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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Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

by Beastie Boys

(also known as Hot Sauce Committee Part 2)

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  1. Gigwise: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  2. KCRW: Jason Bentley: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  3. Time: Claire Suddath: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  4. Ology: Top 15 Indie/Alternative Albums of 2011
  5. SFGate: 10 Best Albums of 2011
  6. You Ain’t No Picasso: Matt Jordan: 30 Favorite Albums of 2011
  7. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  8. Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2011
  9. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: 40 Favorite Albums of 2011
  10. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  11. Piccadilly Records: Albums of 2011
  12. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011

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