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. Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011
  2. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  3. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  4. Globe and Mail: Robert Everett-Green: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  5. Exclaim: 30 Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2011
  6. You Ain’t No Picasso: Matt Jordan: 30 Favorite Albums of 2011
  7. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2011
  8. NPR Music: Ann Powers: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
  9. Globe and Mail: Dave Morris: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  10. Pretty Much Amazing: 40 Best Albums of 2011
  11. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
  12. DIY: Albums of 2011
  13. NME: Best Albums of 2011
  14. A.V. Club: Best Music of 2011
  15. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  16. Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2011
  17. Web in Front: Best Albums of 2011
  18. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  19. New York Times: Nate Chinen: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  20. Owl Mag: Best Albums of 2011
  21. musicOMH: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  22. NOW: Richard Trapunski: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  23. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  24. Drowned in Sound: Favourite Albums of 2011
  25. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  26. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  27. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  28. Epitonic: Top 40 Albums of 2011
  29. Prefix: Top Albums of 2011
  30. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top Albums of 2011
  31. Guardian: Best Albums of 2011
  32. Chicago Sun-Times: Thomas Conner: Top Albums of 2011
  33. Rise: Records of the Year 2011
  34. I Guess I’m Floating: 30 Best Albums of 2011
  35. Pinpoint Music: Top 25 Albums of 2011
  36. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  37. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  38. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  39. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  40. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  41. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  42. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  43. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2011
  44. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  45. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s