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. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  2. NOW: Richard Trapunski: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  3. Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2011
  4. You Ain’t No Picasso: Matt Jordan: 30 Favorite Albums of 2011
  5. NME: Best Albums of 2011
  6. Austin Town Hall: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  7. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  8. Pretty Much Amazing: 40 Best Albums of 2011
  9. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: 40 Favorite Albums of 2011
  10. Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011
  11. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
  12. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2011

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