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. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  2. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  3. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  4. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: Best Albums of 2017
  5. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  6. Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
  7. Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  8. The Ringer: Rob Harvilla: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  9. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
  10. In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
  11. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  12. Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
  13. Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017
  14. Chron: Joey Guerra: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  15. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  16. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  17. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  18. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  19. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  20. NPR Music: Robin Hilton: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  21. Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
  22. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  23. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
  24. Daily Beast: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  25. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  26. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
  27. Time: Raisa Bruner: Top 10 Albums of 2017
  28. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017
  29. Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
  30. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  31. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  32. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  33. Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017
  34. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  35. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  36. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017
  37. Tiny Mix Tapes: 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017
  38. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 11 Best Albums of 2017
  39. Diffuser: Top 25 Albums of 2017
  40. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017
  41. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  42. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017
  43. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  44. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  45. 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
  46. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
  47. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
  48. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
  49. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  50. The Alternative: Top 50 Releases of 2017
  51. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
  52. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
  53. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
  54. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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