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.

Lists

  1. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  2. Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012
  3. Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
  4. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  5. Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
  6. BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
  7. Billboard: 10 Best Albums of 2012
  8. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  9. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  10. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  11. Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  12. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  13. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
  14. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  15. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
  16. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  17. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012