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. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
  2. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  3. A.V. Club: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  4. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  5. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  6. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  7. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  8. Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  9. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  10. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  11. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2012
  12. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  13. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  14. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  15. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
  16. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  17. Austin Town Hall: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  18. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  19. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  20. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  21. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  22. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  23. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  24. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
  25. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s