NME - End of year lists 2018
| 1 | 1975 | A brief inquiry into online relationships | 2018 |
| 2 | Arctic monkeys | Tranquility base : hotel & casino | 2018 |
| 3 | Idles | Joy as an act of resistance | 2018 |
| 4 | Sunflower bean | Twentytwo in blue | 2018 |
| 5 | Pusha T | Daytona | 2018 |
| 6 | Shame | Songs of praise | 2018 |
| 7 | Kali Uchis | Isolation | 2018 |
| 8 | Cardi B | Invasion of privacy | 2018 |
| 9 | Mitski | Be the cowboy | 2018 |
| 10 | Christine and the Queens | Chris | 2018 |
| 11 | Robyn | Honey | 2018 |
| 12 | Blood orange | Negro swan | 2018 |
| 13 | Dream wife | Dream wife | 2018 |
| 14 | Snail mail | Lush | 2018 |
| 15 | Kids see ghosts | Kids see ghosts | 2018 |
| 16 | Brockhampton | Iridescence | 2018 |
| 17 | Parquet courts | Wide awake! | 2018 |
| 18 | Rolling Blackouts coastal fever | Hope downs | 2018 |
| 19 | Travis Scott | Astroworld | 2018 |
| 20 | Slaves | Acts of fear and love | 2018 |
| 21 | Ariana Grande | Sweetener | 2018 |
| 22 | Deafheaven | Ordinary corrupt human love | 2018 |
| 23 | Sophie | Oil of every pearl's un-insides | 2018 |
| 24 | Young fathers | Cocoa sugar | 2018 |
| 25 | Tommy Cash | Ye$ | 2018 |
| 26 | Matt Maltese | Bad contestant | 2018 |
| 27 | Jon Hopkins | Singularity | 2018 |
| 28 | Ezra Furman | Transangelic exodus | 2018 |
| 29 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | 2018 |
| 30 | Vince Staples | FM! | 2018 |
| 31 | Amen Dunes | Freedom | 2018 |
| 32 | J. Cole | KOD | 2018 |
| 33 | Years & Years | Palo Santo | 2018 |
| 34 | Kanye West | Ye | 2018 |
| 35 | Turnstile | Time & space | 2018 |
| 36 | Janelle Monáe | Dirty computer | 2018 |
| 37 | Parcels | Parcels | 2018 |
| 38 | Mac Miller | Swimming | 2018 |
| 39 | Soccer mommy | Clean | 2018 |
| 40 | Spiritualized | And nothing hurt | 2018 |
| 41 | Tirzah | Devotion | 2018 |
| 42 | Tom Misch | Geography | 2018 |
| 43 | Unknown mortal orchestra | Sex & food | 2018 |
| 44 | David Byrne | American Utopia | 2018 |
| 45 | Story so far | Proper dose | 2018 |
| 46 | Father John Misty | God's favorite customer | 2018 |
| 47 | Gorillaz | The now now | 2018 |
| 48 | Prodigy | No tourists | 2018 |
| 49 | Rejjie Snow | Dear Annie | 2018 |
| 50 | Jack White | Boarding house reach | 2018 |
| 51 | Ross from friends | Family portrait | 2018 |
| 52 | Maribou state | Kingdoms in colour | 2018 |
| 53 | Pale waves | My mind makes noises | 2018 |
| 54 | Confidence man | Confident music for confident people | 2018 |
| 55 | Mastersystem | Dance music | 2018 |
| 56 | Fucked up | Dose your dreams | 2018 |
| 57 | Viagra boys | Street worms | 2018 |
| 58 | Kurt Vile | Bottle it in | 2018 |
| 59 | arl Sweatshirt | Some rap songs | 2018 |
| 60 | Architects | Holy hell | 2018 |
| 61 | Agar agar | The dog and the future | 2018 |
| 62 | Lil Peep | Come over when you're sober : pt II | 2018 |
| 63 | Courtney Barnett | Tell me how you really feel | 2018 |
| 64 | Connan Mockasin | Jassbusters | 2018 |
| 65 | Kacey Musgraves | Golden hour | 2018 |
| 66 | Breeders | All nerve | 2018 |
