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. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  2. Time: Douglas Wolk: Top 10 Albums of 2012
  3. Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
  4. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  5. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  6. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  7. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  8. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  9. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  10. L Magazine: 20 Best Albums of 2012
  11. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  12. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  13. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  14. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
  15. Austin Town Hall: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  16. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  17. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  18. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  19. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
  20. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
  21. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  22. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  23. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  24. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  25. Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  26. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  27. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  28. Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  29. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  30. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

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