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.

Lists

  1. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  2. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Best Albums of 2018
  3. Drowned in Sound: 15 Favourite Albums of 2018
  4. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2018
  5. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
  6. PopMatters: 70 Best Albums of 2018
  7. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  8. Hanif Abdurraqib: 47 Favorite Albums Of 2018
  9. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  10. Guardian: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  11. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2018
  12. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  13. Daily Beast: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  14. Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2018
  15. Clash: Albums of the Year 2018
  16. 405: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  17. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  18. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  19. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  20. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  21. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2018
  22. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  23. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  24. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018
  25. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s