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.

Lists

  1. FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  2. A.V. Club: 15 Best Albums of 2015
  3. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  4. Entertainment Weekly: 40 Best Albums of 2015
  5. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  6. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  7. Flood: Best Music of 2015
  8. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  9. Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  10. Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015
  11. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  12. Billboard: 25 Best Albums of 2015
  13. Flavorwire: 20 Favorite Albums of 2015
  14. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  15. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
  16. Clash: Albums of the Year 2015
  17. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2015
  18. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  19. Esquire: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  20. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  21. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  22. Dummy: 30 Best Albums of 2015
  23. gal-dem: Top 20 Albums of 2015
  24. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
  25. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  26. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  27. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015
  28. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  29. Time Out London: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  30. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  31. Diffuser: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  32. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  33. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  34. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  35. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
  36. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2015
  37. The Skinny: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
  38. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: 40 Favorite Albums of 2015
  39. Time: Top 10 Best Albums of 2015
  40. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
  41. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  42. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015
  43. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2015
  44. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
  45. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
  46. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
  47. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
  48. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  49. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  50. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  51. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2015
  52. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2015
  53. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015
  54. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
  55. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
  56. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s
  57. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
  58. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2015