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.

Lists

  1. Entertainment Weekly: 10 Best Albums of 2014
  2. Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2014
  3. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  4. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  5. Under the Radar: Top 140 Albums of 2014
  6. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2014
  7. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2014
  8. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  9. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014
  10. Antiquiet: 30 Best Albums of 2014
  11. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  12. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  13. Flavorwire: 30 Best Albums of 2014
  14. Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2014
  15. Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  16. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  17. Esquire: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  18. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2014
  19. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  20. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2014
  21. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  22. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  23. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  24. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  25. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2014
  26. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  27. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  28. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  29. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2014
  30. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  31. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2014