Banquet Records - 104 Best Albums of 2018
https://www.banquetrecords.com/albums-of-the-year-2018
First 20 ranked, remaining 84 by month of release
1. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
2. Tom Misch - Geography
3. IDLES - Joy As An Act Of Resistance
4. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
5. Can't Swim - This Too Won't Pass
6. Death Cab For Cutie - Thank You For Today
7. Jon Hopkins - Singularity
8. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
9. Christine And The Queens - Chris
10 The Vaccines - Combat Sports
11. Foxing - Nearer My God
12. Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth
13. The Story So Far - Proper Dose
14. Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
15. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
16. George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's
17. Boston Manor - Welcome To The Neightbourhood
18. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
19. Ross From Friends - Family Portrait
20. Tiny Moving Parts - Swell
JANUARY
The Dangerous Summer - The Dangerous Summer
Fall Out Boy - M A N I A
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Young Adult
Marmozets - Knowing What You Know Now
Nils Frahm - All Melody
Jeff Rosenstock - POST
Shame - Songs Of Praise
To Kill A King - The Spiritual Dark Age
Tonight Alive - Underworld
Waterparks - Entertainment
The Xcerts - Hold On To Your Heart
FEBRUARY
Don Broco - Technology
Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers
Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending
MGMT - Little Dark Age
Turnstile - Space & Time
The Wombats - Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
MARCH
Black Foxxes - Reidi
Casey - Where I Go When I Am Sleeping
The Magic Gang - The Magic Gang
Nervus - Everything Dies
Soccer Mommy - Clean
Superorganism - Superorganism
Ty - A Work Of Heart
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
APRIL
Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha
Blossoms - Cool Like You
Brand New Friend - Seatbelts For Aeroplanes
MAY
Arctic Monkeys - Tranquillity Hotel Base + Casino
James Bay - Electric Light
Biffy Clyro - MTV Unplugged (Live at Roundhouse London)
Leon Bridges - Good Thing
CHVRCHES - Love Is Dead
Koze - Knock Knock
Sean McGowan - Son Of The Smith
Peace - Kindness Is The New Rock And Roll
Protoje - A Matter Of Time
Frank Turner - Be More Kind
Kamaal Williams - The Return
JUNE
Bodega - Endless Scroll
Culture Abuse - Bay Dream
Father John Misty - God's Favourite Customer
Florence And The Machine - High As Hope
Gorillaz - The Now Now
Ben Howard - Noonday Dream
The Interrupters - Fight The Good Fight
Panic! At The Disco - Pray For The Wicked
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Down
Jorja Smith - Lost & Found
Snail Mail - Lush
State Champs - Living Proof
JULY
Bury Tomorrow - Black Flame
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Tom Grennan - Lighting Matches
Real Friends - Composure
Trash Boat - Crown Shyness
Years & Years - Palo Santo
AUGUST
Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed
As It Is - The Great Depression
Deaf Havana - Rituals
Miles Kane - Coup De Grace
Slaves - Acts Of Fear And Love
Trophy Eyes - The American Dream
SEPTEMBER
Fatherson - Sum Of All Your Parts
Joyce Manor - Millions Dollars To Kill Me
Jungle - For Ever
Pale Waves - My Mind Makes Noises
Nile Rodgers & Chic - It's About Time
Thrice - Palms
OCTOBER
Auntie Flo - Radio Highlife
Basement - Beside Myself
Tokyo Police Club - TPC
Tom Odell - Jubilee Road
Twenty One Pilots - Trench
You Me At Six - VI
NOVEMBER
Alpines - Full Bloom
Architects - Holy Hell
Art Brut - Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!
Charles Bradley - Black Velvet
Break - Another Way
Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers - Bought To Rot
Mumford & Sons - Delta
Anderson .Paak - Oxnard
Young Romance - Don't Look
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