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. Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2011
  2. Impose: Jason Diamond: 25 Records Loved in 2011
  3. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  4. MagicRPM: Top 15 Albums of 2011
  5. Prefix: Top Albums of 2011
  6. Brooklyn Vegan: Bradford Cox: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  7. Los Angeles Times: Margaret Wappler: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  8. New York: Nitsuh Abebe: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  9. Exclaim: 30 Best Pop & Rock Albums of 2011
  10. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  11. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  12. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2011
  13. I Guess I’m Floating: 30 Best Albums of 2011
  14. Hartford Courant: Eric R. Danton: Top 20 Albums of 2011
  15. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  16. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  17. Jordan Cronk: 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s
  18. A.V. Club: Best Music of 2011
  19. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2011
  20. Epitonic: Top 40 Albums of 2011
  21. Drowned in Sound: Favourite Albums of 2011
  22. Pretty Much Amazing: 40 Best Albums of 2011
  23. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  24. Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011
  25. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
  26. DIY: Albums of 2011
  27. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  28. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2011
  29. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
  30. Guardian: Best Albums of 2011
  31. Mojo: Best Albums of 2011
  32. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  33. Austin Town Hall: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  34. NME: Best Albums of 2011
  35. Piccadilly Records: Albums of 2011
  36. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  37. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  38. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s