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.

2012

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012

02 January 2013

Until the Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus

Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012

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WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012

01 January 2013

Attack on Memory - Cloud Nothings

WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012

Death and Taxes: 25 Best Albums of 2012

01 January 2013

Death and Taxes: 25 Best Albums of 2012 (in no particular order)

New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones: 40 Best Albums of 2012

25 December 2012

Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker: 40 Best Albums of 2012 (listed chronologically, exceptional albums marked with asterisks)

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AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012

25 December 2012

AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012

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Observer: Kitty Empire: 10 Best Pop Albums of 2012

21 December 2012

Kitty Empire: 10 Best Pop Albums of 2012, as published by The Observer, in no particular order

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Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012

21 December 2012

The Seer - Swans

Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012

[see also 2015201420132011]

Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012

21 December 2012

good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar

Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012

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L Magazine: 20 Best Albums of 2012

20 December 2012

Europe - Allo Darlin’

The L Magazine: 20 Best Albums of 2012

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012

20 December 2012

good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar

Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012

[see also 202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132011]