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. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2018
  2. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  3. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Best Albums of 2018
  4. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2018
  5. Daily Beast: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  6. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  7. Hanif Abdurraqib: 47 Favorite Albums Of 2018
  8. Complex: Best Albums of 2018
  9. PopMatters: 70 Best Albums of 2018
  10. Okayplayer: Best Albums of 2018
  11. Vibe: 30 Best Albums of 2018
  12. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2018
  13. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  14. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  15. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  16. Spin: 51 Best Albums of 2018
  17. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  18. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  19. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2019
  20. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s

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