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Best Albums of 2018
Best Albums of 2018
theartsdesk's music critics pick their favourites of the year so far
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Robyn's Honey doesn't disappoint
Disc of the Day reviews new albums, week in, week out, all year. Below are the albums to which our writers awarded five stars. Click on any one of them to find out why.
Baxter Dury, Etienne de Crécy and Delilah Holliday - B.E.D. ★★★★★ A small but perfectly sleazy work of sweary, cynical brilliance
Bob Dylan - More Blood, More Tracks ★★★★★ The fourteenth volume in the Bootleg Series is a keeper
Brad Mehldau Trio - Seymour Reads the Constitution! ★★★★★ Prolific improvising pianist creates the apotheosis of the piano trio
The Breeders - All Nerve ★★★★★ Kim and Kelly Deal - plus reconciled bandmates - prove gloriously unaffected by time
Joan Baez - Whistle Down the Wind ★★★★★ No rust, but plenty of diamonds in her final album
Jon Hopkins - Singularity ★★★★★ Dazzling rollercoaster of an inner journey
LUMP – LUMP ★★★★★ Collaboration between Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of Tunng is a beautiful, odd little gift
Melody’s Echo Chamber - Bon Voyage ★★★★★ Long-awaited follow-up to 2012 debut is wonderfully weird prog-odyssey
Robyn - Honey ★★★★★ Long-awaited album from beloved Scandi icon doesn’t disappoint
Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son ★★★★★ Stunning blast of stirring gospel and politics
The Go! Team - Semicircle ★★★★★ A triumphant fifth album from Brighton mavericks
Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing ★★★★★ Still standing tall: Willie Nelson in late, great mode
Xylouris White - Mother ★★★★★ The simple magic of two maestros interlocking their styles continues to intensify
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