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. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2017
  2. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
  3. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  4. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  5. Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
  6. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  7. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  8. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  9. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  10. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 11 Best Albums of 2017
  11. NPR Music: Robin Hilton: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  12. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
  13. Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
  14. Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017
  15. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  16. 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
  17. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  18. NPR Music: Nate Chinen: Top 21 Albums of 2017
  19. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  20. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  21. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  22. NPR Music: Stephen Thompson: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  23. Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
  24. Clash: Albums of the Year 2017
  25. Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
  26. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  27. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: Best Albums of 2017
  28. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  29. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  30. Time: Raisa Bruner: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  31. The Alternative: Top 50 Releases of 2017
  32. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  33. Flood: Best Albums of 2017
  34. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
  35. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  36. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2017
  37. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2017
  38. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  39. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017
  40. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  41. Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017
  42. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  43. Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  44. The Ringer: Rob Harvilla: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  45. Chron: Joey Guerra: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  46. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  47. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  48. Daily Beast: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  49. Tiny Mix Tapes: 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017
  50. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  51. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
  52. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  53. In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
  54. American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2017
  55. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  56. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  57. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  58. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  59. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
  60. Hanif Abdurraqib: 39 Favorite Albums Of 2017
  61. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  62. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  63. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017
  64. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  65. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  66. Gorilla vs. Bear: 62 Favorite Albums of 2017
  67. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  68. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  69. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  70. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  71. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  72. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  73. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s