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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  1. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2020
  2. Entertainment Weekly: The 15 Best Albums of 2020
  3. Variety: Andrew Barker: The Best Albums of 2020
  4. A.V. Club: The 20 Best Albums of 2020
  5. PopMatters: The 60 Best Albums of 2020
  6. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
  7. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2020
  8. Complex: The Best Albums of 2020
  9. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2020
  10. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of 2020
  11. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2020
  12. Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2020
  13. Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2020
  14. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
  15. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2020
  16. Hip Hop Golden Age: The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2020

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.