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. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
  2. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2020
  3. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
  4. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
  5. Hanif Abdurraqib: 93 Favorite Albums Of 2020
  6. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2020
  7. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2020
  8. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2020

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