Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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  1. Dennis Cooper: Favorite Albums of 2011
  2. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  3. New York Times: Jon Pareles: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  4. Impose: Jason Diamond: 25 Records Loved in 2011
  5. A.A. Dowd: 100 Favorite Metal Albums of the Decade
  6. AwkwardSound: 25 Best Albums of 2011
  7. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  8. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  9. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  10. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2011
  11. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2011
  12. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.