Basement Revolver

2018 | Ryan's Top Albums & EPs of the Year

Ryan Doyon

Dec 13, 2018 — 2 min read

As I was putting this list of my most favorites in all of music I kept saying to myself “Isn’t pretty much every song you post about, and every album you listen to, and every song you play on The Music Savage Show your favorite?” And I answered myself “Well yes Ryan, yes you are right that every song IS in fact my favorite song and every album I spend time with is my favorite album!” With that said to myself the need to put a selection of favorites into list form at the end of any year runs strong in the music blogging/radio show world.

The albums and EPs listed below are major highlights in a yet another incredible year of music. You will notice that this list of top albums goes to 11 this time ’round and honestly I am not going to beat myself up over it. I have always stuck to the tried-and-true “Top 10” list but 2018 made it very hard. Also, it has been widely reported, on sites with more clout than ours, that 2018 was the year of the female musician. While I 100% agree (as is probably evident in the list below) I would like to point out that we here at Music Savage believe that every year that music has existed has been the year of the female musician!

It has also quite simply been a year of stellar musicians and bands that I for one would not now how to cope without in this @&^#$ing crazy a$$ @^#% storm of #^@%$#’d up nonsense we deal with on a regular basis. And for that I thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for creating music that makes everything better! You have no idea how important all of you have been to me in 2018.

And now, I present to you…..my FAVORITES!

Mary-Elaine Jenkins – Hold Still