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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Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky

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  1. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2022
  2. New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2022
  3. NPR Music: Bob Boilen: Favorite Music of 2022
  4. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
  5. Northern Transmissions: Top 50 Albums of 2022
  6. The Ringer: The 33 Best Albums of 2022
  7. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2022
  8. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
  9. Clash: Albums Of The Year 2022
  10. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2022
  11. Hanif Abdurraqib: 100 Favorite Albums of 2022

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