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. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top Albums of 2011
  2. Globe and Mail: Brad Wheeler: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune: Jon Bream: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  4. Chicago Sun-Times: Thomas Conner: Top Albums of 2011
  5. Los Angeles Times: Todd Martens: Top 15 Albums of 2011
  6. Minneapolis Star Tribune: Chris Riemenschneider: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  7. SFGate: 10 Best Albums of 2011
  8. New York Times: Nate Chinen: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  9. Boston Globe: Sarah Rodman: Top Albums of 2011
  10. NPR Music: Stephen Thompson: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
  11. NPR Music: Ann Powers: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
  12. Globe and Mail: Robert Everett-Green: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  13. Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011
  14. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  15. Hartford Courant: Eric R. Danton: Top 20 Albums of 2011
  16. Pretty Much Amazing: 40 Best Albums of 2011
  17. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011

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