My Top 20 Albums of 2018

Same procedure as every year: Here are my favourite 20 albums of the year 2018

On a private basis 2018 was a very good year, a good life. In some respects, especially in political, social and ecological terms, 2018 wasn’t a very good year. It was even worse than 2017. And who knows what the future will bring. But it’s for sure, music hasn’t lost its healing and world bettering force.

Here are my favourite 20 albums of 2018, chosen totally subjectively and incorruptly like every year. This is what I really bought and liked in 2018 and what I listened to mostly on CD or vinyl, but sometimes also on my mobile devices when that was more convenient. Cause it’s the music that counts. Cheerio, Miss Sophie!

 N° 1 Paul McCartney Egypt Station

N° 2 Tracey Thorn Record

N° 3 Elvis Costello and The Imposters Look Now

N° 4 The Beatles The Beatles and Esher Demos (1968/2018, 50th Anniversary Edition)

N° 5 Yo La Tengo There’s A Riot Going On

N° 6 Sting & Shaggy 44/876

N° 7 Christine and The Queens Chris

N° 8 David Bowie Glastonbury 2000 (2 CDs, 1 DVD)

N° 9 Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller Present Jazz On The Corner (Compilation)

N° 10 Paul Weller True Meanings

N° 11 Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs Present Paris In The Spring (Compilation)

N° 12 Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino

N° 13 The Good, The Bad & The Queen Merrie Land

N° 14 Gorillaz The Now Now

N° 15 Swing Out Sister Almost Persuaded

N° 16 Jungle For Ever

N° 17 Paul Simon In The Blue Light

N° 18 David Crosby Here If You Listen

N° 19 Neil Young Songs For Judy (Recorded 1976; released 2018)

N° 20 Bobby Tarlton Bedtime Stories