In December, we asked music critics from across the industry to participate in a new music critics survey, in the hope of bridging together the community to see how our tastes overlap and differ. The response we received was staggering, with nearly 200 critics participating and selecting more than 600 different albums. The expected choices were there, but also so much more, reflecting the writers’ interests in hip-hop, electronic, metal, pop, rock, and country. It revealed musical interests as idiosyncratic as the personalities that participated, where massive commercial successes from Cardi B and Ariana Grande can live comfortably next to ascending critical darlings like Mitski and Saba as well as still emerging artists like The Beths and Tierra Whack. But mostly it affirmed the vitality present in the current music world, both in the artists that create it and the people who’ve dedicated their lives to discussing it.

Uproxx Music Critics Poll 2018: Albums

Albums with additional votes

11
Astroworld 137 pts
12
Lush 119 pts
14
Honey (Album) 110 pts
15
Nearer My God 102 pts
16
7 102 pts
17
18
19
20
Clean 94 pts
21
22
Isolation 83 pts
23
Care For Me 79 pts
24
25
27
Knock Knock 73 pts
29
Hell-On 69 pts
35
37
2012-2017 57 pts
40
Whack World 48 pts
42
Soil 46 pts
43
Age Of 45 pts
44
Chris 45 pts
45
To The Sunset 44 pts
48
Post 41 pts
49
50
Our Raw Heart 36 pts
51
FM! 36 pts
52
Iridescence 36 pts
53
Hive Mind 35 pts
54
Redemption 35 pts
56
57
Singularity 34 pts
58
Record 33 pts
61
Swimming 33 pts
62
Ventriloquism 32 pts
63
Ephorize 32 pts
64
Mudboy 32 pts
66
Dying Star 29 pts
67
Bottle It In 29 pts
68
Cocoa Sugar 28 pts
69
Devotion 28 pts
71
Magus 27 pts
72
Beyondless 27 pts
73
Sparkle Hard 25 pts
74
The Sciences 25 pts
75
Im All Ears 25 pts
76
Us 25 pts
77
TA13OO 25 pts
78
Loner 25 pts
79
Twin Fantasy 25 pts
80
Freedom 25 pts
81
Heaven (2018) 24 pts
82
LP5000 24 pts
83
Lavender 24 pts
84
Negro Swan 24 pts
85
86
El Mal Querer 23 pts
89
Errorzone 22 pts
90
Only Love 22 pts
91
92
MITH 22 pts
93
Wanderer 22 pts
95
96
Scorpion 21 pts
98
Love Is Dead 21 pts
99
Voicenotes 21 pts
100
Starfire 21 pts
102
104
Time & Space 19 pts
105
Blood 19 pts
107
Konoyo 18 pts
108
All At Once 18 pts
109
Victory Lap 18 pts
110
114
The Wake 17 pts
115
117
118
Good Thing 17 pts
119
120
777 17 pts
121
Hippo Lite 17 pts
122
Cheer 17 pts
124
Sparrow 17 pts
125
127
Noir 16 pts
128
Wasteland 16 pts
129
Ye (Album) 16 pts
131
132
All Nerve 15 pts
133
Superorganism 15 pts
135
Veteran 15 pts
136
KOD 15 pts
138
Youngblood 15 pts
139
Sex & Food 14 pts
140
Twerp Verse 14 pts
141
No Shame 14 pts
142
Ultraviolet 14 pts
143
WARM 14 pts
144
God Level 14 pts
146
147
Landfall 13 pts
148
Le Kov 13 pts
149
150
151
Drank 12 pts
152
On Watch 12 pts
155
Die Lit 12 pts
156
157
Caution 12 pts
158
Firepower 12 pts
159
Vessel 12 pts
160
High As Hope 12 pts
161
162
Pillars 11 pts
163
K.T.S.E. 11 pts
164
Shawn Mendes 11 pts
165
167
168
Tha Carter V 11 pts
169
Colt 11 pts
170
172
Paraffin 11 pts
173
174
Negro Swan 10 pts
176
178
Split 10 pts
179
Sister Cities 10 pts
180
Hypnic Jerks 10 pts
181
Never Stop II 10 pts
182
183
I’ll Sing 10 pts
184
185
Book Of Ryan 10 pts
186
187
Ouch 10 pts
188
Bellowing Sun 10 pts
189
Aviary 10 pts
190
Mutual Horse 10 pts
191
Prequelle 10 pts
192
Slide 10 pts
193
Be More Kind 10 pts
194
196
Look Now 10 pts
197
Riddles 10 pts
198
Still Trippin 10 pts
200
201
202
Quiet & Peace 10 pts
203
Automata II 10 pts
204
Arbiter 10 pts
205
Abysskiss 10 pts
207
Indigo 9 pts
208
Left Hand 9 pts
210
211
Fury 9 pts
212
Suspiria 9 pts
213
Merrie Land 9 pts
214
Tantabara 9 pts
215
216
Onion 9 pts
219
Hope Dawns 9 pts
221
The Drought 9 pts
222
223
Radio Siwèl 9 pts
225
Code Girl 9 pts
226
228
DiCaprio 2 9 pts
229
230
231
Pirouette EP 9 pts
232
233
4275 9 pts
234
235
The Now Now 9 pts
236
Goat Girl 9 pts
238
239
240
243
