Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated SACD, DVD-A, BD-A, or CD

2018 List

Favorite New Releases

• Ace of Cups - Ace of Cups (2018)
• Altin Gün - On (2018)
• Ape Machine - Darker Seas (2018,"Perfect Storm" Green/Bone/Black Pinwheel LP)
• ASG - Survive Sunrise (2018)
• Beach House - 7 (2018, "Loser Edition" Yellow LP)
• The Beths - Future Me Hates Me (2018)
• The Bevis Frond - We're Your Friends, Man (2018,2xLP)
• Black Stone Cherry - Family Tree (2018,FYE Exclusive Gold LEx1000 2xLP)
• Blackwülf - Sinister Sides (2018,LP)
• Chevelle - 12 Bloody Spies: B-Sides and Rarities (2018,Compilation LP)
• Circles - The Last One (2018,Translucent Blue LP)
• Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains (2018)
• The Coral - Move Through the Dawn (2018)
• Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (2018, LE Red LP)
• Crypt Trip - Rootstock (2018)
• Jesika Von Rabbit - Dessert Rock (2018)
• Dead Can Dance - Dionysus (2018)
• Deep Sea Arcade - Blacklight (2018)
• Elvis Presley - The King in the Ring (2018, RSDBF Red 2xLP)
• Found Wild - Found Wild (2018,Green & Yellow Red/Black Splatter LEx400 EP)
• Fu Manchu - Clone of the Universe (2018, LE Blue LP)
• Ghost - Prequelle (2018,LE Smoke Splatter LP)
• Imarhan - Temet (2018)
• Jimmy Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky (2018,B&N LE Purple 2xLP)
• Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)
• Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo (2018)
• Lenny Kravitz - Raise Vibration (2018,2xLP Clear/Purple LE Super Deluxe Book)
• Luna - Lunafied (2018,LEx2272 Opaque White 2xLP)
• Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour (1960,2018 B&N LE Red LP)
• Neil Young - Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live (2018)
• Paul Page & His Paradise Music - Pacific Paradise (2018)
• Red Kross - Hot Press (2018, LE Neon Green LP)
• Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs (2018)
• Shocking Blue - Singles Collection (A's & B's Part 1) (2018,MOV Blue RSD 2xLP, LEx3000)
• Sly & Robbie, Junior Natural - Militant Dub (2018,RSD LE Gold LP)
• Space Elevator - Space Elevator II (2018,Blue/Black Swirl Translucent 2xLP)
• Steven Wilson - Home Invasion: In Concert at The Royal Albert Hall (2018,5.1 Blu-ray)
• Windhand - Eternal Return (2018, Opaque Blue 2xLP, LEx100)

