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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The Weight of These Wings

by Miranda Lambert

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  1. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 15 Best Albums of 2016
  2. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2016
  3. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  4. Hanif Abdurraqib: 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016
  5. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  6. Entertainment Weekly: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  7. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
  8. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
  9. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
  10. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  11. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

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