Albums of the Year, 2018

I paid more attention this year, which is why I probably think it's been a 'good' year for new music, and why I'm bothering with a list for the first time since 2012. With the usual disclaimer that even if I'd listened to every record released in 2018 at least 15 times over, this list of favourites (as opposed to 'the best') would still be random and entirely subjective, and would read differently tomorrow compared with how I've aligned the albums today. Did I really like Halo Maud's record marginally less than Marisa Anderson's? Should you rank Oneohtrix Point Never's music side by side with Fatoumata Diawara's? Probably not. But here we go anyway: 

40. Vera Sola- Shades (Spectraphonic)

39. Rosanne Cash- She Remembers Everything (Blue Note)

38. Karine Polwart- Laws of Motion (Hudson)

37. Selling, Gold Panda & jas Shaw- On Reflection (City Slang)

36. Bombino- Deran (Partisan)

35. Liela Moss- My Name Is Safe In Your Mouth (Bella Union)

34. The Field- Infinite Moment (Kompakt)

33. Robyn- Honey (Embassy One)

32. Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood- With Animals (Heavenly)

31. Lubomyr Melnyk- Fallen Trees (Erased Tapes)

30. Natalie Prass- The Future and the Past (ATO)

29. Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert- Here Lies the Body (Rock Action Records)

28. Vanessa Peters- Foxhole Prayers (Idol Records)

27. Halo Maud- Je suis une île (Heavenly)