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. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  2. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2016
  3. Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
  4. Tiny Mix Tapes: 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016
  5. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  6. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  7. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  8. Drowned in Sound: 16 Favourite Albums of 2016
  9. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  10. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  11. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  12. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
  13. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  14. Clash: Albums of the Year 2016
  15. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  16. Gorilla vs. Bear: 60 Favorite Albums of 2016
  17. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  18. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2016
  19. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  20. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  21. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  22. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  23. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
  24. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2016

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