Year-End Lists

Here We Go Crazy

• 25 The Best Albums of 2025: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
• 34 Albums of the Year 2025: God Is In The TV
• 90 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone

Blue Hearts

• 12 The Best Albums of 2020: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
• 52 The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Albumism

• Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic
• Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade Rounding out the top 100

Sunshine Rock

• 76 Dean's List 2019: Robert Christgau

• Top 10 Albums of 2019: Steve Erickson: GCN Runner-up

Patch the Sky

• 20 Top 25 Albums of 2016: Magnet
• 82 Top 100 Albums of 2016: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop

• Top Albums of 2016: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions The next 10

Beauty & Ruin

• 11 Top 20 Albums of 2014: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions
• 34 Top 40 Albums of 2014: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions
• 71 75 Best Albums of 2014: Uncut
• 94 Top 100 Albums of 2014: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop

Silver Age

• 8 25 Best Albums of 2012: A.V. Club
• 17 Top 40 Albums of 2012: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions
• 20 50 Best Albums of 2012: Spinner
• 42 Top 100 Albums of 2012: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
• 45 75 Best Albums of 2012: PopMatters
• 47 50 Best Albums of 2012: AllMusic