Alla base delle classifiche stilate da Il Cibicida per il 2018 ci sono le selezioni personali dei membri della redazione. Per ogni redattore una Top 10 generale degli album, una Top 3 degli album italiani, la segnalazione del disco Flop e quella del miglior Live cui ha assistito.

EMANUELE BRUNETTO

01 – LOW, “DOUBLE NEGATIVE”
02 – ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF, “DEAD MAGIC”
03 – ANNA CALVI, “HUNTER”
04 – DANIEL BLUMBERG, “MINUS”
05 – BEACH HOUSE, “7”
06 – DAUGHTERS, “YOU WON’T GET WHAT YOU WANT”
07 – KALI UCHIS, “ISOLATION”
08 – IDLES, “JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE”
09 – FATHER JOHN MISTY, “GOD’S FAVORITE CUSTOMER”
10 – PUSHA T, “DAYTONA”

ITALIA – 01 – COLLE DER FOMENTO, “ADVERSUS”
ITALIA – 02 – GIARDINI DI MIRÒ, “DIFFERENT TIMES”
ITALIA – 03 – BEATRICE ANTOLINI, “L’AB”

FLOP – A PERFECT CIRCLE, “EAT THE ELEPHANT”

LIVE – SMASHING PUMPKINS @ UNIPOL ARENA, BOLOGNA (18/10/2018)

MICHELE BRUSA

01 – YOB, “OUR RAW HEART”
02 – RIVERS OF NIHIL, “WHERE OWLS KNOW MY NAME”
03 – SLUGDGE, “ESOTERIC MALACOLOGY”
04 – ALLFATHER, “AND ALL WILL BE DESOLATION”
05 – KING GOAT, “DEBT OF AEONS”
06 – THE OCEAN, “PHANEROZOIC I: PALAEOZOIC”
07 – BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, “AUTOMATA (I & II)”
08 – UN, “SENTIMENT”
09 – HUNTSMEN, “AMERICAN SCRAP”
10 – SLEEP, “THE SCIENCES”

ITALIA – 01 – MESSA, “FEAST FOR WATER”
ITALIA – 02 – CRIPPLE BASTARDS, “LA FINE CRESCE DA DENTRO”
ITALIA – 03 – ULTRA-VIOLENCE, “OPERATION MISDIRECTION”

FLOP – MACHINE HEAD, “CATHARSIS”

LIVE – THE OCEAN @ SANTERIA SOCIAL CLUB, MILANO (08/11/2018)

LEJLA CASSIA

01 – CAT POWER, “WANDERER”
02 – MITSKI, “BE THE COWBOY”
03 – SUEDE, “THE BLUE HOUR”
04 – JULIA HOLTER, “AVIARY”
05 – MARIANNE FAITHFULL, “NEGATIVE CAPABILITY”
06 – NENEH CHERRY, “BROKEN POLITICS”
07 – ROSALÍA, “EL MAL QUERER”
08 – DAVID BYRNE, “AMERICAN UTOPIA”
09 – GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV, “EVENING MACHINES”
10 – EELS, “THE DECONSTRUCTION”

ITALIA – 01 – FABIO CINTI, “LA VOCE DEL PADRONE – UN ADATTAMENTO GENTILE”
ITALIA – 02 – CALIBRO 35, “DECADE”
ITALIA – 03 – GIARDINI DI MIRÒ, “DIFFERENT TIMES”

FLOP – STING & SHAGGY, “44/876”

LIVE – SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY @ WALTER KERR THEATRE, NEW YORK (02/06/2018)

NICOLA CORSARO

01 – KAMASI WASHINGTON, “HEAVEN AND EARTH”
02 – NU GUINEA, “NUOVA NAPOLI”
03 – UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, “SEX & FOOD”
04 – THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, “S/T”
05 – TY SEGALL, “FREEDOM’S GOBLIN”
06 – VULFPECK, “HILL CLIMBER”
07 – PARQUET COURTS, “WIDE AWAKE!”
08 – LOW, “DOUBLE NEGATIVE”
09 – LOUIS COLE, “TIME”
10 – SONS OF KEMET, “YOUR QUEEN IS A REPTILE”

ITALIA – 01 – NU GUINEA, “NUOVA NAPOLI”
ITALIA – 02 – CALIBRO 35, “DECADE”
ITALIA – 03 – BLACK BEAT MOVEMENT, “RADIO MANTRA”

FLOP – SMASHING PUMPKINS, “SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1”

LIVE – KAMASI WASHINGTON @ ROUNDHOUSE, LONDRA (02/05/2018)

STEFANO D. OTTAVIO

01 – SPIRITUALIZED, “AND NOTHING HURT”
02 – KALI UCHIS, “ISOLATION”
03 – KHRUANGBIN, “CON TODO EL MUNDO”
04 – YOUNG FATHERS, “COCOA SUGAR”
05 – UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, “SEX & FOOD”
06 – FATHER JOHN MISTY, “GOD’S FAVORITE CUSTOMER”
07 – IDLES, “JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE”
08 – ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, “AGE OF”
09 – SLEEP, “THE SCIENCES”
10 – ROSALÍA, “EL MAL QUERER”

ITALIA – 01 – COLLE DER FOMENTO, “ADVERSUS”
ITALIA – 02 – NU GUINEA, “NUOVA NAPOLI”
ITALIA – 03 – STORMO, “ERE”

