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
Podcasts
Highlights
Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2023
Economist: The Best Films of 2023
New Yorker: Sarah Larson: The Best Podcasts of 2023
Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2023
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2021 Music
PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
08 December 2021
PopMatters
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The 75 Best Albums of 2021
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Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Little Simz
Promises
Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
Seventeen Going Under
Sam Fender
Collapsed in Sunbeams
Arlo Parks
Second Line
Dawn Richard
Spare Ribs
Sleaford Mods
Star-Crossed
Kacey Musgraves
We're All Alone in This Together
Dave
Montero
Lil Nas X
Play With the Changes
Rochelle Jordan
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Injury Reserve
Infinite Granite
Deafheaven
Afrique Victime
Mdou Moctar
For the First Time
Black Country, New Road
Sour
Olivia Rodrigo
Daddy's Home
St. Vincent
Phantom Cabinet Vol. 1
Pepe Deluxé
In These Silent Days
Brandi Carlile
Fire
The Bug
Mercurial World
Magdalena Bay
Reflection
Loraine James
Blue Weekend
Wolf Alice
Sinner Get Ready
Lingua Ignota
The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows
Damon Albarn
Bright Magic
Public Service Broadcasting
Valentine
Snail Mail
The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers
Valerie June
Ignorance
The Weather Station
Smiling with No Teeth
Genesis Owusu
Jubilee
Japanese Breakfast
Flying Dream 1
Elbow
Black Encyclopedia of the Air
Moor Mother
Too Loyal for My Own Good
Headie One
Chemtrails over the Country Club
Lana Del Rey
Urban Driftwood
Yasmin Williams
They're Calling Me Home
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
Wary + Strange
Amythyst Kiah
Little Oblivions
Julien Baker
Far In
Helado Negro
Long Time Coming
Sierra Ferrell
I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses
Backxwash
Home Video
Lucy Dacus
Prioritise Pleasure
Self Esteem
Stand For Myself
Yola
Happier Than Ever
Billie Eilish
I Don’t Live Here Anymore
The War on Drugs
You Signed Up For This
Maisie Peters
An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
Cassandra Jenkins
G_d's Pee at State's End!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Screen Violence
Chvrches
On All Fours
Goat Girl
You Get It All
Hayes Carll
Vince Staples
Vince Staples
Mood Valiant
Hiatus Kaiyote
Loving In Stereo
Jungle
Glow On
Turnstile
Flock
Jane Weaver
Colors II
Between the Buried and Me
Boy from Michigan
John Grant
Things Take Time, Take Time
Courtney Barnett
All Hours
Anz
Hushed and Grim
Mastodon
In the Meantime
Alessia Cara
Natten
Bremer McCoy
Celestial Blues
King Woman
Leftover Feelings
John Hiatt and Jerry Douglas
Music For Psychedelic Therapy
Jon Hopkins
Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts
Low Cut Connie
Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
Aaron Lee Tasjan
Senjutsu
Iron Maiden
If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Halsey
Terrain
Portico Quartet
Cavalcade
black midi
Yol
Altın Gün
As The Love Continues
Mogwai