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 Holly Herndon

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  1. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
  2. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  3. Dummy: 30 Best Albums of 2015
  4. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  5. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2015
  6. Clash: Albums of the Year 2015
  7. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
  8. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  9. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  10. Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015
  11. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  12. Jordan Cronk: 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s
  13. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  14. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015
  15. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  16. Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  17. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
  18. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  19. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  20. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015

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