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. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  2. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
  3. Austin Town Hall: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  4. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  5. Clash: Albums of the Year 2018
  6. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  7. Guardian: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  8. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  9. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  10. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  11. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  12. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2018
  13. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018

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