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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Stone Rollin’

by Raphael Saadiq

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  1. Boston Globe: James Reed: Top Albums of 2011
  2. Los Angeles Times: Todd Martens: Top 15 Albums of 2011
  3. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top Albums of 2011
  4. Chicago Sun-Times: Thomas Conner: Top Albums of 2011
  5. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: 40 Favorite Albums of 2011
  6. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
  7. Entertainment Weekly: 20 Best Albums of 2011
  8. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  9. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011

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