Allston Pudding’s Best Albums of 2018 [50-21]

2018 was one of those years where it felt like a wave rushing over you. Sometimes it was at a force where you could fall over with any slight movement. Sometimes it enveloped you into a dream-like state. The year simultaneously flew by but felt like it dragged on forever. Luckily, we had a LOT of great music to listen to this year. This was one of the toughest lists to put together yet with so many incredible albums to sift through and sit with. As always, our list encompasses some incredible out-of-towners, newcomers, old-timers, and a bunch of locals. Enjoy.

We also want to take a moment to shout out some honorable mentions to local albums that just missed the cut this year. Check them out:

*=Local

50. Jorja Smith, Lost & Found

49. Petal, Magic Gone

48. The Internet, Hive Mind

47. Kendrick Lamar, Black Panther the Album

46. Leikeli47, Acrylic

45. serpentwithfeet, soil

44. Squitch, Uncle Steve in Spirit*

43. Lala Lala, The Lamb

42. Camp Cope, How to Socialise & Make Friends

41. Caroline Rose, LONER

40. Pink Navel, Born on the Stairs*

39. Haley Heynderickx, I Need to Start a Garden

38. Big Red Machine, Big Red Machine

37. ROSALÍA, El Mal Querer

36. Puppy Problems, Sunday Feeling*

Please note: although members of our staff were involved in the production of this album, we democratically came to a conclusion that it should be considered one of the best of the year regardless of that association.

35. Frankie Cosmos, Vessel

34. Earl Sweatshirt, Some Rap Songs

33. Weakened Friends, Common Blah*

32. The Breeders, All Nerve

31. Kal Marks, Universal Care*

30. Empress Of, Us

29. Ava Luna, Moon 2

28. Speedy Ortiz, Twerp Verse*

27. Princess Nokia, A Girl Cried Red

26. BROCKHAMPTON, iridescence

25. Anjimile, Colors*

24. Vundabar, Smells Smoke*

23. Prior Panic, Finicky Things*

22. Ezra Furman, Transangelic Exodus

21. Cloud Nothings, Last Building Burning

Tune in soon for our top 20 albums of the year!