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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by Margo Price

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  1. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  2. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  3. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  4. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2016
  5. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
  6. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  7. Brooklyn Vegan: Top Albums of 2016
  8. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2016
  9. Flood: The Best Records of 2016
  10. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  11. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2016

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