# 💿 Albums Of The Year - 2018

**URL:** <https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865>\
**Category:** The Arts\
**Created:** [26 December 2018 18:50 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865 "2018-12-26T18:50:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\
**Post date:** [26 December 2018 18:50 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865/1 "2018-12-26T18:50:31Z")

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2018…pretty shit end of the year for me but it’s music that keeps us sane.

Personal favourites on rotation on a USB stick in the car.  
Ruins - First Aid Kit.  
The Tread That Keeps Us - Calexico  
How To Solve Our Human Problems - Belle & Sebastian  
Open Here - Field Music  
Boarding House Reach - Jack White  
Be More Kind - Frank Turner  
World’s Strongest Man - Gaz Coombs  
Sex & Food - Unknown Mortal Orchestra  
Con Todo El Mundo - Khruangbin  
Performance - White Denim  
Family Of Aliens - Teleman  
Wapentak - Sweet Billy Pilgrim

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**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\
**Post date:** [26 December 2018 18:54 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865/2 "2018-12-26T18:54:58Z")

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I do not recognise a single one of them - sorry - My finger hasn’t been on the pulse for a while tbf.

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**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\
**Post date:** [26 December 2018 18:59 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865/3 "2018-12-26T18:59:06Z")

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> [@Cobham-Saint](#):
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> I do not recognise a single one of them - sorry - My finger hasn’t been on the pulse for a while tbf.

Don’t worry Cobs not many of my friends and family will have heard of them either despite none of them being what you’d call obscure.

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**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\
**Post date:** [26 December 2018 21:46 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865/4 "2018-12-26T21:46:49Z")

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Idles-Joy as an Act of Resistance  
Amen Dunes- Freedom  
Bill Ryder-Jones- Yawn  
Anna Calvi - Hunter  
Christine and the Queens-Chris  
DJ Koze - Knock Knock  
Goat Girl - Goat Girl  
BC Camplight - Deportation Blues  
La Luz - Floating Features  
Dream Wife- Dream Wife  
Robyn - Honey  
Soccer Mommy- Clean  
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

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**Post date:** [27 December 2018 00:41 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865/5 "2018-12-27T00:41:08Z")

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The Temperance Movement - A Deeper Cut

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**Post date:** [27 December 2018 13:06 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865/6 "2018-12-27T13:06:08Z")

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Not been a fan before but I like that Frank Turner album. Cheers 'slowlane.

NB: slowlane autocorrects to swollen. :lou_lol:

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**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\
**Post date:** [27 December 2018 13:10 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865/7 "2018-12-27T13:10:15Z")

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> [@Goatboy](#):
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> Not been a fan before but I like that Frank Turner album. Cheers 'slowlane.
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> NB: slowlane autocorrects to swollen. :lou_lol:

Yes correct on both counts…great album and stomach very swollen after Christmas. :lou_lol:

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**Post date:** [28 December 2018 20:32 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/albums-of-the-year-2018/4865/8 "2018-12-28T20:32:55Z")

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I’ll have to check out some of these recommendations. Some of mine, in no order except how they come up on my phone…

Age Of - Oneohtrix Point Never  
An Angel Fell - Idris Ackamoor  
Another Life - Amnesia Scanner  
Basic Volume - Gaika  
Book of Ryan - Royce Da 5’9"  
Double Negative - Low  
Elysia Crampton - Elysia Crampton  
Gris of Points - Grouper  
IRISIRI - Eartheater  
Maghreb United - Ammar 808  
Music and Poetry of the Kesh - Ursula Le Guin and Todd Barton  
NON WORLDWIDE compilations - V/A  
Pastoral - Gazelle Twin  
Qualm - Helena Hauff  
Reckonings - Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman  
Shelley’s on Zenn-La - Oliver Coates  
Skinless X-1 - Fire Toolz  
The Skull Eclipses - The Skull Eclipses  
Soil - Serpentwithfeet  
Toad - La Novia  
Your Corners - Portland Vows
