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 R.E.M.

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  1. Magnet: Top 20 Albums of 2011
  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune: Chris Riemenschneider: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  3. Ology: Top 15 Indie/Alternative Albums of 2011
  4. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  5. Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011
  6. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011

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