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. Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
  2. KCRW: Jason Bentley: Top 10 Albums of 2012
  3. MSN: 10 Best Albums of 2012
  4. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  5. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  6. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  7. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  8. BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
  9. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  10. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  11. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2012
  12. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2012
  13. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  14. Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  15. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
  16. Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  17. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  18. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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