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. Les Inrocks: Top 25 Albums of 2021
  2. Clash: Albums of the Year 2021
  3. Northern Transmissions: Top 20 Albums of 2021
  4. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  5. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2021
  6. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  7. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked
  8. Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2021
  9. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  10. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  11. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2021

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