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. Fresh Air: Ken Tucker: Favorite Albums of 2018
  2. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2018
  3. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  4. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2018
  5. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2018
  6. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
  7. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2018
  8. Spin: 51 Best Albums of 2018
  9. Guardian: 50 Best Albums of 2018
  10. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018
  11. PopMatters: 70 Best Albums of 2018

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