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. Rise: Records of the Year 2011
  2. NOW: Richard Trapunski: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  3. Brooklyn Vegan: Bradford Cox: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  4. Globe and Mail: Brad Wheeler: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  5. Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011
  6. Prefix: Top Albums of 2011
  7. Epitonic: Top 40 Albums of 2011
  8. Mojo: Best Albums of 2011
  9. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  10. Drowned in Sound: Favourite Albums of 2011
  11. Austin Town Hall: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  12. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  13. Pretty Much Amazing: 40 Best Albums of 2011
  14. DIY: Albums of 2011
  15. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2011
  16. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  17. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  18. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  19. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
  20. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  21. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  22. Piccadilly Records: Albums of 2011

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