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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Vince Staples

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  1. Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  2. Wired: Jason Parham: The 8 Best Albums of 2021
  3. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  4. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  5. Complex: The Best Albums of 2021
  6. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  7. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  8. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  9. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  10. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  11. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
  12. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  13. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  14. PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
  15. Clash: Albums of the Year 2021
  16. Hanif Abdurraqib: 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021

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