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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B’lieve I’m Goin Down…

by Kurt Vile

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  1. Flood: Best Music of 2015
  2. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2015
  3. The Skinny: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
  4. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  5. A.V. Club: 15 Best Albums of 2015
  6. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  7. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  8. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  9. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
  10. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  11. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2015
  12. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  13. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  14. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  15. FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  16. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
  17. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  18. Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  19. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  20. Clash: Albums of the Year 2015
  21. Diffuser: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  22. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  23. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  24. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015
  25. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015

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