Year-End Lists
A browsable archive 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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Highlights
The Needle Drop: Tony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2021
Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2021
The Big Picture: Chris Ryan: Top 10 Movies of the Decade
Ringer: Sean Fennessey: The Best Movies of 2021
Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2019
Kehlani
It Was Good Until It Wasn't
Complex: The Best Albums of 2020
Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2020
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2020
Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2020
GCN: Steve Erickson: The Best in 2020 Music
New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2020
While We Wait
Thrillist: The Best Albums of 2019
Complex: The Best Albums of 2019 (So Far)
NPR Music: Best Albums of 2019 (So Far)
Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2019 (So Far)
SweetSexySavage
Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
AllMusic: 70 Best Albums of 2017
You Should Be Here
Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2015
Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
Cloud 19
Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2014