| 67 | Let's eat grandma | I'm all ears | 2018 |
| 68 | Jpegmafia | Veteran | 2018 |
| 69 | Manic street preachers | Resistance is futile | 2018 |
| 70 | Muse | Simulation theory | 2018 |
| 71 | Superorganism | Superorganism | 2018 |
| 72 | Garden | Mirror might steal your charm | 2018 |
| 73 | Good, the Bad & the Queen | Merrie land | 2018 |
| 74 | Nine inch nails | Bad witch | 2018 |
| 75 | U.S. girls | In A poem unlimited | 2018 |
| 76 | Greta van Fleet | Anthem of the peaceful army | 2018 |
| 77 | Iceage | Beyondless | 2018 |
| 78 | Ghetts | Ghetto gospel (the new testament) | 2018 |
| 79 | Octavian | Spaceman | 2018 |
| 80 | Noname | Room 25 | 2018 |
| 81 | Jay Rock | Redemption | 2018 |
| 82 | Goat girl | Goat girl | 2018 |
| 83 | Nakhane | You will not die | 2018 |
| 84 | Florence & the Machine | High as hope | 2018 |
| 85 | Leon Vynehall | Nothing is still | 2018 |
| 86 | Eminem | Kamikaze | 2018 |
| 87 | Blossoms | Cool like you | 2018 |
| 88 | Lykke Li | So sad so sexy | 2018 |
| 89 | Vein | Errorzone | 2018 |
| 90 | Anderson. Paak | Oxnard | 2018 |
| 91 | Carters | Everything is love | 2018 |
| 92 | Kamasi Washington | Heaven and Earth | 2018 |
| 93 | Vinyl Williams | Opal | 2018 |
| 94 | Rosalía | El mar querer | 2018 |
| 95 | Hovvdy | Cranberry | 2018 |
| 96 | Gengahr | Where wildness grows | 2018 |
| 97 | Peace | Kindness is the new rock and roll | 2018 |
| 98 | Rae Morris | Someone out there | 2018 |
| 99 | Natalie Prass | The future and the past | 2018 |
| 100 | Interpol | Marauder | 2018 |
| 61 | Agar agar | The dog and the future | 2018 |
| 90 | Anderson. Paak | Oxnard | 2018 |
| 60 | Architects | Holy hell | 2018 |
| 2 | Arctic monkeys | Tranquility base : hotel & casino | 2018 |
| 63 | Courtney Barnett | Tell me how you really feel | 2018 |
| 12 | Blood orange | Negro swan | 2018 |
| 87 | Blossoms | Cool like you | 2018 |
| 66 | Breeders | All nerve | 2018 |
| 16 | Brockhampton | Iridescence | 2018 |
| 44 | David Byrne | American Utopia | 2018 |
| 8 | Cardi B | Invasion of privacy | 2018 |
| 91 | Carters | Everything is love | 2018 |
| 10 | Christine and the Queens | Chris | 2018 |
| 32 | J. Cole | KOD | 2018 |
| 54 | Confidence man | Confident music for confident people | 2018 |
| 22 | Deafheaven | Ordinary corrupt human love | 2018 |
| 13 | Dream wife | Dream wife | 2018 |
| 31 | Amen Dunes | Freedom | 2018 |
| 86 | Eminem | Kamikaze | 2018 |
| 46 | Father John Misty | God's favorite customer | 2018 |
| 76 | Greta van Fleet | Anthem of the peaceful army | 2018 |
| 84 | Florence & the Machine | High as hope | 2018 |
| 56 | Fucked up | Dose your dreams | 2018 |
| 28 | Ezra Furman | Transangelic exodus | 2018 |
| 72 | Garden | Mirror might steal your charm | 2018 |
| 96 | Gengahr | Where wildness grows | 2018 |
| 78 | Ghetts | Ghetto gospel (the new testament) | 2018 |
| 82 | Goat girl | Goat girl | 2018 |
| 73 | Good, the Bad & the Queen | Merrie land | 2018 |
| 47 | Gorillaz | The now now | 2018 |
| 21 | Ariana Grande | Sweetener | 2018 |
