Year-End Lists
A browsable archive 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
Podcasts
Highlights
New York Times: A.O. Scott: Best Movies of 2021
The Needle Drop: Tony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2021
Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2021
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2021
Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2020
2012 Music
Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
17 December 2012
Les Inrockuptibles
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Top 100 Albums of 2012
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An Awesome Wave
alt-J
Lonerism
Tame Impala
Wixiw
Liars
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Django Django
Django Django
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
Born to Die
Lana Del Rey
Lescop
Lescop
Boys & Girls
Alabama Shakes
Coexist
The xx
Bloom
Beach House
Shields
Grizzly Bear
Mature Themes
Ariel Pink
Sun
Cat Power
Vengeance
Benjamin Biolay
Kill for Love
Chromatics
Beams
Matthew Dear
Swing Lo Magellan
Dirty Projectors
Mondo
Electric Guest
Visions
Grimes
Places
Lou Doillon
World, You Need a Change of Mind
Kindness
Mermonte
Mermonte
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
Here We Are
Citizens
Other People’s Problems
Breton
The invitation to the Voyage
Eugene Mc Guiness
Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
Spiritualized
Vampiric way
Bewitched Hands
Oshin
DIIV
‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Richard Hawley
Home Again
Michael Kiwanuka
Come of Age
The Vaccines
Acousmatic Sorcery
Willis Earl Beal
Life is People
Bill Fay
X-Pianos
Chassol
Vers les lueurs
Dominique A
America
Dan Deacon
Psychedelic Pill
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
The Seer
Swans
Old Ideas
Leonard Cohen
L’Amour, l’Argent, le vent
Barbara Carlotti
R.I.P.
Actress
Beacon
Two Door Cinema Club
Astronomie
Avec Pas D’Casque
Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
Beth Jeans Houghton
Big Inner
Matthew E. White
Give You the Ghost
Poliça
Apnea
O. Children
Centipede Hz
Animal Collective
Blunderbuss
Jack White
Something
Chairlift
Cheek Mountain Thief
Cheek Mountain Thief
Orkney Symphony of The Magnetic North
The Magnetic North
Be Your Own King
Concrete Knives
We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart
Jonathan Boulet
Putrifiers II
Thee Oh Sees
A Wasteland Companion
M. Ward
Meat + Bone
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Manifest!
Friends
Nootropics
Lower Dens
Passion
Para One
We’re All Dying to Live
Rich Aucoin
Circles
Moon Duo
Rich Forever
Rick Ross
Locked Down
Dr. John
Total Loss
How to Dress Well
Coline
Baden Baden
Until the Quiet Comes
Flying Lotus
Rover
Rover
Tantale
Monogrenade
Held
Holy Other
The Lion’s Roar
First Aid Kit
Taranta
Mina Tindle
Desesperanza
Meridian Brothers
$O$
Die Antwoord
Pray to Be Free
James Levy & The Blood Red Rose
Riots in the Jungle
SKIP&DIE
La Fin De L’espèce
Klub des Loosers
Tarnished Gold
Beachwood Sparks
Fear Fun
Father John Misty
O Deus que devasta mas também cura
Lucas Santtana
Given to the Wild
The Maccabees
Melody’s Echo Chamber
Melody’s Echo Chamber
Rituels d’un nouveau monde
Zombie Zombie
Top Ten Hits of the End of the World
Prince Rama
Palindrome Hunches
Neil Halstead
The Haunted Man
Bat for Lashes
Free Time!
Pinkunoizu
Daughter of Cloud
of Montreal
Spooky Action at a Distance
Lotus Plaza
I Predict a Graceful Expulsion
Cold Specks
Futur
Booba
The Bravest Man in the Universe
Bobby Womack
Awe Naturale
THEESatisfaction
Please Her, Please Him
Théodore Paul & Gabriel
Shy Pursuit
The Spinto Band
Dept. of Disappearance
Jason Lytle
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Bang On!