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. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
  2. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  3. NPR Music: Nate Chinen: Top 21 Albums of 2017
  4. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  5. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  6. Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
  7. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  8. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  9. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2017
  10. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
  11. NPR Music: Robin Hilton: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  12. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 11 Best Albums of 2017
  13. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  14. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  15. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  16. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  17. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  18. 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
  19. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  20. Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017
  21. Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
  22. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  23. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  24. Time: Raisa Bruner: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  25. NPR Music: Stephen Thompson: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  26. Clash: Albums of the Year 2017
  27. Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
  28. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  29. Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
  30. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: Best Albums of 2017
  31. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  32. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2017
  33. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
  34. Flood: Best Albums of 2017
  35. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2017
  36. The Alternative: Top 50 Releases of 2017
  37. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  38. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  39. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017
  40. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  41. Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017
  42. Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  43. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  44. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  45. Chron: Joey Guerra: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  46. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  47. Daily Beast: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  48. The Ringer: Rob Harvilla: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  49. Tiny Mix Tapes: 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017
  50. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  51. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  52. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
  53. In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
  54. American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2017
  55. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  56. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  57. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  58. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  59. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
  60. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  61. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  62. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  63. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017
  64. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  65. Gorilla vs. Bear: 62 Favorite Albums of 2017
  66. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  67. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  68. Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  69. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  70. The Needle Drop: Tony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  71. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  72. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

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