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. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  2. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  3. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  4. Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015
  5. Flood: Best Music of 2015
  6. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  7. The Skinny: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
  8. Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  9. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  10. Diffuser: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  11. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  12. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  13. FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  14. Entertainment Weekly: 40 Best Albums of 2015
  15. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  16. Clash: Albums of the Year 2015
  17. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  18. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  19. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  20. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
  21. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015
  22. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
  23. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015

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