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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Yellow & Green

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  1. Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2012
  2. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2012
  3. BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
  4. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
  5. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
  6. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  7. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
  8. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
  9. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012

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