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Each week of 2018, we’ve listened to as much new music as possible — not just because we love new music, but also to help our readers separate the best and brightest from the so-so. Each week, our post of the best songs to stream serves up the most enticing new music we’ve come across. In the process, we’ve slowly assembled a master playlist of our favorite albums of the year.
With the help of our editorial staff, who love all kinds of music, we’ve dialed up a living, breathing portrait of some of the most exciting sounds currently being made by both newcomers and long-established artists. Below are the best albums of 2018.
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50. Jay Rock — Redemption
From Kendrick Lamar to SZA, the Top Dawg Entertainment label has brought us some of the biggest names in hip-hop over the past few years. But its the label’s original artist Jay Rock that helped build the foundation for its modern success. On his latest album, Redemption, we hear a West Coast take on Southern trap music, with hard-hitting and inspirational lyrics from Jay Rock that are interspersed with near-comedic levels of hubris. It’s a fun journey, this one, the kind of thing you should listen to before your next workout, or blast before you attempt something that’s just at the edge of your ability.
49. Spiritualized — And Nothing Hurt
And Nothing Hurt is among the most incredible home recordings in recent memory. A series of gorgeous wall-of-sound compositions crafted with tasteful, brick-by-brick precision by songwriter Jason Pierce (aka J. Spaceman), the album recalls classic records by Wilco, The Velvet Underground, and other classic songsmiths.
48. Earl Sweatshirt — Some Rap Songs
Fans of underground hip-hop from the likes of Madlib, J Dilla, and the Stones Throw label will find a welcome addition to their catalog in Earl Sweathshirt’s latest release, a hazy, low-fi album with more soul than “A sock with a hole,” as renowned underground rapper MF Doom would say. Fifteen short tracks showcase the rapper’s deepest thoughts (and on at least one occasion the voices of his actual parents), with jagged, sample-heavy beats that form one of the finest hip-hop albums of the year.
47. Sandy’s — Chime
San Francisco surf band Sandy’s Chime is a hidden gem of an album that we’ve found ourselves turning to when we need a change of musical scenery. Like a deep musical breath, soaring vocals and shimmering guitars transport you to the Northern California shore, where the band holed up in lead singer Alexi Glickman’s beachside cabin to live, eat, and make this spectacularly vibey album.
46. Sam Evian — You, Forever
If You, Forever and its like-minded predecessor are any indication, Sam Owens has no qualms about dishing out the kind of easygoing indie-pop that helped build labels such as Sub Pop. His solo efforts, in comparison to his work as the singer-guitarist for Brooklyn’s Celestial Shore, have always been languorous without ever sounding stagnant, buoyant without feeling bouncy. The same thing applies to Forever. It’s a record that rocks, albeit subtly, and explores many a vulnerability with brushed percussion and a host of silvery, ‘60s-inspired guitar work. There’s even a sax solo or two thrown in for good measure, as if the swirls of psychedelia and Owen’s wistful crooning weren’t enough to carry it.
45. Parquet Courts — Wide Awake
This Danger Mouse-produced rock record offers a rollicking listening experience that recalls the classic, no-holds-barred releases of the 1970s and ’80s. With apathetic speech-song vocals and punchy beats, the production is clean but not shiny, with the legendary producer bringing his gritty experience working with bands like the Black Keys and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the forefront, and the band delivering its most vibrant songs to date.
44. Jeff Tweedy — WARM
It seems odd that, more than 30 years into a career littered with blue-ribbon albums and accolades, Jeff Tweedy only has one proper solo album to his name. However, WARM, the collection in question, is just as moving and insightful as anything the Wilco frontman has put forth before. At the same time, it’s easily his most personal and direct recording to date, an 11-part series on fatherhood, addiction, death, and the surefire inevitabilities we all will face before the end. Tweedy tackles these topics with aplomb, resulting in a breezy, threadbare set of country-leaning musings that put his own insecurities—and those of most of us—on blast. Apparently, rehashing your anxieties doesn’t have to ruin you.
43. Anderson .Paak — Oxnard
Lush beats and fully fleshed-out arrangements lay a mesmerizing musical foundation for California rapper/vocalist/instrumentalist Anderson .Paak’s Oxnard, his major label debut on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label. The same driving beats and joyful speech-song vocals that fans loved on 2016’s Malibu are back in full force, but the rhythms are a bit slower and funkier on the follow-up, making this a more of a sunset record, where Malibu seemed purpose-written to wake up to.
42. Father John Misty — God’s Favorite Customer
Father John Misty is self-absorbed, cynical, and one hell of a songwriter. With God’s Favorite Customer, however, Josh Tillman (Misty’s given name) has added something unexpected to his repertoire: Empathy. His fourth LP as Father John is as heartbreaking as it is honed, rooted in naked vulnerability and folkier, Harry Nilsson-esque arrangements built on a bed of acoustic guitar, shattered piano, and wry lyricism. Whether it’s a blacked-out exchange with the hotel concierge or an episode in which he examines his wife’s renewed longing for normalcy, the album’s many narratives present Father John at his most exposed.
41. Ambrose Akinmusire — Origami Harvest
Musical activism remains at the core of trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire’s latest work, which ties together themes from the Black Lives Matter movement, and various other modern protests in spoken word segments, classical interludes, and beat breaks. Origami Harvest folds together numerous art forms, musical outlooks, and dispositions, offering one of the most forward-thinking works of sheer art music we heard in 2018.
