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 Father John Misty

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  1. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  2. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  3. L Magazine: 20 Best Albums of 2012
  4. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  5. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  6. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  7. Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2012
  8. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  9. BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
  10. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  11. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
  12. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
  13. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  14. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  15. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012

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