| 27 | Jon Hopkins | Singularity | 2018 |
| 95 | Hovvdy | Cranberry | 2018 |
| 77 | Iceage | Beyondless | 2018 |
| 3 | Idles | Joy as an act of resistance | 2018 |
| 100 | Interpol | Marauder | 2018 |
| 68 | Jpegmafia | Veteran | 2018 |
| 15 | Kids see ghosts | Kids see ghosts | 2018 |
| 67 | Let's eat grandma | I'm all ears | 2018 |
| 88 | Lykke Li | So sad so sexy | 2018 |
| 62 | Lil Peep | Come over when you're sober : pt II | 2018 |
| 26 | Matt Maltese | Bad contestant | 2018 |
| 69 | Manic street preachers | Resistance is futile | 2018 |
| 52 | Maribou state | Kingdoms in colour | 2018 |
| 55 | Mastersystem | Dance music | 2018 |
| 38 | Mac Miller | Swimming | 2018 |
| 42 | Tom Misch | Geography | 2018 |
| 9 | Mitski | Be the cowboy | 2018 |
| 64 | Connan Mockasin | Jassbusters | 2018 |
| 36 | Janelle Monáe | Dirty computer | 2018 |
| 98 | Rae Morris | Someone out there | 2018 |
| 70 | Muse | Simulation theory | 2018 |
| 65 | Kacey Musgraves | Golden hour | 2018 |
| 83 | Nakhane | You will not die | 2018 |
| 74 | Nine inch nails | Bad witch | 2018 |
| 80 | Noname | Room 25 | 2018 |
| 79 | Octavian | Spaceman | 2018 |
| 1 | 1975 | A brief inquiry into online relationships | 2018 |
| 53 | Pale waves | My mind makes noises | 2018 |
| 37 | Parcels | Parcels | 2018 |
| 17 | Parquet courts | Wide awake! | 2018 |
| 97 | Peace | Kindness is the new rock and roll | 2018 |
| 99 | Natalie Prass | The future and the past | 2018 |
| 48 | Prodigy | No tourists | 2018 |
| 5 | Pusha T | Daytona | 2018 |
| 11 | Robyn | Honey | 2018 |
| 81 | Jay Rock | Redemption | 2018 |
| 18 | Rolling Blackouts coastal fever | Hope downs | 2018 |
| 94 | Rosalía | El mar querer | 2018 |
| 51 | Ross from friends | Family portrait | 2018 |
| 19 | Travis Scott | Astroworld | 2018 |
| 6 | Shame | Songs of praise | 2018 |
| 29 | Troye Sivan | Bloom | 2018 |
| 20 | Slaves | Acts of fear and love | 2018 |
| 14 | Snail mail | Lush | 2018 |
| 49 | Rejjie Snow | Dear Annie | 2018 |
| 39 | Soccer mommy | Clean | 2018 |
| 23 | Sophie | Oil of every pearl's un-insides | 2018 |
| 40 | Spiritualized | And nothing hurt | 2018 |
| 30 | Vince Staples | FM! | 2018 |
| 45 | Story so far | Proper dose | 2018 |
| 4 | Sunflower bean | Twentytwo in blue | 2018 |
| 71 | Superorganism | Superorganism | 2018 |
| 59 | arl Sweatshirt | Some rap songs | 2018 |
| 41 | Tirzah | Devotion | 2018 |
| 25 | Tommy Cash | Ye$ | 2018 |
| 35 | Turnstile | Time & space | 2018 |
| 75 | U.S. girls | In A poem unlimited | 2018 |
| 7 | Kali Uchis | Isolation | 2018 |
| 43 | Unknown mortal orchestra | Sex & food | 2018 |
| 89 | Vein | Errorzone | 2018 |
| 57 | Viagra boys | Street worms | 2018 |
| 58 | Kurt Vile | Bottle it in | 2018 |
| 93 | Vinyl Williams | Opal | 2018 |
| 85 | Leon Vynehall | Nothing is still | 2018 |
| 92 | Kamasi Washington | Heaven and Earth | 2018 |
| 34 | Kanye West | Ye | 2018 |
| 50 | Jack White | Boarding house reach | 2018 |
| 33 | Years & Years | Palo Santo | 2018 |
| 24 | Young fathers | Cocoa sugar | 2018 |
(woensdag 1 juni 2022)