The U.S. Albums | ||||
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Box set by | ||||
Released | 21 January 2014 | |||
Recorded | 1962–1970 at EMI, Trident, Olympic, Apple, Chappell, De Lane Lea and Regent Sound studios, London; Pathé Marconi Studio, Paris; EMI Studios, Bombay | |||
Genre | Rock, pop | |||
Length | 685:36 | |||
Label | Apple, Capitol, UMe | |||
Producer | George Martin (original recordings) | |||
The Beatles chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Classic Rock | [2] |
Mojo | [3] |
Paste | 8.5/10[4] |
The U.S. Albums is a box setcompilation comprising the remastered American albums released by the Beatles between 1964 and 1970. The box set was released on 21 January 2014 in the United States, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles' first trip to the US and first American album from Capitol Records, Meet the Beatles![5]
- 2Mixes unique to this release
Disc listing[edit]
All 13 unique albums released by Capitol Records are included in the box set, eight of which were previously released in The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 and Volume 2, which were sourced from the Capitol master tapes. The set contains remastered mono and stereo versions of each album, except The Beatles' Story and Hey Jude, which are presented only in stereo. Additionally, Yesterday and Today, and the US versions of A Hard Day's Night and Revolver were released for the first time on CD in this box set. The Beatles' Story (in stereo only) is the only album from the box set that is not available separately.
- Meet the Beatles! (1964)
- The Beatles' Second Album (1964)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Something New (1964)
- The Beatles' Story (1964)
- Beatles '65 (1964)
- The Early Beatles (1965)
- Beatles VI (1965)
- Help! (1965)
- Rubber Soul (1965)
- Yesterday and Today (1966)
- Revolver (1966)
- Hey Jude (1970)
The masters for the US versions of the albums are partially based on the original 1960s masters delivered by EMI and the 2009 remasters released in The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) and The Beatles in Mono. Unique stereo and mono mixes prepared in the UK for US release are sourced from the original tapes. Any unique versions prepared for US release were recreated for this set. The tapes used for the 2004 and 2006 Capitol boxed sets drawn from the Capitol tapes were not used in this set, with the exception of The Beatles' Story.[6]
The albums Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles (the 'White Album'), Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be are not included in this set as those albums were identical to available UK editions. (The White Album was only released in stereo in the US.) Originally, the American version of Magical Mystery Tour was also unique, as a Capitol Records compilation of the band's British EP and 1967 singles. When the Beatles catalogue was first issued on compact disc in 1987, the American Magical Mystery Tour running order was chosen as the official version of the release.
Mixes unique to this release[edit]
In nearly every case, the master delivered by EMI to Capitol was used as the source; in some cases, unique mixes were re-created. In cases where Capitol had used a folded-down stereo mix (such as for Meet The Beatles, Help! and The Early Beatles) for the mono version, this set uses a dedicated (2009 master) mono mix. In cases where Capitol uses a 'Duophonic' stereo mix, this set uses a dedicated stereo mix. For tracks released on the UK Help! and Rubber Soul, the 1987 stereo remix (as remastered in 2009) was used.[7][unreliable source?]
The Beatles' Second Album[edit]
- 'Long Tall Sally' (mono)
- 'I Call Your Name' (mono)
Something New[edit]
- 'I'll Cry Instead' (mono)
- 'Any Time at All' (mono)
- 'When I Get Home' (mono)
- 'And I Love Her' (mono)
A Hard Day's Night[edit]
- 'I'll Cry Instead' (mono) (same as on mono Something New)
- 'And I Love Her' (mono) (same as on mono Something New, but runs slower here)
- 'I'll Cry Instead' (mono) (no stereo version)
Beatles '65[edit]
- 'I'll Be Back' (mono)
- 'She's a Woman' (mono)
- 'I Feel Fine' (mono)
Rubber Soul[edit]
- 'Michelle' (mono)
- 'The Word' (stereo)
- 'I'm Looking Through You' (stereo)
Yesterday and Today[edit]
- 'I'm Only Sleeping' (mono)
- 'Doctor Robert' (mono)
- 'And Your Bird Can Sing' (mono)
- 'We Can Work It Out' (stereo)
- 'Day Tripper' (stereo)
Charts[edit]
Charts (2014) | Peak position |
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Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[8] | 82 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 29 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] | 90 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 99 |
References[edit]
- ^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (21 January 2014). 'The Beatles The U.S. Albums'. AllMusic. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^Classic Rock magazine, March 2014
- ^Savage, Jon (March 2014). 'Here, There and Everywhere'. Mojo. p. 103.
- ^Luecking, Eric (11 February 2014). 'The Beatles: The US Albums'. Paste. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^Kozinn, Allan (12 December 2013). 'Beatles American Albums to Be Released in a Boxed Set'. New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^'British Invasion! The Beatles Unveil 'The U.S. Albums' Box Set in January'. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^slane. 'Mixes/Sources used on US Albums CDs'. Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^'Spanishcharts.com – The Beatles – The U.S. Albums'. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^'Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline' (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^'Dutchcharts.nl – The Beatles – The U.S. Albums' (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^'Swisscharts.com – The Beatles – The U.S. Albums'. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
External links[edit]
- 'Ladies and Gentleman, The Beatles! - press release on the Beatles official website
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