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. Guitar World: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  2. Antiquiet: 20 Best Albums of 2011
  3. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  4. Rip It Up: 10 Best Albums of 2011
  5. Boston Globe: Sarah Rodman: Top Albums of 2011
  6. Gigwise: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  7. Chicago Sun-Times: Thomas Conner: Top Albums of 2011
  8. Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2011
  9. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  10. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
  11. NME: Best Albums of 2011
  12. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  13. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  14. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s

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