We begin our annual end of the year music review with our favourite albums. In the coming days we will be also checking the Top 100 singles, making a brief analysis of what’s been going on during the last twelve month and will finish with the announcement of our 2018 Rober Awards nominees. Stay tuned!
The Rober Awards Best albums of 2018 are…
 | 1-ROSALÍA El Mal Querer (Sony Music) |
 | 2-LOW Double Negative (Sub Pop) |
 | 3-JANELLE MONÁE Dirty Computer (Bad Boy) |
 | 4-SOPHIE Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (Transgressive) |
 | 5-ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER Hope Downs (Ivy League/Sub Pop) |
 | 6-CARDI B Invasion Of Privacy (Atlantic) |
 | 7-YVES TUMOR Safe In The Hands Of Love (Warp) |
 | 8-KALI UCHIS Isolation (Interscope/Virgin) |
 | 9-PUSHA T Daytona (Def Jam) |
 | 10-serpentwithfeet Soil (Secretly Canadian/Tri Angle) |
 | 11-NONAME Room 25 (Self-Released) |
 | 12-CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS Chris (Because) |
 | 13-KAMASI WASHINGTON Heaven And Earth / The Choice (Young Turks) |
 | 14-MITSKI Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans) |
 | 15-cupcakKe Ephorize / Eden (Self-Released) |
 | 16-YUNG BEEF Adromicfms 4 (La Vendición) |
 | 17-ROBYN Honey (Konichiwa) |
 | 18-TY SEGALL Freedom's Goblin (Drag City) |
 | 19-EARL SWEATSHIRT Some Rap Songs (Columbia) |
 | 20-PARQUET COURTS Wide Awake! (Rough Trade) |
 | 21-KACEY MUSGRAVES Golden Hour (UMG) |
 | 22-DOMINIQUE A Toute Latitude / La Fragilité (Cinq7/Wagram) |
 | 23-JULIA HOLTER Aviary (Domino) |
 | 24-HOT SNAKES Jericho Sirens (Sub Pop) |
 | 25-SABA Care For Me (Self-Released) |
 | 26-LET'S EAT GRANDMA I'm All Ears (Transgressive) |
 | 27-FATHER JOHN MISTY God's Favorite Customer (Bella Union) |
 | 28-JEFF ROSENSTOCK Post- (Specialist Subject) |
 | 29-MAKAYA McCRAVEN Universal Beings (International Anthem) |
 | 30-TIRZAH Devotion (Domino) |
 | 31-U.S. GIRLS In A Poem Unlimited (4AD) |
 | 32-JEAN GRAE & QUELLE CHRIS Everything's Fine (Mello Music Group) |
 | 33-THE INTERNET Hive Mind (Columbia) |
 | 34-BEACH HOUSE 7 (Bella Union) |
 | 35-AMEN DUNES Freedom (Sacred Bones) |
 | 36-A.A.L. (AGAINST ALL LOGIC) 2012-2017 (Other Music) |
 | 37-NIÑO DE ELCHE Antología Del Cante Flamenco Heterodoxo (Sony Music) |
 | 38-J BALVIN Vibras (Universal Music Latino) |
 | 39-ADRIANNE LENKER abysskiss (Saddle Creek) |
 | 40-THOM YORKE / JONNY GREENWOOD Suspiria (Music For The Lucas Guadagnino Film) / You Were Never Really Here OST (Unsustainable / Invada) |
 | 41-THE GOON SAX We're Not Talking (Wichita) |
 | 42-SKEE MASK Compro (Ilian Tape) |
 | 43-VINCE STAPLES FM! (Def Jam) |
 | 44-MARIANNE FAITHFULL Negative Capability (Panta Rei) |
 | 45-CAMILA CABELLO Camila (SYCO/Epic) |
 | 46-SUPERCHUNK What A Time To Be Alive (Merge) |
 | 47-DJ KOZE Knock Knock (Pampa) |
 | 48-CAR SEAT HEADREST Twin Fantasy (Matador) |
 | 49-JLIN Autobiography (Music From Wayne McGregor's Autobiography) (Planet Mu) |
 | 50-JOHN GRANT Love Is Magic (Bella Union) |