Best Albums of 2018

[jam>]

One of my favorite threads of the year! I thought Hicks or Aug would have made it by now, but I'll take the lead I guess. Well, actually I need to finalize my top 10 list first.

[mopper_smurf]

Just finishen compiling my top 20. Stay tuned.

[jam>]

Sons of Kemet - My Queen is a Reptile


Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth


Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings


Angelique Kidjo - Remain in Light


Mid-Air Theft - Crumbling


Nils Frahm - All Melody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fG2K3GBYZQ&list=PL5rsVy9cxeJm0i0JriN0qIEge99mzs78f

Idris Akamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell


Medeski Martin & Wood (with Alarm will Sound) - Omnisphere


Mildlife - Phase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCXU2OQW-Nc&list=PLp5oxBkIijbTX2EmUCuuVcsgZl6q-2ITH

Wayne Shorter - Emanon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=433&v=EeKcRo8xLQY

Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu


Medeski's Mad Skillet


Sidi Touré

[Caravan2001]

Nice picks!

[mopper_smurf]

Top 20 of albums I reviewed this year:

20 Xander Naylor: Transmission
19 9Big Apple Blues: Manhattan Alley
18 Pocket Knife Army: Forever Counting Sheep
17 Dusty Stray: Estranged
16 Peter Kernel: The Size Of The Night
15 Reinier Baas & Ben van Gelder ft Metropole Orkest: Smash Hits
14 The Chewers: Downhill Calendar
13 Hadley McCall Thackston: Hadley McCall Thackston
12 Jumble Hole Clough: Bats Tidied Up Heliport
11 The Saxophones: Songs of The Saxophones
10 Sabatta: Misfit Music
9 Port Almond: Port Almond
8 Moonchy & Tobias
7 STASJ: Soft Forces
6 The Fierce And The Dead: The Euphoric
5 The Special Pillow: Sleeping Weird
4 Broeder Dieleman: Komma
3 Johnny Dowd: Twinkle, Twinkle
2 Spottiswoode & His Enemies: Lost In The City
1 The Foreign Films: The Record Collector

[jam>]

I don't know one artist on that list. I have some homework to do! Thanks, mopper.

[Hicks]

Better late than never! 

Not a super great year in my opinion, but here were my favorties:

10. Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt



9. Low - Double Negative



8. SCNTST - Scenes and Sketches from the Lab



7. Angelique Kidjo - Remain in Light



6. Oh Sees - Smote Reverser



5. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In



4. Big Red Machine - s/t



3. Stephen Malkmus - Sparkle Hard



2. Against All Logic - 2012-2017



1. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

[mopper_smurf]

Just finishing compiling my top 20. Stay tuned.

[emay]

in no order


Ross from Friends - Family Portrait
Pusha T - Daytona
Jon Hopkins - Singularity
Louis Cole - Time
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Brandon Coleman - resistance
Leon Bridge - Good Thing
Medeski's Mad Skillet
Jungle - Forever

honorable mentions:

anderson paak - oxnard
Mac Miller - Swimming

[Hicks]

in no order


Ross from Friends - Family Portrait
Pusha T - Daytona
Jon Hopkins - Singularity
Louis Cole - Time
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Brandon Coleman -
Leon Bridge - Good Thing
Medeski's Mad Skillet
Jungle - Forever

honorable mentions:

anderson paak - oxnard
Mac Miller - Swimming

Nice, Ross From Friends is legit. Jon Hopkins was kind of disappointing for me after the genius of Immunity.

You definitely should check that SCNTST and his other project Skee Mask if you haven't yet. 

[GBL]

Not a great year, but definitely not terrible.  Here's my 8, in sort of order:

Currents - I Let The Devil In



Rita Ora - Phoenix



Atreyu - In Our Wake



YG - Stay Dangerous



Leon Bridges - Good Thing



Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You



Mumford and Sons - Delta



Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys