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.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
Poetry
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Highlights
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
NPR Music: Bob Boilen: Top Ten Albums of 2018
The Needle Drop: Tony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2022
Economist: Best Books of 2022
Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
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2011 Music
Hot Press: Top 30 Albums of 2011
10 January 2012
Hot Press
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Top 30 Albums of 2011
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Bad as Me
Tom Waits
Passenger
Lisa Hannigan
Bon Iver
Bon Iver
Skying
The Horrors
To the Death of Fun
Cashier No. 9
Build a Rocket Boys!
Elbow
The King of Limbs
Radiohead
Smother
Wild Beasts
Biophilia
Björk
50 Words for Snow
Kate Bush
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
M83
The Olympus Sound
Pugwash
Born This Way
Lady Gaga
The Whole Love
Wilco
James Blake
James Blake
Closer To You
The Coronas
Suck It and See
Arctic Monkeys
Ceremonials
Florence + The Machine
Metals
Feist
Watch the Throne
Jay-Z and Kanye West
Marcata
The Minutes
Wounded Rhymes
Lykke Li
Camp
Childish Gambino
Anna Calvi
Anna Calvi
Today I Realised I Could Walk Home Backwards
We Cut Corners
SBTRKT
SBTRKT
Fallen Empires
Snow Patrol
House of Balloons
The Weeknd
An Appointment with Mr. Yeats
The Waterboys