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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Sweet Heart, Sweet Light

by Spiritualized

(also known as Sweet Heart Sweet Light)

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  1. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2012
  2. Dennis Cooper: 20 Favorite Albums of 2012
  3. Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  4. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  5. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
  6. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2012
  7. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  8. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  9. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  10. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  11. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  12. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  13. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  14. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  15. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  16. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  17. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  18. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012

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