Albums Of The Year 2018

Here's a look at some of our favourite albums of 2018. It took a whole lot of hours to get it down to just 100. From debut albums from emerging artists to returns from legendary bands after lengthy hiatuses... from arena and festival headliners to bands who've played our local pub.

We'll be revealing the top 20 bit by bit on Thursday and Friday, and on Friday afternoon we'll reveal our Album Of The Year for 2018. Get involved and join the conversation with #bnqtAOTY18

1. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

2. Tom Misch - Geography

3. IDLES - Joy As An Act Of Resistance

4. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo

5. Can't Swim - This Too Won't Pass

6. Death Cab For Cutie - Thank You For Today

7. Jon Hopkins - Singularity

8. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

9. Christine And The Queens - Chris

10 The Vaccines - Combat Sports

11. Foxing - Nearer My God

12. Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth

13. The Story So Far - Proper Dose

14. Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile

15. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

16. George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's

17. Boston Manor - Welcome To The Neightbourhood

18. The Wonder Years - Sister Cities

19. Ross From Friends - Family Portrait

20. Tiny Moving Parts - Swell

Music is a beautifully subject thing. Although we did want to draw prominence to a top 20, after that we always find it really hard to rank bands and albums so instead we've noted a further 80 to list our fave 100 albums of 2018. The remainder are organised alphabetically by month released.

JANUARY

The Dangerous Summer - The Dangerous Summer

Fall Out Boy - M A N I A

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - Young Adult

Marmozets - Knowing What You Know Now

Nils Frahm - All Melody

Jeff Rosenstock - POST-

Shame - Songs Of Praise

To Kill A King - The Spiritual Dark Age

Tonight Alive - Underworld

Waterparks - Entertainment

The Xcerts - Hold On To Your Heart

FEBRUARY

Don Broco - Technology

Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers

Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending

MGMT - Little Dark Age

Turnstile - Space & Time

The Wombats - Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

MARCH

Black Foxxes - Reidi

Casey - Where I Go When I Am Sleeping

The Magic Gang - The Magic Gang

Nervus - Everything Dies

Soccer Mommy - Clean

Superorganism - Superorganism

Ty - A Work Of Heart

Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

APRIL

Daniel Avery - Song For Alpha

Blossoms - Cool Like You

Brand New Friend - Seatbelts For Aeroplanes

Albums in April often get lost around Record Store Day. There probably were more albums released this month, apologies if we've missed them!

MAY

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquillity Hotel Base + Casino

James Bay - Electric Light

Biffy Clyro - MTV Unplugged (Live at Roundhouse London)

Leon Bridges - Good Thing

CHVRCHES - Love Is Dead

Koze - Knock Knock

Sean McGowan - Son Of The Smith

Peace - Kindness Is The New Rock And Roll

Protoje - A Matter Of Time

Frank Turner - Be More Kind

Kamaal Williams - The Return

JUNE

Bodega - Endless Scroll

Culture Abuse - Bay Dream

Father John Misty - God's Favourite Customer

Florence And The Machine - High As Hope

Gorillaz - The Now Now

Ben Howard - Noonday Dream

The Interrupters - Fight The Good Fight

Panic! At The Disco - Pray For The Wicked

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Down

Jorja Smith - Lost & Found

Snail Mail - Lush

State Champs - Living Proof

JULY

Bury Tomorrow - Black Flame

Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

Tom Grennan - Lighting Matches

Real Friends - Composure

Trash Boat - Crown Shyness

Years & Years - Palo Santo

AUGUST

Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed

As It Is - The Great Depression

Deaf Havana - Rituals

Miles Kane - Coup De Grace

Slaves - Acts Of Fear And Love

Trophy Eyes - The American Dream

SEPTEMBER

Fatherson - Sum Of All Your Parts

Joyce Manor - Millions Dollars To Kill Me

Jungle - For Ever

Pale Waves - My Mind Makes Noises

Nile Rodgers & Chic - It's About Time

Thrice - Palms

OCTOBER

Auntie Flo - Radio Highlife

Basement - Beside Myself

Tokyo Police Club - TPC

Tom Odell - Jubilee Road

Twenty One Pilots - Trench

You Me At Six - VI

NOVEMBER

Alpines - Full Bloom

Architects - Holy Hell

Art Brut - Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!

Charles Bradley - Black Velvet

Break - Another Way

Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers - Bought To Rot

Mumford & Sons - Delta

Anderson .Paak - Oxnard

Young Romance - Don't Look

DECEMBER

The month kicked off with 1975 albums and then transition into Christmas shopping, so if there were many new albums that month they have been overshadowed...

In the early part of next week we'll be uploading our individual staff picks of the year:

jt | Mike | Jane | Claire | Max | Jonnie | Tom | Jez | Sam | Shibby | Joe | Colleen | Tim | Aaron | Meg | Shannon