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. Flood: Best Albums of 2018
  2. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2018
  3. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2018
  4. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2018
  5. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  6. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  7. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  8. Spin: 51 Best Albums of 2018
  9. The Alternative: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  10. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2018
  11. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  12. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  13. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2018
  14. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  15. Time: Raisa Bruner: 10 Best Albums of 2018
  16. 405: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  17. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  18. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  19. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  20. Entertainment Weekly: 20 Best Albums of 2018
  21. Earbuddy: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  22. Guardian: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  23. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  24. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2018
  25. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  26. Refinery29: The 10 Best Albums of 2018
  27. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
  28. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2018
  29. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2018
  30. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  31. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  32. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  33. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  34. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  35. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018
  36. Pretty Much Amazing: Best Albums of 2018
  37. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  38. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  39. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  40. PopMatters: 70 Best Albums of 2018
  41. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  42. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018
  43. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2018
  44. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  45. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s