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. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  2. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
  3. Little White Earbuds: Top 10 Albums of 2012
  4. Quietus: 75 Favorite Albums of 2012
  5. Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  6. Resident Advisor: Top 20 Albums of 2012
  7. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
  8. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
  9. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  10. Jordan Cronk: 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s
  11. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  12. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  13. Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012

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