (80,5 / 22)
Highlights: In My View - Toy - Wow
Neo-Soul
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 379264.jpg[/imgsize]


03 - Hot Snakes: Jericho Sirens – 80,8 (82,5 / 16)
Highlights: Death Camp Fantasy - I Need a Doctor - Six Wave Hold-Down
Garage Punk
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 373874.jpg[/imgsize]


02 - U.S. Girls: In A Poem Unlimited – 81,0 (80,3 / 23)
Highlights: Velvet 4 Sale - M.A.H. - Rosebud
Neo-Psychedelia
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 380754.jpg[/imgsize]


01 - Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour - 83,5 (87,9 / 8)
Highlights: High Horse - Space Cowboy - Slow Burn
Country Pop
[imgsize 300x300]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_1 ... 391880.jpg[/imgsize]

[Otisredding]

I'll just ask for above 70 albums before anyone else does again...

36 - Field Music: Open Here - 74,4 (77,1 / 13)
37 - Hop Along: Bark Your Head Off, Dog - 74,4 (77,1 / 13)
38 - Soccer Mommy: Clean - 74,3 (75,6 / 17)
39 - Khruangbin: Con todo el mundo - 74,1 (77,5 / 11)
40 - Laurie Anderson & Kronos Quartet: Landfall - 74,0 (78,4 / 8)
41 - Joan As Police Woman: Damned Devotion - 73,8 (75,4 / 16)
42 - Jonny Greenwood: Phantom Thread OST - 73,8 (78,4 / 7)
43 - Camp Cope: How To Socialise & Make Friends - 73,8 (76,8 / 12)
44 - Tracey Thorn: Record - 73,5 (74,5 / 18)
45 - Essaie Pas: New Path - 73,4 (76,4 / 12)
46 - Superorganism: Superorganism - 73,4 (73,0 / 22)
47 - The Soft Moon: Criminal - 73,0 (74,0 / 18)
48 - Goat Girl: Goat Girl - 72,9 (73,9 / 18)
49 - Son Lux: Brighter Wounds - 72,7 (76,0 / 11)
50 - Wye Oak: The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs - 72,6 (74,6 / 15)
51 - The Spook School: Could It Be Different? - 72,3 (76,6 / 8)
52 - Haley Heynderickx: I Need to Start a Garden - 72,3 (76,6 / 8)
53 - Courtney Marie Andrews: May Your Kindness Remain - 71,9 (76,6 / 7)
54 - Frankie Cosmos: Vessel - 71,7 (74,1 / 14)
55 - Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Sex and Food - 71,7 (71,7 / 21)
56 - Rhye: Blood - 71,6 (70,6 / 24)
57 - Jack White: Boarding House Reach - 71,5 (69,1 / 28)
58 - Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats: - 71,3 (74,3 / 12)
59 - Django Django: Marble Skies - 70,8 (69,2 / 26)
60 - Hinds: I Don't Run - 70,8 (71,4 / 19)
61 - Shopping: The Official Body - 70,8 (73,8 / 12)
62 - The Go! Team: Semicircle - 70,2 (69,9 / 22)
63 - Loma: Loma - 70,2 (74,2 / 9)
64 - David Byrne: Amercian Utopia - 70,1 (67,8 / 28)

[Henrik]

It’s really time to thank you again, Otisredding. You’re doing a fantastic job with this chart, as always!

Very unusual to have a leader with only 8 ratings.

[Honorio]

Five new albums in top 35!
(And three new women for Honorio)

Exactly, Otis! With these three new women we have a 45,71% (16/35). Almost half!!

I checked the evolution of the percentage of female acts on the MCCh 2018 and it goes like this:
MCCh 2018 (01) 50% (5/10)
MCCh 2018 (02) 33,33% (5/15)
MCCh 2018 (03) 35% (7/20)
MCCh 2018 (04) 44% (11/20)
MCCh 2018 (05) 43,33% (13/30)
MCCh 2018 (06) 45,71% (16/35)

Awesome...

[Rob]

New update, we finally get over 100 songs! Only 195 to go!

[Otisredding]

MCCh 2018 (07) April 30