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 Lucy Dacus

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  1. NPR Music: Bob Boilen: Top Ten Albums of 2018
  2. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  3. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  4. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2018
  5. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2018
  6. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  7. Hanif Abdurraqib: 47 Favorite Albums Of 2018
  8. Earbuddy: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  9. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  10. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  11. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  12. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2018
  13. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  14. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2018
  15. The Alternative: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  16. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  17. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  18. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  19. PopMatters: 70 Best Albums of 2018
  20. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s

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