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. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  2. Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  3. Source: Top 20 Albums of 2012
  4. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  5. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  6. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  7. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  8. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  9. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  10. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  11. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  12. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
  13. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s

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