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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Master of My Make-Believe

by Santigold

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  1. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2012
  2. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  3. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  4. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2012
  5. AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  6. Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
  7. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  8. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  9. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012

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