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. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  2. Daily Beast: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  3. Entertainment Weekly: 20 Best Albums of 2018
  4. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  5. Complex: Best Albums of 2018
  6. Refinery29: The 10 Best Albums of 2018
  7. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  8. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  9. Variety: Chris Willman: 20 Best Albums of 2018
  10. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2018
  11. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2018
  12. Gorilla vs. Bear: 30 Favorite Albums of 2018
  13. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2018
  14. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  15. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2018
  16. Spin: 51 Best Albums of 2018
  17. Clash: Albums of the Year 2018
  18. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2018
  19. Guardian: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  20. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
  21. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  22. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2018
  23. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  24. Hanif Abdurraqib: 47 Favorite Albums Of 2018
  25. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2019
  26. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  27. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  28. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  29. PopMatters: 70 Best Albums of 2018
  30. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  31. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

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