Longwave 9 pts
244
247
Omid 9 pts
248
Sweet Bunch 9 pts
249
The Crossing 9 pts
250
253
255
257
258
259
Nasty 8 pts
260
Infernal 8 pts
261
Magic Ship 8 pts
262
263
Megative 8 pts
264
265
Nudes 8 pts
266
267
Childqueen 8 pts
269
271
272
273
275
276
Poschiavo 8 pts
277
In Rounds 8 pts
278
279
Look 8 pts
281
BbyShoe (EP) 8 pts
282
283
Warrior 8 pts
284
285
286
Hɪðəˈtu 7 pts
288
Morose 7 pts
289
290
291
292
The Pact 7 pts
293
294
296
Hex 7 pts
297
Forever 7 pts
298
re: member 7 pts
299
Parts 7 pts
300
The Weeknd 7 pts
301
Premonitions 7 pts
303
Tina Snow 7 pts
304
305
QUARTERTHING 7 pts
307
Burnt Sugar 7 pts
310
Starebaby 7 pts
312
313
314
316
317
318
321
Pinned 7 pts
322
323
Aura 7 pts
324
3X4 6 pts
325
Grapetooth 6 pts
326
Care 6 pts
327
328
I Like Fun 6 pts
330
331
Dime Bag 6 pts
332
Compro 6 pts
333
Fully Loaded 6 pts
340
341
342
Untitled 6 pts
344
Cosmic Crypt 6 pts
345
The Tree 6 pts
346
Rare Birds 6 pts
347
349
350
Darlène 6 pts
351
Rausch 6 pts
352
Pastoral 6 pts
355
357
Yene Alem 6 pts
359
360
Lush Life 6 pts
361
Arthur Buck 6 pts
364
365
366
Awaken 6 pts
367
Leikeli 47 6 pts
368
Focus 6 pts
369
370
371
Emanon 5 pts
372
373
Hollie Cook 5 pts
375
Rhododendron 5 pts
377
378
379
Captured 5 pts
380
Willow 5 pts
381
November 5 pts
383
384
Friendship 5 pts
385
Old Ghost 5 pts
386
387
Saved 5 pts
389
390
Loma 5 pts
391
Black Ego 5 pts
392
393
394
Kin Sonic 5 pts
395
Lost & Found 5 pts
396
Sissel 5 pts
397
Dog Bless 5 pts
398
Freddie 5 pts
399
400
401
Mania 5 pts
403
Ex:Re 5 pts
404
405
406
Hovvdy 5 pts
407
409
Death Lust 5 pts
410
411
413
Sleepwalkers 5 pts
414
AFTER BACH 5 pts
415
The Switch 5 pts
416
Thrice (EP) 5 pts
418
Dove 5 pts
419
Blue Motel 5 pts
420
Moon 2 5 pts
422
Bimini Twist 5 pts
424
427
Trench 4 pts
429
430
431
433
434
437
438
439
Civilisation 4 pts
440
Years 4 pts
441
The Optimist 4 pts
442
Ethereality 4 pts
443
445
446
447
Skylight 4 pts
449
451
Lost Friends 4 pts
452
Art of Doubt 4 pts
453
Bunny 4 pts
455
Quite A Life 4 pts
456
457
458
Path 4 pts
459
Luca Brasi 3 4 pts
460
Exorcism 4 pts
462
Temet 4 pts
465
466
Skinless X-1 4 pts
468
Obey 4 pts
469
Eve 4 pts
470
Cumbia City 4 pts
472
473
474
Outside 4 pts
477
moon 4 pts
478
Oil Change 3 pts
479
480
Go To School 3 pts
481
482
Eli Keszler 3 pts
483
Starcrawler 3 pts
487
488
Cruel Magic 3 pts
489
New Pocket 3 pts
491
Sixth House 3 pts
492
Soft Hell 3 pts
493
ION 3 pts
494
495
All Melody 3 pts
496
Bad Witch 3 pts
499
Drip Harder 3 pts
500
501
Goners 3 pts
502
503
505
506
507
508
509
Lionheart 3 pts
510
200% Galcher 3 pts
511
H.E.R. 3 pts
512
Soyuz 3 pts
513
Beast Mode 2 3 pts
514
Euringer 3 pts
516
Cry No More 3 pts
517
Fetti 3 pts
518
Destellos 3 pts
519
Period 3 pts
521
Stone Woman 3 pts
522
Camila 3 pts
524
525
Panic Blooms 3 pts
526
15 3 pts
527
Collapse EP 3 pts
528
OnePointFive 3 pts
530
531
Orients 2 pts
532
Warm Drag 2 pts
533
Do Or Die 2 pts
534
MihTy 2 pts
535
Down Below 2 pts
536
Black Light 2 pts
537
539
Pink Eye 2 pts
540
TrapStar 2 pts
542
543
PRhyme 2 2 pts
544
545
2042 2 pts
548
Rock Island 2 pts
550
Mr. Jukebox 2 pts
551
554
Shiroi 2 pts
555
556
DROGAS Wave 2 pts
557
Vide Noir 2 pts
559
560
AMR 2 pts
563
High on Fire 2 pts
564
Volume 2 2 pts
566
Siblings 2 pts
568
569
570
Tell No One 2 pts
571
Blueprint 2 pts
572
573
Green Ways 2 pts
574
TESTING 2 pts
575
Girl Code 1 pts
576
Galapagos 1 pts
578
Silk Canvas 1 pts
580
Healing Tide 1 pts
584
Schmaltz 1 pts
586
Shooter 1 pts
589
Phoenix 1 pts
590
Dear Annie 1 pts
591
592
Once 1 pts
593
Magic Gone 1 pts
594
Nyctophilia 1 pts
596
Nice Try 1 pts
597
2 Heartless 1 pts
598
AmeriKKKant 1 pts
599
600
Body Of Work 1 pts
601
602
603
604
The Return 1 pts
605
Halloween 1 pts
606
607
608
Vector 1 pts
611
Sensitive G 1 pts
612
BloodCrush 1 pts
613
The Fuzz EP 1 pts
614
617
Chime 1 pts
618
Super Silver 1 pts
620
621
622
626
Find a Light 1 pts
627
Oxnard 1 pts

Critic List