Favorite Reissues

• Abba - Arrival (1976,2019 Abbey Road Studios RM 45rpm 2xLP)
• Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky (1982,2018 5.1 BDA)
• Alpha Blondy - Jah Glory! (1982,2018 Wagram LP)
• Baby Huey - The Living Legend (1971,2018 RSD 2xLP LEx3350)
• The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) (1968,2018 6xCD+1xBDA+Book 50th Box Set)
• Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981,2018 CF Blue LP)
• Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch a Fire (1973, Smoke Swirl 2xLP RSDBF LEx3000)
• Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports (1978,2018 Abbey Road Studios 45rpm 2xLP)
• Camel - Moonmadness (1976,2018 MOV Silver LP)
• Ceasar Frazier - Hail Ceasar! (1972,2018 LITA LP)
• Cheikh Lô - Né La Thiass (1996, 2018 RSD LP, LEx500)
• Clutch - Clutch (1995,2018 MOV Silver LEx2000 LP)
• Colin Bass - An Outcast of the Islands (1998,2018 LEx150 Green 2xLP)
• Collective Soul - Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid (1993,RSDBF Red LP)
• Cracker - Kerosene Hat (1993,2018 MOV 2xLP)
• Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet (1993,2018 Arista Blue Splatter LP)
• Enigma - MCMXC a.D. (1990,2018 Red LP)
• Esquivel - To Love Again (1957,2018 Waxtime RE LP)
• Fatal Flowers - Younger Days (1986,2018 Blue MOV LP)
• Fleetwood Mac - The Dance (1997, 2018 Bellman RM 2xLP)
• Gillian Welch - Soul Journey (2003,2018 RE LP)
• Golden Smog - Weird Tales (1998,2018 LE Green 2xLP w/Fly Etching Side D)
• Herbie Hancock - Flood (1975, 2xLP RSDBF LEx1200)
• Jason Isbell - Live at Twist and Shout 11.16.07 (2008, 2018 RSD EP)
• Jerry Garcia - Run For the Roses (1982,2018 RSD LP)
• Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (1968,2018 6xLP + Blu-ray Box Set)
• Lalo Shifrin - Bulitt OST (1968,2018 Orange B&N LP)
• Les Baxter - Ritual of the Savage (1957,2018 Waxtime LP)
• Masters of Reality - Masters of Reality (1988,2018 Translucent Blue LP)
• The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord (1968,2018 LE Psychedelic Splatter LP)
• Nino Ferrer - Nino and Radiah et le Sud (1974,2018 EU LP)
• Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005,2018 Gold LP)
• Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967,2018 RSD Mono LP,LE?x6000)
• Pink Floyd - Pulse (1995, 2018 4xLP Box Set)
• Police - Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings (2018, ARS Half-Speed 6xLP Box Set)
• Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005, 2018 White/Clear 2xLP)
• Robert Earl Keen - A Bigger Piece of Sky (1993,2018 Sky Blue Marble LP)
• Robert Mitchum - Calypso - Is Like So... (1957,2018 LP)
• The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967,2018 RSD Blue Splatter LP,LEx3500)
• Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music (1976,2018 MFSL RM LP)
• Scientist & Prince Jammy - Scientist & Jammy Strike Back! (1982,2018 Green LP)
• Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993, Turquoise 2xLP RSDBF LEx3500)
• Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggstyle (1993,2018 VMP Mint/Brown Splatter 2xLP)
• Steve Martin - Rare Bird Alert (2011,2018 B&N RE LP)
• Steve Miller Band - Sailor (1968,2018 Blue LP)
• Suicidal Tendancies - Lights, Camera, Revolution (1990, 2018 Blue LEx500 LP)
• Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003, 2018 2xLP)
• Supertramp - Breakfast in America (1979, 2018 MFSL RM LP)
• Tangerine Dream - Zeit (1972,2018 RSD Tangerine 2xLP LEx2000)
• They Might Be Giants - Lincoln (1988,2018 Red LP)
• Tiny Tim - God Bless Tiny Tim (1968,2018 Pink LP)
• Toad the Wet Sprocket - Box Set (2018,RSDBF 5xLP LEx1500)
• Trevor Jones / Randy Edelman - Last of the Mohicans OST (1992, 2018 Orange 2xLP)
• Yes - 90125 (1983,2018 Rhino Tri-Color LP)
• ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973, 2018 Rhino SYEOR Green LP)

Top 10 2018 New Releases

• 1. Ghost - Prequelle (2018,LE Smoke Splatter LP)
• 2. Beach House - 7 (2018, "Loser Edition" Yellow LP)
• 3. Steven Wilson - Home Invasion: In Concert at The Royal Albert Hall (2018,5.1 Blu-ray)
• 4. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (2018, LE Red LP)
• 5. Deep Sea Arcade - Blacklight (2018)
• 6. Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour (1960,2018 B&N LE Red LP)
• 7. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo (2018)
• 8. Lenny Kravitz - Raise Vibration (2018,2xLP Clear/Purple LE Super Deluxe Book)
• 9. Sly & Robbie, Junior Natural - Militant Dub (2018,RSD LE Gold LP)
• 10. Ace of Cups - Ace of Cups (2018)

