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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2010s Music

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s

21 December 2019

How I Got Over - The Roots

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012]

  1. How I Got Over
    The Roots
  2. Thelonious Sphere Monk
    Mas-T
  3. American Honey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    various artists
  4. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
  5. Room 25
    Noname
  6. Dark Matter
    Randy Newman
  7. Heart of a Dog
    Laurie Anderson
  8. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    Kanye West
  9. A Crow Looked at Me
    Mount Eerie
  10. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
  11. Americana
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
  12. Hokey Fright
    The Uncluded
  13. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
  14. Attica!
    Wussy
  15. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
  16. Funeral Dress II
    Wussy
  17. Maya
    M.I.A.
  18. Estudando a Bossa: Nordeste Plaza
    Tom Zé
  19. Anti
    Rihanna
  20. Sounds of the Syrian Houran
    Dabke
  21. Whiteout Conditions
    The New Pornographers
  22. To Pimp A Butterfly
    Kendrick Lamar
  23. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
  24. Strawberry
    Wussy
  25. Relax
    Das Racist

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