Mojo’s best albums of 2018 - numbers 50–26:

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If you had to choose just one...

  1. 50. Hookworms - Microshift

  2. 49. Villagers – The Art of Pretending to Swim

  3. 48. Phosphorescent – C'est La Vie

  4. 47. Imarhan – Temet

  5. 46. Binker & Moses – Alive in the East?

  6. 45. Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs

  7. 44. Yo La Tengo - There’s a Riot Going On

  8. 43. Chris Carter – Chris Carter's Chemistry Lessons Volume 1

  9. 42. Prince - Piano & a Microphone 1983

  10. 41. Richard Thompson - 13 Rivers

  11. 40. Maisha – There Is a Place

  12. 39. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Sparkle Hard

  13. 38. Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin

  14. 37. The Goon Sax – We're Not Talking

  15. 36. Sleep – The Sciences

  16. 35. Suede – The Blue Hour

  17. 34. Insecure Men – Insecure Men

  18. 33. Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son

  19. 32. Gruff Rhys - Babelsberg

  20. 31. Anna Calvi - Hunter

  21. 30. Khruangbin – Con Todo El Mundo

  22. 29. Gwenno - Le Kov

  23. 28. Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound

  24. 27. Paul McCartney – Egypt Station

  25. 26. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Look Now

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  1. Dave Gilmour's Cat

    Dave Gilmour's Cat Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Interesting to compare with the Uncut lists (see below for links). Is this one better or worse in your opinion? McCartney fans will be relieved to see what made #27...

    Prince is here listed as a new album. Uncut have it as an archive release.

    •••

    Mojo's 2018 polls:
    New albums: Mojo’s best albums of 2018 - numbers 50–26
    New albums: Mojo’s best albums of 2018 - numbers 25–01
    Reissues: Mojo's 20 best reissues of 2018

    Mojo's 2017 polls:
    New albums: Mojo’s best albums of 2017 - numbers 50–26:
    New albums: Mojo’s best albums of 2017 - numbers 25–1:
    Reissues: Mojo’s 20 best reissues of 2017

    Mojo's 2016 list:
    New albums: 2016's best albums - according to Mojo magazine

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    Uncut's 2018 lists:
    New albums: 2018's best albums - according to Uncut magazine (50–26)
    New albums: 2018's best albums - according to Uncut magazine (25–1)
    Archive albums: 2018's best ARCHIVE releases - according to Uncut magazine

    Uncut's 2017 list:
    Archive albums: 2017's best ARCHIVE releases - according to Uncut magazine

    Uncut's 2016 lists:
    New albums: 2016's best albums - according to Uncut magazine
    Archive albums: 2016's best ARCHIVE releases - according to Uncut magazine
     
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    Dave Gilmour's Cat, Nov 17, 2018
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    Anna Calvi's album is good but also a little disappointing after the 5 year wait.
     
    NightGoatToCairo, Nov 17, 2018
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    Nice. Like it more than Uncut. Again nice to see the Gwenno album mentioned.
     
    Neonbeam, Nov 17, 2018
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  4. Danby Delight

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    I went with the Goon Sax album just because I love it but I'm pleasantly surprised that it made the list.

    Looking forward to reading the grousing McCartney fans grumbling that it's not high enough.
     
    Danby Delight, Nov 17, 2018
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  5. Parachute Woman

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    Glad to at least see some representation for rock music, even if these aren't the releases I personally would have picked. I can't vote yet. I'm still catching up on many new releases of the year as I decide on my own favorites of the year.
     
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    That McCartney album is terrible. Reading all the gushing comments about that here is like entering an alternate universe.
     
    e.s., Nov 17, 2018
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  7. Gaslight

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    It's not in my Top 25, probably a bit higher up than this list as well.

    Not like I didn't give it a chance - listened to it a number of times actually. Same feeling when I read some of the forum posts here where I keep thinking that perhaps I got the alternative "old man vocals" version. Or maybe I just don't have them golden ears, bucko.
     
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    Malkmus. And it's not close for me.
     
    jedilips00, Nov 17, 2018
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    It's not even the vocals that bother me, honestly. They're just not good songs.
     
    e.s., Nov 17, 2018
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  10. Andrew J

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    A lot of people think Mojo is for old farts, but if you compare their list to what most people here listen to, it's radically progressive.
     
    Andrew J, Nov 17, 2018
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    Also a very genuine contender for my Gig of the Year too. The final date of their European tour (in a 2,100 seat theatre in Dublin) was incredible.
     
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  12. Dave Gilmour's Cat

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    Sad but true if some of the comments on these polls are anything to go by.
     
    Dave Gilmour's Cat, Nov 17, 2018
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    "Egypt Station" by Paul McCartney got my vote...

    ...close call with the Yo La Tengo, but I already voted for that one in Uncut's Top 25 poll (where it was #5)
     
    linclink, Nov 17, 2018
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  14. Dave Gilmour's Cat

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    McCartney ranks amazingly low in Album of the Year’s aggregated score: Paul McCartney - Egypt Station

    It’s at no. 494 overall for 2018:
    The Best Albums of 2018

    The critical consensus of these sources seems to be that it’s a good-ish late-period McCartney album but not a particularly strong album in itself.
     
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  15. Dave Gilmour's Cat

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    The Sunday Times newspaper published their top 40 today. Number one is The Good, the Bad and the Queen.

    McCartney is not included.
     
    Dave Gilmour's Cat, Dec 9, 2018
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