Top 10 2018 Reissues

• 1. Pink Floyd - Pulse (1995, 2018 4xLP Box Set)
• 2. Colin Bass - An Outcast of the Islands (1998,2018 LEx150 Green 2xLP)
• 3. Cracker - Kerosene Hat (1993,2018 MOV 2xLP)
• 4. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005, 2018 White/Clear 2xLP)
• 5. Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music (1976,2018 MFSL RM LP)
• 6. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggstyle (1993,2018 VMP Mint/Brown Splatter 2xLP)
• 7. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Box Set (2018,RSDBF 5xLP LEx1500)
• 8. Yes - 90125 (1983,2018 Rhino Tri-Color LP)
• 9. The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967,2018 RSD)
• 10. Fleetwood Mac - The Dance (1997, 2018 Bellman RM 2xLP)

2018 Best Record Store Day Pick

• Toad the Wet Sprocket - Box Set (2018,RSDBF 5xLP LEx1500)
• Baby Huey - The Living Legend (1971,2018 RSD 2xLP LEx3350) (Close 2nd)

2018 Favorite Cover Art

• ASG - Survive Sunrise (2018)
• Beach House - 7 (2018)
• Bookends - Far Away But Around (2018)
• Fu Manchu - Clone of the Universe (2018)
• Herbie Hancock - Flood (1975)
• Jayne Mansfield feat. Jimi Hendrix - Suey (2018)
• Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Infinity (Original Cover) (2018)
• Jessica Von Rabbit - Dessert Rock (2018)
• Malina Moye - Bad As I Wanna Be (2018)
• Miracle - The Strife of Love in a Dream (2018)*
• Monster Magnet - Mindfucker (2018)
• P.O.D. - Circles (2018)
• Presto Ballet - The Days Between (2018)*
• The Sword - Used Future (2018)
• The Re-Stoned - Stories of the Astral Lizard (2018)*
• Those Damn Crows - Murder and the Motive (2018)
• Zero Down - Larger Than Death (2018)

2018 Worst Cover Art

• Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (2018)
• Eric Clapton - Happy Christmas (2018)

2018 Best Color Vinyl

• Ape Machine - Darker Seas (2018,Opaque "Perfect Storm" Green/Bone/Black Pinwheel LP)
• The Sword - Used Future (2018,"Red Slushie" Splatter LP)

Packaging Standouts

• Ace of Cups - Ace of Cups (2018)
• The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) (1968,2018 6xCD+1xBDA+Book 50th Box Set)
• Lenny Kravitz - Raise Vibration (2018,2xLP Clear/Purple LE Super Deluxe Book)
• Police - Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings (2018, ARS Half-Speed 6xLP Box Set)
• Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggstyle (1993,2018 VMP Mint/Brown Splatter 2xLP)
• Toad the Wet Sprocket - Box Set (2018,RSDBF 5xLP LEx1500)

Disappointments

• Bombino - Deran (2018)
• Cavern of Anti-Matter - Hormone Lemonade (2018,2xLP)
• Clutch - Book of Bad Decisions (2018, Coke Bottle Clear 2xLP)
• Don Muro - Off We Go: More Synth Pop from 1970-1979 (2018)
• Holly Cook - Vessel of Love (2018,Pink LP)
• Paul McCartney - Egypt Station (2018,2xLP)
• Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Years (2018)
• Steep Canyon Rangers - Out in the Open (2018,LP)

Bad Pressings

• The Sword - Used Future (2018,"Red Slushie" Splatter LP)

Most of the above-referenced releases were purchased by Chuck in 2018. Undoubtedly there will be additional discoveries of other 2018 releases in the coming years.

In Memorium 2018

• Aretha Franklin
• Dolores O'Riordan (Cranberries)
• Hugh Masekela
• Mike Harrison (Spooky Tooth)
• Otis Rush
• Ray Thomas (Moody Blues)
• Russ Solomon (Tower Records)