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. Gorilla vs. Bear: 30 Favorite Albums of 2018
  2. Spin: 51 Best Albums of 2018
  3. Jordan Cronk: Albums 2018
  4. Austin Town Hall: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  5. Flood: Best Albums of 2018
  6. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  7. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  8. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2018
  9. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
  10. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2018
  11. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
  12. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  13. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  14. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
  15. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  16. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  17. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018
  18. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  19. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

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