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. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  2. New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2021
  3. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  4. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  5. Les Inrocks: Top 25 Albums of 2021
  6. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2021
  7. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  8. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  9. Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2021
  10. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2021
  11. Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
  12. PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
  13. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2021

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