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. New York Times: Ben Ratliff: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  2. Washington Post: Chris Richards: Best Pop Albums of 2011
  3. NPR Music: Ann Powers: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
  4. Slate: Jody Rosen: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
  5. SFGate: 10 Best Albums of 2011
  6. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  7. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  8. Entertainment Weekly: 20 Best Albums of 2011
  9. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  10. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  11. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  12. Guardian: Best Albums of 2011
  13. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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