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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by Eric Church

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  1. Boston Globe: Sarah Rodman: Top Albums of 2011
  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune: Jon Bream: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  3. Slate: Jody Rosen: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
  4. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  5. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  6. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  7. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  8. 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.