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

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