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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They Want My Soul

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  1. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2014
  2. Under the Radar: Top 140 Albums of 2014
  3. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014
  4. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  5. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2014
  6. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  7. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  8. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2014
  9. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2014
  10. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 20 Albums of 2014
  11. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  12. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2014
  13. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  14. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  15. Drowned in Sound: 51 Favourite Albums of 2014
  16. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2014

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