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.

Lists

  1. Daily Beast: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  2. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  3. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  4. Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017
  5. Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  6. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  7. The Ringer: Rob Harvilla: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  8. Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
  9. In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
  10. Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017
  11. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  12. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  13. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  14. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  15. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  16. Gorilla vs. Bear: 62 Favorite Albums of 2017
  17. Clash: Albums of the Year 2017
  18. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  19. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  20. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  21. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2017
  22. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  23. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
  24. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
  25. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  26. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  27. Flood: Best Albums of 2017
  28. 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
  29. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
  30. Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
  31. Hanif Abdurraqib: 39 Favorite Albums Of 2017
  32. Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
  33. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  34. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  35. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  36. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  37. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017