Rocket Science Top 50 albums of 2018

50: Look Now - Elvis Costello

49: Microshift - Hookworms

48: We’re Not Talking - The Goon Sax

47: Blow Your MInd - Wilko Johnson

46: There’s A Riot Going On - Yo La Tengo

45: Songs of Praise - Shame

44: Lump - Lump

43: Piano & A Microphone - Prince

42: All The Reckoning - Cowboy Junkies

41: Open Here - Field Music

40: Always Ascending - Franz Ferdinand

39: Superorganism - Superorganism

38: Goat Girl - Goat Girl

37: The Lookout - Laura Veirs

36: Le Kov - Gwenno

35: Cocoa Sugar - Young Fathers

34: Egypt Station - Paul McCartney

33: Hope Downs - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

32: Chris - Christina & The Queens

31: The Deconstruction - Eels

30: Dirty Computer - Janelle Monae

29: Aviary - Julia Holter

28: Singularity - Jon Hopkins

27: Bottle It In - Kurt Vile

26: The Art of Pretending to Swim - Villagers

25: Sparkle Hard - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

24: Hunter - Anna Calvi

23: Double Negative - Low

22: Love Is Magic - John Grant

21: No One Cares About Your Creative Hub - Half Man Half Biscuit

20: Cat Power - Wanderer

19: I’m All Ears - Let’s Eat Grandma

18: Now Now - Gorillaz

17: All Nerve - Breeders

16: Tell Me How You Really Fell - Courtney Barnett

15: Call The Comet - Johnny Marr

14: Thank You For Today - Death Cab for Cutie

13: Joy As An Act of Resistance - Idles

12: Natural Bebel - Richard Ashcroft

11: Evil Spirits - The Damned

10: Marauder - Interpol

9: Endless Scroll - Bodega

8: Resistance is Futile - Manic Street Preachers

7: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino - Arctic Monkeys

6: Blue Hour - Suede

5: American Utopia - David Byrne

4: And Nothing Hurt - Spiritualized

3: Record - Tracey Thorn

2: World’s Strongest Man - Gaz Coombes

1: True Meanings - Paul Weller

Rocket Science #10:10

1: First World Problems - Ian Brown

2: Dirty Boy Extended (Featuring Barry Adamson) - A Certain Ratio

3: Free Yourself - The Chemical Brothers

4: Money Money - Richard Ashcroft

5: Transmission - Joy Division

6: The Somnambulist - Echo and the Bunnymen

7: Back on the Chain Gang - Morrissey

8: Flatland - Tunng

9: Eyes Of The Moon - The Coral

10: Merrie Land - The Good, the Bad & the Queen

11: British Mind - Hinds

12: Dum Surfer - King Krule

13: Time to Give - White Lies

14: I Shall Love 2 - Julia Holter

15: Nearest Thing to Hip - The Waterboys

16: Bang Bang (2018 Remastered Version) - David Bowie

Rocket Science #10:09

1: The Soul Searchers (Richard Hawley Remix) - Paul Weller

2: Loading Zones - Kurt Vile

3: Fool - Villagers

4: Make Time 4 Love - The Goon Sax

5: Rain On My Face - Carbon Poppies

6: Loose Teeth - La Luz

7: Box Full of Letters - Wilco

8: Ice Cream - New Young Pony Club

9: Wiggy Giggy  - The Lovely Eggs

10: Reverse the Curse (The Other Two Remix) - Shadowparty

11: Far Away Truths - Albert Hammond Jr.

12: Resister - She Drew The Gun

13: Stick In A Five And Go - Sleaford Mods

14: Wastelands - Suede

15: The Punishment Of Luxury - OMD

16: Golden Vision - Carpool Conversation

17: He's Got His Mother's Hips - John Grant

18: Wind Whispers - Pete Williams

19: Wendy - Richard Swift

20: If I Could Only Fly - Blaze Foley

21: Dark Heart - Tunng

Rocket Science #10:08

1: Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino - Artic Monkeys

2: The Day My Baby Gave Me a Surpriz - Devo

3: Bike Lane - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

4: Dangerous Guy (AAArmstrong Remix) - Dita Von Teese

5: Heaps of Sheeps - Robert Wyatt

6: As A Man - Anna Calvi

7: Brean Down - Beak>

8: '64 aka Go - Lemon Jelly

9: Time in Common - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

10: Neil Jung - Teenage Fanclub

11: Blame Fire - Petite Noir

12: Rudeboy (feat. Gardna) - The Nextmen & Gentleman's Dub Club

13: Respect Yourself - The Kane Gang

14: Remorse Code - Richard Hawley

15: More News From Nowhere - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

16: Up With People - Lambchop

Book of the Month (September)

Rocket Science #10:07

1: Get Your Shirt - Underworld & Iggy Pop
2: The Rover - Interpol

3: Cut and Run - Slaves
4: The Tracers - Johnny Marr
5: Tranz - Gorillaz
6: Cactus - Teleman
7: Danny Nedelko - Idles
8: Falling Into Me - Let's Eat Grandma

9: A Perfect Miracle - Spiritualized
10: Don't Tell Me That It's Over - Alynda Segarra & the Special Men
11: Sing Me a Song - Cowboy Junkies
12: I'm Desperate - BC Camplight

13: Love is Magic - John Grant
14: Fast Slow Disco - St. Vincent
15: Panique - Juniore
16: The Echo Forgets - George FitzGerald
17: Strong and Wrong - Mixhell, Mutado Pintado & Joe Goddard

Rocket Science #10:06

1: Aspects - Paul Weller
2: Tin Pan Boy - YUNGBLUD
3: Little Babies - Sleater-Kinney
4: Toy - Young Fathers
5: Dizzy Dizzy - Can

6: Happy Man - Jungle
7: Please Don't Die - Father John Misty
8: Deep In The Night - Tracy Anne & Danny
9: Your Woman - White Town
10: Let It Burn - Goat
11: Dark Spring - Beach House
12: Colors - Beck
13: Shiggy - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
14: Kung Fu - Ash
15: Metal Guru - T. Rex
16: Pass the Power - The Selecter

17: Walk The Walk - Gaz Coombes
18: Nameless, Faceless - Courtney Barnett
19: Talking Straight - Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
20: Breathe In, Breathe Out - Melody's Echo Chamber
21: This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us - Sparks