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 Dr. John

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  1. MSN: 10 Best Albums of 2012
  2. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  3. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  4. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  5. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  6. Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  7. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  8. Sonic: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  9. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  10. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2012
  11. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  12. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  13. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  14. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012

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