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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The Needle Drop: Tony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2021
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2021
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of the Decade 2010-2019
Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2019
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
Brandy Clark
Your Life Is a Record
Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2020
Entertainment Weekly: The 15 Best Albums of 2020
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2020
AllMusic: Best Albums of 2020
Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2020
Big Day in a Small Town
American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2016
Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
Sasha Frere-Jones: 100 Favorite Albums of 2016
AllMusic: 48 Best Albums of 2016
Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2016
12 Stories
Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2013
New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones: 42 Best Albums of 2013
AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2013
Slate: Carl Wilson: 10 Favorite Albums of 2013