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. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  2. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
  3. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2016
  4. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  5. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
  6. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  7. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  8. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  9. Clash: Albums of the Year 2016
  10. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  11. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  12. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  13. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  14. Les Inrocks: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  15. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
  16. Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
  17. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  18. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  19. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016

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