Best of 2018: Listener Poll Results
The top songs, albums and discoveries of the year, as chosen by you, the WFUV listeners!
See: Top 50 Albums | Top 90 Songs + Spotify Playlist | WFUV Staff Picks (new page)
Artist Discovery of the Year
- Caroline Rose
- Shannon Shaw
- Snail Mail
- Jade Bird
- The War and Treaty
Top 50 Albums
- Courtney Barnett, Tell Me How You Really Feel
- Brandi Carlile, By The Way, I Forgive You
- Neko Case, Hell-On
- Leon Bridges, Good Thing
- John Prine, The Tree of Forgiveness
- Kurt Vile, Bottle It In
- Janelle Monae, Dirty Computer
- Elvis Costello, Look Now
- The Decemberists, I'll Be Your Girl
- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Tearing at the Seams
- Sunflower Bean, Twentytwo in Blue
- Dawes, Passwords
- Father John Misty, God's Favorite Customer
- Lake Street Drive, Free Yourself Up
- Death Cab For Cutie, Thank You For Today
- Caroline Rose, LONER
- Mitski, Be the Cowboy
- Boygenius, Boygenius EP
- Phosphorescent, C'est La Vie
- Big Red Machine, Big Red Machine
- The Record Company, All of This Life
- Brian Fallon, Sleepwalkers
- Paul McCartney, Egypt Station
- Superorganism, Superorganism
- Paul Simon, In The Blue Light
- David Byrne, American Utopia
- Glen Hansard, Between Two Shores
- Middle Kids, Lost Friends
- Shannon Shaw, Shannon in Nashville
- Tom Petty, American Treasure
- Belle & Sebastian, How to Solve Our Human Problems
- Amanda Shires, To the Sunset
- Cat Power, Wanderer
- Richard Thompson, 13 Rivers
- Tracey Thorn, Record
- Amy Helm, This Too Shall Light
- Natalie Prass, The Future and the Past
- Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour
- Rayland Baxter, Wide Awake!
- Rosanne Cash, She Remembers Everything
- The Jayhawks, Back Roads and Abandoned Motels
- Parquet Courts, Wide Awake!
- Snail Mail, Lush
- Amos Lee, My New Moon
- Calexico, The Thread That Keeps Us
- Jim James, Uniform Distortion
- John Hiatt, The Eclipse Sessions
- Jungle, For Ever
- Angelique Kidjo, Remain In Light
- Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen on Broadway
Top 90 Songs
- Hozier, "Nina Cried Power"
- Brandi Carlile, "The Joke"
- Childish Gambino, "This is America"
- Father John Misty, "Mr. Tillman"
- Janelle Monae, "Make Me Feel"
- Phosphorescent, "New Birth in New England"
- Leon Bridges, "Beyond"
- Sunflower Bean, "Twentytwo"
- John Prine, "Summer's End"
- Mitski, "Nobody"
- Kurt Vile, "Loading Zones"
- Lake Street Dive, "Good Kisser"
- Caroline Rose, "Jeannie Becomes a Mom"
- Jade Bird, "Lottery"
- Rayland Baxter, "Casanova"
- Sunflower Bean, "I Was a Fool"
- Superorganism, "Everybody Wants to Be Famous"
- Courtney Barnett, "Charity"
- Cat Power, "Woman"
- Courtney Barnett, "Nameless, Faceless"
- Neko Case, "Bad Luck"
- The Decemberists, "Severed"
- Kamasi Washington, "Fists of Fury"
- Low Cut Connie, "Beverly"
- Middle Kids, "Mistake"
- Elvis Costello, "Unwanted Number"
- Leon Bridges, "Bad, Bad News"
- David Byrne, "Everybody's Coming to My House"
- Rosanne Cash, "Not Many Miles to Go"
- Death Cab for Cutie, "Gold Rush"
- Florence + The Machine, "Hunger"
- Jade Bird, "Uh Huh"
- Kacey Musgraves, "Slow Burn"
- Lord Huron, "Wait By The River"
- Arctic Monkeys, "Four Out of Five"
- Christine and the Queens, "Girlfriend"
- Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, "You Worry Me"
- Dawes, "Living in the Future"
- Elle King, "Shame"
- John Grant, "Love is Magic"
- The Lemon Twigs, "Small Victories"
- Amos Lee, "No More Darkness, No More Light"
- Maggie Rogers, "Light On"
- Neko Case, "Halls of Sarah"
- Caroline Rose, "Soul No. 5"
- Paul McCartney, "Come on to Me"
- Snail Mail, "Heat Wave"
- The Record Company, "Life to Fix"
- The Decemberists, "Sucker's Prayer"
- Aloe Blacc, "Brooklyn in the Summer"
- Belle and Sebastian, "I'll Be Your Pilot"
- Boygenius, "Bite The Hand"
- Brandi Carlile, "The Mother"
- Sylvan Esso, "PARAD(w/m)E"
- Jealous of the Birds, "Plastic Skeletons"
- Father John Misty, "Disappointing Diamonds are the Rarest of Them All"
- The Jayhawks, "Everybody Knows"
- Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, "Hey Mama"
- Jeff Tweedy, "Some Birds"
- Jim James, "Throwback"
- Rex Orange County, "Loving Is Easy"
- John Prine, "When I Get to Heaven"
- Kurt Vile, "Rollin With the Flow"
- Leon Bridges, "If It Feels Good (Then it Must Be)"
- Lucy Dacus, "Addictions"
- Tracey Thorn, "Queen"
- Neko Case, "Curse of the I-5 Corridor"
- Ray LaMontagne, "Such a Simple Thing"
- Natalie Prass, "Short Court Style"
- Soccer Mommy, "Cool"
- Nick Lowe, "Tokyo Bay"
- Parquet Courts, "Wide Awake"
- Your Smith, "The Spot"
- Amanda Shires, "Leave it Alone"
- Mumford & Sons, "Guiding Light"
- Amy Helm, "This Too Shall Light"
- Belly, "Shiny One"
- Boygenius, "Me & My Dog"
- Brian Fallon, "Forget Me Not"
- Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, "A Little Honey"
- Tracey Thorn, "Sister"
- Courtney Barnett, "Need a Little Time"
- Erika Wennerstrom, "Extraordinary Love"
- Emily King, "Remind Me"
- Angelique Kidjo, "Once in a Lifetime"
- First Aid Kit, "It's a Shame"
- Big Red Machine, "Hymnostic"
- Glen Hansard, "Roll on Slow"
- Hippo Campus, "Bambi"
- Calexico, "End of the World With You"
Top 90 Songs of 2018: Spotify Playlist
See: Top 5 Artist Discoveries | Top 50 Albums | Top 90 Songs | WFUV Staff Picks