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 Mary Lattimore

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  1. New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2020
  2. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2020
  3. NPR Music: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
  4. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2020
  5. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2020
  6. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2020
  7. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
  8. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2020

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