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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Luxury Problems

by Andy Stott

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  1. Little White Earbuds: Top 10 Albums of 2012
  2. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  3. Resident Advisor: Top 20 Albums of 2012
  4. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
  5. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  6. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  7. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  8. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  9. Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  10. Sonic: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  11. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  12. Quietus: 75 Favorite Albums of 2012
  13. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  14. Jordan Cronk: 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s
  15. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  16. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
  17. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade

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