FLOP – GORILLAZ, “THE NOW NOW”

LIVE – SPIRITUALIZED @ PRIMAVERA SOUND 2018, BARCELLONA

KAROL FIRRINCIELI

01 – BEACH HOUSE, “7”
02 – MANIC STREET PREACHERS, “RESISTANCE IS FUTILE”
03 – INTERPOL, “MARAUDER”
04 – RICHARD ASHCROFT, “NATURAL REBEL”
05 – DMA’S, “FOR NOW”
06 – SHAME, “SONGS OF PRAISE”
07 – THE DECEMBERISTS, “I’LL BE YOUR GIRL”
08 – IDLES, “JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE”
09 – SMASHING PUMPKINS, “SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1”
10 – SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, “MURMURATIONS”

ITALIA – 01 – RICCARDO SINIGALLIA, “CIAO CUORE”
ITALIA – 02 – MOTTA, “VIVERE O MORIRE”
ITALIA – 03 – JOAN THIELE, “TANGO”

FLOP – FLORENCE + THE MACHINE, “HIGH AS HOPE”

LIVE – SMASHING PUMPKINS @ UNIPOL ARENA, BOLOGNA (18/10/2018)

MICHELE LEONARDI

01 – DAUGHTERS, “YOU WON’T GET WHAT YOU WANT”
02 – MARIANNE FAITHFULL, “NEGATIVE CAPABILITY”
03 – FÉLIX BLUME, “DEATH IN HAITI”
04 – LOW, “DOUBLE NEGATIVE”
05 – AUTECHRE, “NTS SESSIONS”
06 – JULIA HOLTER, “AVIARY”
07 – PUSHA T, “DAYTONA”
08 – JONNY GREENWOOD, “PHANTOM THREAD (OST)”
09 – JON HOPKINS, “SINGULARITY”
10 – EARL SWEATSHIRT, “SOME RAP SONGS”

ITALIA – 01 – HOLIDAY INN, “TORBIDO”
ITALIA – 02 – COLLE DER FOMENTO, “ADVERSUS”
ITALIA – 03 – GIARDINI DI MIRÒ, “DIFFERENT TIMES”

FLOP – JOSH T. PEARSON, “THE STRAIGHT HITS!”

LIVE – ROGER WATERS @ CIRCO MASSIMO, ROMA (14/07/2018)

RICCARDO MARRA

01 – LOW, “DOUBLE NEGATIVE”
02 – J MASCIS, “ELASTIC DAYS”
03 – BELLINI, “BEFORE THE DAY HAS GONE”
04 – CALEXICO, “THE THREAD THAT KEEPS US”
05 – BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, “WRONG CREATURES”
06 – JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, “DAMNED DEVOTION”
07 – THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN, “MERRIE LAND”
08 – SMASHING PUMPKINS, “SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1”
09 – THOM YORKE, “SUSPIRIA”
10 – MARC RIBOT, “SONGS OF RESISTANCE 1942-2018″

ITALIA – 01 – GIARDINI DI MIRÒ, “DIFFERENT TIMES”
ITALIA – 02 – COSMO, “COSMOTRONIC”
ITALIA – 03 – MOTTA, “VIVERE O MORIRE”

FLOP – INTERPOL, “MARAUDER”

LIVE – SMASHING PUMPKINS @ UNIPOL ARENA, BOLOGNA (18/10/2018)

DANILO NITRIDE

01 – LOW, “DOUBLE NEGATIVE”
02 – NENEH CHERRY, “BROKEN POLITICS”
03 – THE MESSTHETICS, “S/T”
04 – DANIEL BLUMBERG, “MINUS”
05 – BEAK>, “>>>”
06 – BEACH HOUSE, “7”
07 – SHAME, “SONGS OF PRAISE”
08 – IDLES, “JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE”
09 – JULIA HOLTER, “AVIARY”
10 – U.S. GIRLS, “IN A POEM UNLIMITED”

ITALIA – 01 – RICCARDO SINIGALLIA, “CIAO CUORE”
ITALIA – 02 – NU GUINEA, “NUOVA NAPOLI”
ITALIA – 03 – ANY OTHER, “TWO, GEOGRAPHY”

FLOP – EELS, “THE DECONSTRUCTION”

LIVE – LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ PIAZZA CASTELLO, FERRARA (13/06/2018)

DANDA ZANONI

01 – JAY ROCK, “REDEMPTION”
02 – SABA, “CARE FOR ME”
03 – PUSHA T, “DAYTONA”
04 – JANELLE MONÁE, “DIRTY COMPUTER”
05 – JID, “DICAPRIO 2”
06 – VINCE STAPLES, “FM!”
07 – J. COLE, “KOD”
08 – DENZEL CURRY, “TA13OO”
09 – 6LACK, “EAST ATLANTA LOVE LETTER”
10 – EARL SWEATSHIRT, “SOME RAP SONGS”

ITALIA – 01 – COSMO, “COSMOTRONIC”
ITALIA – 02 – CALIBRO 35, “DECADE”
ITALIA – 03 – NOYZ NARCOS, “ENEMY”

FLOP – NAS, “NASIR”

LIVE – JANELLE MONÁE @ ROUNDHOUSE, LONDRA (11/09/2018)