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
LP5000 24 pts
82
Lavender 24 pts
83
Heaven 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
Bellowing Sun 10 pts
188
Aviary 10 pts
189
Mutual Horse 10 pts
190
Prequelle 10 pts
191
Slide 10 pts
192
Be More Kind 10 pts
193
195
Look Now 10 pts
196
Riddles 10 pts
197
Still Trippin 10 pts
199
200
201
Quiet & Peace 10 pts
202
Automata II 10 pts
203
Arbiter 10 pts
204
Abysskiss 10 pts
206
Indigo 9 pts
207
Left Hand 9 pts
209
210
Fury 9 pts
211
Suspiria 9 pts
212
Merrie Land 9 pts
213
Tantabara 9 pts
214
215
Onion 9 pts
218
Hope Dawns 9 pts
220
The Drought 9 pts
221
222
Radio Siwèl 9 pts
224
Code Girl 9 pts
225
227
DiCaprio 2 9 pts
228
229
230
Pirouette EP 9 pts
231
232
4275 9 pts
233
234
The Now Now 9 pts
235
Goat Girl 9 pts
237
238
239
242
Longwave 9 pts
243
246
Omid 9 pts
247
Sweet Bunch 9 pts
248
The Crossing 9 pts
249
252
255
256
257
Nasty 8 pts
258
Infernal 8 pts
259
Magic Ship 8 pts
260
261
Megative 8 pts
262
263
Nudes 8 pts
264
265
Childqueen 8 pts
267
269
270
271
273
274
Poschiavo 8 pts
275
In Rounds 8 pts
276
277
Look 8 pts
279
BbyShoe (EP) 8 pts
280
281
Warrior 8 pts
282
283
284
Hɪðəˈtu 7 pts
286
Morose 7 pts
287
288
289
290
The Pact 7 pts
291
292
294
Hex 7 pts
295
Forever 7 pts
296
re: member 7 pts
297
Parts 7 pts
298
The Weeknd 7 pts
299
Premonitions 7 pts
301
Tina Snow 7 pts
302
303
QUARTERTHING 7 pts
305
Burnt Sugar 7 pts
307
Starebaby 7 pts
309
310
311
313
314
315
318
Pinned 7 pts
319
320
Aura 7 pts
321
3X4 6 pts
322
Grapetooth 6 pts
323
Care 6 pts
324
325
I Like Fun 6 pts
327
328
Dime Bag 6 pts
329
Compro 6 pts
330
Fully Loaded 6 pts
337
338
Untitled 6 pts
340
Cosmic Crypt 6 pts
341
The Tree 6 pts
342
Rare Birds 6 pts
343
345
346
Darlène 6 pts
347
Rausch 6 pts
348
Pastoral 6 pts
351
353
Yene Alem 6 pts
355
356
Lush Life 6 pts
357
Arthur Buck 6 pts
360
361
362
Awaken 6 pts
363
Leikeli 47 6 pts
364
Focus 6 pts
365
366
367
Emanon 5 pts
368
369
Hollie Cook 5 pts
371
Rhododendron 5 pts
373
374
375
Captured 5 pts
376
Willow 5 pts
377
November 5 pts
379
380
Friendship 5 pts
381
Old Ghost 5 pts
382
383
Saved 5 pts
385
386
Loma 5 pts
387
Black Ego 5 pts
388
389
390
Kin Sonic 5 pts
391
Lost & Found 5 pts
392
Sissel 5 pts
393
Dog Bless 5 pts
394
Freddie 5 pts
395
396
397
Mania 5 pts
399
Ex:Re 5 pts
400
401
402
Hovvdy 5 pts
403
405
Death Lust 5 pts
406
407
409
Sleepwalkers 5 pts
410
AFTER BACH 5 pts
411
The Switch 5 pts
412
Thrice (EP) 5 pts
414
Dove 5 pts
415
Blue Motel 5 pts
416
Moon 2 5 pts
418
Bimini Twist 5 pts
420
423
Trench 4 pts
425
426
427
429
430
433
434
435
Civilisation 4 pts
436
Years 4 pts
437
The Optimist 4 pts
438
Ethereality 4 pts
439
441
442
443
Skylight 4 pts
445
447
Lost Friends 4 pts
448
Art of Doubt 4 pts
449
Bunny 4 pts
451
Quite A Life 4 pts
452
453
454
Path 4 pts
455
Luca Brasi 3 4 pts
456
Exorcism 4 pts
458
Temet 4 pts
461
462
Skinless X-1 4 pts
464
Obey 4 pts
465
Eve 4 pts
466
Cumbia City 4 pts
468
469
470
Outside 4 pts
473
moon 4 pts
474
Oil Change 3 pts
475
476
Go To School 3 pts
477
478
Eli Keszler 3 pts
479
Starcrawler 3 pts
483
484
Cruel Magic 3 pts
485
New Pocket 3 pts
487
Sixth House 3 pts
488
Soft Hell 3 pts
489
ION 3 pts
490
491
All Melody 3 pts
492
Bad Witch 3 pts
495
Drip Harder 3 pts
496
497
Goners 3 pts
498
500
501
502
503
504
Lionheart 3 pts
505
200% Galcher 3 pts
506
H.E.R. 3 pts
507
Soyuz 3 pts
508
Beast Mode 2 3 pts
509
Euringer 3 pts
511
Cry No More 3 pts
512
Fetti 3 pts
513
Destellos 3 pts
514
Period 3 pts
516
Stone Woman 3 pts
517
Camila 3 pts
519
520
Panic Blooms 3 pts
521
15 3 pts
522
Collapse EP 3 pts
523
OnePointFive 3 pts
525
526
Orients 2 pts
527
Warm Drag 2 pts
528
Do Or Die 2 pts
529
MihTy 2 pts
530
Down Below 2 pts
531
Black Light 2 pts
532
534
Pink Eye 2 pts
535
TrapStar 2 pts
537
538
PRhyme 2 2 pts
539
540
2042 2 pts
543
Rock Island 2 pts
545
Mr. Jukebox 2 pts
546
549
Shiroi 2 pts
550
551
DROGAS Wave 2 pts
552
Vide Noir 2 pts
554
555
AMR 2 pts
558
High on Fire 2 pts
559
Volume 2 2 pts
562
Siblings 2 pts
563
564
565
Tell No One 2 pts
566
Blueprint 2 pts
567
568
Green Ways 2 pts
569
TESTING 2 pts
570
Girl Code 1 pts
571
Galapagos 1 pts
573
Silk Canvas 1 pts
575
Healing Tide 1 pts
579
Schmaltz 1 pts
583
Phoenix 1 pts
584
Dear Annie 1 pts
585
586
Once 1 pts
587
Magic Gone 1 pts
588
Nyctophilia 1 pts
590
Nice Try 1 pts
591
2 Heartless 1 pts
592
AmeriKKKant 1 pts
593
594
Body Of Work 1 pts
595
596
597
598
The Return 1 pts
599
Halloween 1 pts
600
601
602
Vector 1 pts
605
Sensitive G 1 pts
606
BloodCrush 1 pts
607
The Fuzz EP 1 pts
608
611
Chime 1 pts
612
Super Silver 1 pts
614
615
616
620
Find a Light 1 pts
621
Oxnard 1 pts

Critic List

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