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. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  3. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  4. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2018
  5. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  6. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2018
  7. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2018
  8. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2018
  9. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  10. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2018
  11. The Alternative: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  12. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  13. Spin: 51 Best Albums of 2018
  14. Time: Raisa Bruner: 10 Best Albums of 2018
  15. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  16. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  17. 405: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  18. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2018
  19. Earbuddy: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  20. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  21. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  22. Entertainment Weekly: 20 Best Albums of 2018
  23. Guardian: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  24. Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  25. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  26. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2018
  27. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  28. Refinery29: The 10 Best Albums of 2018
  29. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
  30. Hanif Abdurraqib: 47 Favorite Albums Of 2018
  31. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  32. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2018
  33. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2018
  34. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  35. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  36. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  37. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  38. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018
  39. Pretty Much Amazing: Best Albums of 2018
  40. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  41. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  42. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  43. PopMatters: 70 Best Albums of 2018
  44. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  45. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018
  46. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2018
  47. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  48. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s