here in the UK Kerrang Magazine has given Turnstile album of the year. As far as the NME goes since they stopped the print edition of the magazine the website has been mainly clickbait and reporting news from other websites.
Camila is weirdly high but otherwise some good stuff Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Albums of 2018 50. Cupcakke, ‘Ephorize’ 49. Esperanza Spalding, ’12 Little Spells’ 48. The Carters, ‘Everything Is Love’ 47. Father John Misty, ‘God’s Favorite Customer’ 46. Sleep, ‘The Sciences’ 45. Robyn, ‘Honey’ 44. Jeff Tweedy, ‘Warm’ 43. Lil Wayne, ‘Tha Carter V’ 42. Ashley McBryde, ‘Girl Going Nowhere’ 41. Amanda Shires, ‘To the Sunset’ 40. Parquet Courts, ‘Wide Awake’ 39. Nine Inch Nails, ‘Bad Witch’ 38. Eric Church, ‘Desperate Man’ 37. Tierra Whack, ‘Whack World’ 36. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, ‘Sparkle Hard’ 35. Elvis Costello, ‘Look Now’ 34. Courtney Barnett, ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’ 33. Neko Case, ‘Hell-On’ 32. David Byrne, ‘American Utopia’ 31. Rosalía, ‘El Mar Querer’ 30. Free Cake for Every Creature, ‘The Bluest Star’ 29. Superchunk, ‘What a Time to Be Alive’ 28. Florence and the Machine, ‘High as Hope’ 27. Noname, ‘Room 25’ 26. Snail Mail, ‘Lush’ 25. Rae Sremmurd, ‘SR3MM’ 24. Kali Uchis, ‘Isolation’ 23. U.S. Girls, ‘In a Poem Unlimited’ 22. John Prine, ‘The Tree of Forgiveness’ 21. Beach House, ‘7’ 20. The Beths, ‘Future Me Hates Me’ 19. Hop Along, ‘Bark Your Head Off Dog’ 18. Vince Staples, ‘FM!’ 17. Lucy Dacus, ‘Historian’ 16. Soccer Mommy, ‘Clean’ 15. J Balvin, ‘Vibras’ 14. Mitski, ‘Be the Cowboy’ 13. Janelle Monae, ‘Dirty Computer’ 12. Brandi Carlile, ‘By The Way, I Forgive You’ 11. Paul McCartney, ‘Egypt Station’ 10. Drake, ‘Scorpion’ 9. Kurt Vile, ‘Bottle It In’ 8. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, ‘A Star Is Born Soundtrack’ 7. Pusha T, ‘Daytona’ 6. Travis Scott, ‘Astroworld’ 5. Ariana Grande, ‘Sweetener’ 4. Pistol Annies, ‘Interstate Gospel’ 3. Camila Cabello, ‘Camila’ 2. Kacey Musgraves, ‘Golden Hour’ 1. Cardi B, ‘Invasion of Privacy’
Out of all the fantastic pop music released this year, I just can’t get behind the Camila album being high on these lists. Same for Ye but with rap/hip hop.
I wasn’t a fan of the Camila album but then again any album that has Havana on it deserves a spot. Inside Out also. Also I know I gushed about the Cardi album the first few days but really there are quite a few at best mediocre tracks on there. It should make lists but if you ask me it’s ranked way too high on some lists.
Havana was the only song I liked but still can’t justify its place on AOTY lists with one redeeming song. Maybe I just don’t get it haha.
If the album was just Havana 10 times plus a Vybz Kartel remix of Inside Out it’d be my album of the year lol
I did not remember that I had listened to the Camila album until I looked at the tracklist. Yeah, no way in hell that album should be anywhere near a top 10.
Never would have guessed so many lists would place Soccer Mommy above Snail Mail. Seemed like the two had ridden a similar wave this year but Snail Mail had been praised just that bit more all along.
Rolling Stone Country 40 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2018 – Rolling Stone I disagree with their list this year more than I usually do.
Agree to disagree, I’m sorry! I didn’t find any sort of replay value in it haha. Glad you enjoyed it though!