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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by Lana Del Rey

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  1. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  2. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  3. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  4. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  5. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  6. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  7. Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
  8. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  9. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  10. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  11. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  12. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  13. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  14. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  15. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
  16. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  17. Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
  18. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  19. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  20. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  21. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  22. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  23. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  24. Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  25. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s

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