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. Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2019
  2. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2019
  3. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of 2019
  4. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2019
  5. NPR Music: 25 Best Albums of 2019
  6. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2019
  7. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2019
  8. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2019
  9. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s

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