Exec's Top Album Picks of 2018

As 2018 comes to a close, members from WMRE's executive board listed their five favorite albums of 2018 along with a few honorable mentions that didn't make the cut. JoelParquet Courts, Wide Awake!SOPHIE, OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDESTim Hecker, KonoyoBeach House, 7 IDLES, Joy as an Act of Resistance.Honorable Mentions:Mike Love of Beach Boys fame and his 2018 Christmas album, Reason for the SeasonMandy starring Nicholas CageMayaFree Cake For Every Creature, The Bluest StarMelody’s Echo Chamber, Bon Voyage공중도둑 (Mid-Air Thief), 무너지기 (Crumbling)Jay Americana, Like You’ve Seen A GhostJames Hunter USA, Nothing’s Gonna Change Your MindCaylaBig Red Machine, Big Red MachineLucy Dacus, HistorianMumford & Sons, DeltaSister Sparrow, GoldLake Street Dive, Free Yourself UpHonorable Mentions:Various Artists, The Black Panther Soundtrack Cardi B, Invasion of PrivacyJaneMitski, Be The CowboyAriana Grande, SweetenerKacey Musgraves, Golden HourSt. Vincent, MassEducationCecile McLorin Salvant, The WindowHonorable Mentions:“Beyond” by Leon Bridges (and all of its remixes)“Curious” by Hayley Kiyoko“Over My Skin” by Tiffany YoungEllenHop Along, Bark Your Head Off, DogDRINKS, Hippo LiteJerry Paper, Like A Baby Palm, Rock IslandMothers, Render Another Ugly Method Honorable Mentions:Spirit of the Beehive, Hypnic JerksARTHUR, Woof Woof ChristinaBad Wolves, DisobeyFall Out Boy, Mania Rod Stewart, Blood Red RosesAustyn Harrison BDP, Be Like WaterPeggy Gou, OnceKuniyuki Takahashi, Early Tape Works 1986-1993 Vol. 2Lone, Ambivert Tools Vol. 4Félicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Limpid As The SolitudesHonorable Mentions:Galcher Lustwerk, 200% GalcherShinichi Atobe, HeatBeat Detectives, Krazy, Devoted & InsaneHarrison BDP, Life Unlimited & Fade Back from RealityTerekke, Improvisational LoopsLaurel Halo, Raw Silk Uncut WoodPalm, Rock IslandGas, Rausch [Rausch would have made the list if not for that grating high frequency between the bass drum hits on like 5/7 tracks]SindoosRejjie Snow, Dear AnnieMick Jenkins, Pieces of a ManRavyn Lenae, Crush (EP)Sango, In The Comfort OfEarl Sweatshirt, SRS (Some Rap Songs)Honorable Mentions:Mac Miller (Rest in peace), SwimmingMac Ayres, Something to Feel KAYTRANADA, NOTHIN LIKE U / CHANCESShannonSoccer Mommy, CleanJoyce Manor, Million Dollars to Kill MeAntarctigo Vespucci, Love in the Time of E-MailMichael Jordan Touchdown Pass, LionKississippi, Sunset BlushAvaJanelle Monaé, Dirty Computer J. Cole, KODJohn Bellion, Glory Sound Prep MØ, Forever Neverland AJR, The Click (Deluxe) Honorable Mention:Ella MaiAnnaEli Keszler, StadiumBella Boo, FireLucrecia Dalt, AnticlinesJóhann Jóhannsson, Englabörn & VariationsJon Hassel, Listening To PicturesHonorable Mentions:Martyn, VoidsFatima, And Yet It’s All LoveDesert Sound Colony, Tickle Me Pink (A1)Caterina Barbeira, Born Again In The VoltageBlawan, Wet Will Always DryPariah, Here From Where We AreJulia Holter, AviarySkee Mask, ComproSerpentwithfeet, SoilVarious Artists (selected by Matthew Herbert), The Drip EPHaron, Wandelaar