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. Gorilla vs. Bear: 60 Favorite Albums of 2016
  2. Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
  3. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  4. Flood: The Best Records of 2016
  5. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  6. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  7. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  8. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2016
  9. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  10. Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
  11. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
  12. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
  13. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  14. Clash: Albums of the Year 2016
  15. Uproxx: 20 Best Albums of 2016
  16. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  17. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  18. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  19. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  20. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s
  21. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  22. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2016
  23. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  24. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2016
  25. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
  26. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  27. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  28. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  29. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
  30. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  31. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  32. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  33. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
  34. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  35. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  36. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  37. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  38. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  39. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  40. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016