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: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2021
  2. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2021
  3. Consequence of Sound: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  4. Flood: The Best Albums of 2021
  5. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  6. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2021
  7. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  8. The Needle Drop: Tony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  9. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  10. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2021

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