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. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2015
  2. Flood: Best Music of 2015
  3. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2015
  4. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  5. Clash: Albums of the Year 2015
  6. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
  7. FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  8. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  9. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  10. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  11. Diffuser: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  12. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  13. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  14. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  15. Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  16. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
  17. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  18. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
  19. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  20. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  21. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  22. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  23. Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015
  24. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  25. Entertainment Weekly: 40 Best Albums of 2015
  26. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  27. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: 40 Favorite Albums of 2015
  28. The Skinny: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
  29. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  30. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  31. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  32. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  33. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  34. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  35. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  36. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  37. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015