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. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017
  2. Hanif Abdurraqib: 39 Favorite Albums Of 2017
  3. Time: Raisa Bruner: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  4. Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017
  5. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  6. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  7. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  8. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  9. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  10. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  11. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
  12. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  13. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  14. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  15. Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
  16. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  17. Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
  18. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2017
  19. 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
  20. Daily Beast: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  21. Clash: Albums of the Year 2017
  22. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  23. NPR Music: Stephen Thompson: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  24. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  25. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  26. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  27. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  28. Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
  29. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  30. Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  31. NPR Music: Nate Chinen: Top 21 Albums of 2017
  32. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  33. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
  34. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2017
  35. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  36. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  37. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  38. Tiny Mix Tapes: 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017
  39. The Alternative: Top 50 Releases of 2017
  40. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  41. Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
  42. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  43. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  44. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  45. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  46. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  47. Gorilla vs. Bear: 62 Favorite Albums of 2017
  48. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  49. Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2017
  50. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  51. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
  52. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  53. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  54. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
  55. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  56. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
  57. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  58. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  59. Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2017
  60. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2017
  61. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade