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. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 18 Best Albums of 2018
  2. The Ringer: Best Albums of 2018
  3. Jordan Cronk: Albums 2018
  4. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  5. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  6. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2018
  7. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2018
  8. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  9. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  10. The Alternative: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  11. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  12. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  13. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2018
  14. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  15. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  16. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  17. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
  18. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  19. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018
  20. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  21. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  22. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

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