12月に入り、海外メディアも2018年の年間ベストアルバムを発表し始めたので、それぞれ上位10位までをまとめました。自分の年間ベストを決めた人も、決めていない人も、音楽をあまり聴かなかった人も、世の中の評価を見ながら、知らない作品をチェックしてみてはいかがでしょうか。
Pitcfork
01. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
02. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
03. DJ Koze – Knock Knock
04. Robyn – Honey
05. Snail Mail – Lush
06. Rosalía – El Mal Querer
07. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs
08. Low – Double Negative
09. Tierra Whack – Whack World
10. Yves Tumor – Safe in the Hands of Love
Stereogum
01. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
02. Snail Mail – Lush
03. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
04. Cardi B – Invasion Of Privacy
05. Beach House – 7
06. Flasher – Constant Image
07. Soccer Mommy – Clean
08. Low – Double Negative
09. Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
10. Mitski – Be The Cowboy
The 50 Best Albums Of 2018
Consequence of Sound
01. Mitski – Be The Cowboy
02. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
03. Saba – Care for Me
04. Kamasi Washington – Heaven And Earth
05. PUSHA-T – Daytona
06. Christine and the Queens – Chris
07. Boygenius – Boygenius
08. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
09. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
10. Spiritualized – and Nothing Hurt
The 405
01. Pusha T – Daytona
02. SOPHIE – Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides
03. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
04. Oneohtrix Point Never – Age Of
05. Noname – Room 25
06. Tim Hecker – Konoyo
07. JPEGMAFIA – Veteran
08. Kadhja Bonet – Childqueen
09. A.A.L. (Against All Logic) – 2012 – 2017
10. U.S. Girls – In a Poem Unlimited
The 405’s Top 50 Albums of 2018
Paste Magazine
01. Lucy Dacus – Historian
02. Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
03. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
04. Soccer Mommy – Clean
05. Snail Mail – Lush
06. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
07. Pusha T – DAYTONA
08. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
09. Low – Double Negative
10. Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Noisey
01. Tierra Whack – Whack World
02. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
03. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
04. Snail Mail – Lush
05. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computerv
06. Robyn – Honey
07. Travis Scott – Astroworld
08. Only Love – The Armed
09. DJ Koze – Knock Knock
10. American Pleasure Club – A Whole Fucking Lifetime of This
BBC Radio 6 Music
01. IDLES – Joy As An Act Of Resistance
02. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
03. Kamasi Washington – Heaven And Earth
04. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
05. Low – Double Negative
06. Gabe Gurnsey – Physical
07. BEAK> – >>>
08. Sons Of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile
09. The Orielles – Silver Dollar Moment
10. She Drew The Gun – Revolution Of The Mind
6 Music Recommends Albums Of The Year 2018
NPR
01. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
02. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
03. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
04. Lucy Dacus – Historian
05. Noname – Room 25
06. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
07. Robyn – Honey
08. Rosalía – El Mal Querer
09. Kali Uchis – Isolation
10. Tierra Whack – Whack World
KCRW
01. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
02. Leon Bridges – Good Thing
03. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo
04. Jungle – For Ever
05. Father John Misty – God’s Favorite Customer
06. Rosalia – El Mal Querer
07. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Sex & Food
08. Anderson .Paak – Oxnard
09. Tom Misch – Geography
10. Rhye – Blood
Rolling Stone
01. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
02. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hou
03. Camila Cabello – Camila
04. Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospe
05. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
06. Travis Scott – Astroworld
07. Pusha T – Daytona
08. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born Soundtrack
09. Kurt Vile – Bottle It In
10. Drake – Scorpion
Mojo
01. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
02. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
03. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever -– Hope Downs
04. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
05. Christine and the Queens – Chris
06. IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
07. Ryley Walker – Deafman Glance
08. Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
09. Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
10. The Breeders – All Nerve
Kate Bush Heads Up MOJO’s Best Of 2018 Issue
NME
01. The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
02. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
03. IDLES – Joy As An Act Of Resistance
04. Sunflower Bean – Twentytwo In Blue
05. Pusha T – Daytona
06. Shame – Songs of Praise
07. Kali Uchis – Isolation
08. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
09. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
10. Christine and the Queens – Chris
UNCUT
01. Low – Double Negative
02. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Hope Downs
03. Ty Segall – Freedom’s Goblin
04. Spiritualized – And Nothing Hurt
05. Yo La Tengo – There’s a Riot Going On
06. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
07. Gruff Rhys – Babelsberg
08. Beak> – >>>
09. Christine and the Queens – Chris
10. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen is a Reptile
Kerrang!
01. Turnstile – Time & Space
02. Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
03. Architects – Holy Hell
04. A Perfect Circle – Eat the Elephant
05. Ghost – Prequelle
06. Nothing – Dance on the Blacktop
07. Culture Abuse – Bay Dream
08. Behemoth – I Loved You at Your Darkest
09. IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
10. Rolo Tomassi – Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It
WIRE
01. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen is a Reptile
02. ZULI – Terminal
03. Ben LaMar Gay – Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun
04. Guttersnipe – My Mother The Vent
05. JPEGMAFIA – Veteran
06. Sarah Davachi – Let Night Come On Bells End The Day
07. Senyawa – Sujud
08. Autechre – NTS Sessions 1-4
09. Body/Head – The Switch
10. Low – Double Negative
Time
01. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
02. Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer
03. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
04. Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
05. J Balvin – Vibras
06. Robyn – Honey
07. Troye Sivan – Bloom
08. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
09. The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
10. Camila Cabello – Camila
The New York Times
01. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
02. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
03. serpentwithfeet – Soil
04. Esperanza Spalding – 12 Little Spells
05. Neneh Cherry – Broken Politics
06. Rosalía – El Mal Querer
07. Ariana Grande – Sweetener
08. Soccer Mommy – Clean
09. Jupiter & Okwess – Kin Sonic
10. Autechre – NTS Sessions 1-4
The Guardian
01. Christine and the Queens – Chris
02. Robyn – Honey
03. Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
04. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
05. Mitski – Be the Cowboy
06. IDLES – Joy as an Act of Resistance
07. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth
08. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
09. Low – Double Negative
10. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
The 50 best albums of 2018: the full list
The Independent
01. Christine and the Queens – Chris
02. Arctic Monkeys – Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
03. Janelle Monae – Dirty Computer
04. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
05. Kendrick Lamar, various artists – Black Panther: Original Motion Picture Scor
06. Colter Wall – Song of the Plains
07. Mac Miller – Swimming
08. Tamino – Amir
09. Gaika – Basic Volume
10. Shame – Songs of Praise
