Top 100 Albums of 2018 - Read

Join us in ringing in the New Year by looking back at the best of 2018!
We’re counting down the Top 100 of the year: the albums our hosts played the most on CKUA.

Bahamas: Earthtones (Barchords)
Mariel Buckley: Driving In The Dark (Independent)
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats: Tearing at the Seams (Bottleneck/Stax)
David Byrne: American Utopia (Todomundo/Nonesuch)
Neko Case: Hell-On (ANTI-)
Major Love: Major Love (Latent))
Calexico: The Thread That Keeps Us Together (ANTI-)
Lindi Ortega: Liberty (Shadowbox)
Michael Rault: It’s A New Day Tonight (Wick/Daptone)
Dan Mangan: More or Less (Arts & Crafts)
Laila Biali: Laila Biali (Chronograph)
Jill Barber: Metaphora (Outside)
Leon Bridges: Good Thing (Columbia)
Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel (Mom & Pop)
Lake Street Dive: Free Yourself Up (Nonesuch)
Sue Foley: The Ice Queen (Stony Plain)
First Aid Kit: Ruins (Columbia)
nhiyawak: starlight (Arts & Crafts)
The James Hunter Six: Whatever It Takes (Daptone)
Ndidi O: These Days (Independent)
Khruangbin: Con Todo El Mundo (Dead Oceans)
Shannon & The Clams: Onion (Easy Eye Sound)
The Lynnes: Heartbreak Song for the Radio (Independent)
Amy van Keeken: In Dreams (Scorpio 76)
Angelique Kidjo: Remain in Light (Kravenworks)
Nickodemus: A Long Engagement (Wonderwheel)
Royal Wood: Ever After the Farewell (Outside)
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite: No Mercy in This Land (ANTI-)
Anderson East: Encore (Elektra)
Amy Helm: This Too Shall Light (Yep Roc)
Sloan: 12 (Universal)
Shaela Miller: Bad Ideas (Independent)
John Wort Hannam: Acres of Elbow Room (Independent)
Great Lake Swimmers: The Waves, the Wake (Nettwerk)
Joe Nolan: Cry Baby (Independent)
Nick Lowe: Tokyo Bay/Crying Inside (EP) (Yep Roc)
I’m With Her: See You Around (Rounder)
Jesse and the Dandelions: Give Up the Gold (Independent)
Amos Lee: My New Moon (Dualtone)
Birds of Chicago: Love In Wartime (Signature Sounds)
Kurt Vile: Bottle It In (Matador)
Kat Danser: Goin’ Gone (Black Hen)
The Good Lovelies: Shapeshifters (Independent)
Arthur Buck: Arthur Buck (New West)
The California Honeydrops: Call It Home, Vol. 1 & 2 (Independent)
Ben Sures: Poema Poematis (Independent)
Jim Cuddy: Constellation (Warner)
Tami Neilson: SASSAFRASS! (Outside)
Young Gun Silver Fox: AM Waves (Monty)
Jennifer Castle: Angels of Death (Paradise Of Bachelors)
Caroline Rose: LONER (New West)
Victory: The Broken Instrument (Roc Nation)
River Whyless: Kindness, A Rebel (Roll Call)
Jenie Thai: Night On Fire (Independent)
Brandi Carlile: By The Way, I Forgive You (Elektra)
Lord Huron: Vide Noir (Universal)
The 427’s: Stay Gold (Stingray)
U.S. Girls: In a Poem Unlimited (Royal Mountain)
Bombino: Deran (Partisan)
Paul McCartney: Egypt Station (Capitol)
Jeremy Dutcher: Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (Independent)
T. Buckley: Miles We Put Behind (Independent)
Shakey Graves: Can’t Wake Up (Dualtone)
Bettye Lavette: Things Have Changed (Verve)
Madeleine Peyroux: Anthem (Decca)
John Prine: The Tree of Forgiveness (Sony)
Pharis & Jason Romero: Sweet Old Religion (Lula)
Elise LeGrow: Playing Chess (S-Curve)
Dr. Dog: Critical Equation (We Buy Gold)
Rosie & The Riveters: Ms. Behave (Independent)
Scenic Route To Alaska: Tough Luck (Pop Trip)
Gitkin: 5 Star Motel (Wonderwheel)
Reuben and the Dark: Arms of a Dream (Arts & Crafts)
Colin James: Miles To Go (True North/Stony Plain)
Peter Elkas: Lion (846245 Records DK)
Father John Misty: God’s Favorite Customer (Sub Pop)
The Heavyweights Brass Band: This City (Lulaworld)
White Denim: Performance (City Slang)
Ry Cooder: The Prodigal Son (Perro Verde)
Josh Rouse: Love In The Modern Age (Yep Roc)
Joon Moon: Moonshine Corner (Le Plan)
Elvis Costello: Look Now (Concord)
They Might Be Giants: I Like Fun (Idlewild)
Cat Power: Wanderer (Wanderer (Domino)
The Decemberists: I’ll Be Your Girl (Capitol)
Freak Motif: Hot Plate (Independent)
Kaa Kater: Grenades (Smithsonian Folkways)
Aki Kumar: Hindi Man Blues (Independent)
St. Paul & The Broken Bones: Young Sick Camellia (RECORDS)
Glen Hansard: Between Two Shores (ANTI-)
Lindsay Beaver: Tough As Love (Alligator) )
Suzie Vinnick: Shake the Love Around (Independent)
Lucy Dacus: Historian (Matador)
Ellen Doty: Come Fall (Alma)
The Milk Carton Kids: All The Things That I Did and All The Things That I Didn’t Do (ANTI-)
Boz Scaggs: Out Of The Blues (Concord)
Rae Spoon: Bodiesofwater (Coax)
Molly Johnson: Meaning To Tell Ya (Universal)
Holly Cole: Holly (Rumpus Room / Universal)
Molly Burch: First Flower (Captured Tracks)