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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To Be Kind

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  1. Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  2. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2014
  3. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  4. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2014
  5. Drowned in Sound: 51 Favourite Albums of 2014
  6. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2014
  7. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  8. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2014
  9. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2014
  10. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014
  11. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2014
  12. Under the Radar: Top 140 Albums of 2014
  13. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  14. Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2014
  15. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2014
  16. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014
  17. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2014
  18. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2014

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