Your top 10 of 2018

Here is Hundred Records top-selling albums of 2018. What good taste you’ve all shown!

10

Released on 22 June

- Kamasi Washington Heaven & Earth 2-CD £12.99 / 4-LP £44.99
Nothing less than a jazz masterpiece.

9

Released on 13 April

- Manic Street Preachers Resistance Is Futile CD £11.99 / LP £22.99
A classic Manics album, widescreen melancholia.

8

Released on 7 September

- Spiritualized And Nothing Hurt CD £10.99 / LP £22.99
A mesmerising, cinematic collection of songs.

7

Released on 31 August

- IDLES Joy As An Act Of Resistance CD £9.99 / LP £17.99
IDLES come of age with a smart political (small p) rabble-rouser of a record.

6

Released on 19 October

- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Live At The Ryman CD £11.99 / LP £25.99
Isbell and crew rock the legendary Ryman with a red-hot set.

5

Released on 14 September

- Paul Weller True Meanings CD £11.99 / LP £31.99
The modfather finds his reflective, pastoral roots, with his best since Wildwood.

4

Released on 19 January

- First Aid Kit Ruins CD £9.99 / LP £21.99
Beautiful country-inflected pop with great harmonies.

3

Released on 23 March

- Courtney Marie Andrews May Your Kindness Remain CD £9.99 / LP £15.99
Nothing less than a country-soul masterpiece.

2

Released on 11 May

- Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base & Hotel Casino CD £10.99 / LP £26.99
The Arctics go all lounge and, weirdly, it works.

1

Released on 18 May

- Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Free CD £10.99 / £19.99
Witty, acerbic and observational songwriting at its best.

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Our staff picks for the year are:

10

Released on 13 July

- Cowboy Junkies All That Reckoning CD £9.99 / LP £16.99
In which ethereal beauty is juxtaposed with jarring subject matter. Magnificent.

9

Released on 12 January

- Shame Songs Of Praise CD £9.99 / LP £18.99
Gritty post-punk anthems from the destined to be great band Shame.

8

Released on 30 March

- Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour CD £11.99 / LP £22.99
The acceptable face of modern country, top top songwriting.

7

Released on 12 October

- St. Vincent MassEducation CD £11.99 / LP £19.99
The gorgeous stripped-back version of her pop banger.

6

Released on 23 February

- The Lovely Eggs This Is Eggland CD £10.99 / LP £17.99
A mind-melting tour de force from the North East’s leading psychedelic punks.

5

Released on 31 August

- IDLES Joy As An Act Of Resistance CD £9.99 / LP £17.99
IDLES come of age with a smart political (small p) rabble-rouser of a record.

4

Released on 18 May

- Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel CD £10.99 / LP £19.99
Witty, acerbic and observational songwriting at its best.

3

Released on 3 August

- Amanda Shires To The Sunset CD £9.99 / LP £18.99
And with one giant leap, Shires is free of any Americana ghetto, just great songwriting.

2

Released on 14 September

- Low Double Negative CD £10.99 / LP £19.99
Glitchy, electronic, unsettling and beautiful.

1

Released on 23 March

- Courtney Marie Andrews May Your Kindness Remain CD £9.99 / LP £15.99
Nothing less than a country-soul masterpiece.

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