Year-End Lists

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35. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024

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1. Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
3. Stereogum: Best Albums of 2024
3. Washington Post: Chris Richards: The Best Albums of 2024
3. Flood: The Best Albums of 2024
3. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2024
3. Variety: Jem Aswad: The Best Albums of 2024
4. A.V. Club: The 25 Best Albums of 2024
4. Billboard: Best Albums of 2024
5. Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2024
5. Variety: Steven J. Horowitz: The Best Albums of 2024
6. Esquire: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
7. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2024
7. Yardbarker: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
7. Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu: The 10 Best Albums of 2024
7. The Ringer: 30 Best Albums of 2024
7. Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2024
9. Observer: Kitty Empire: 10 Best Albums of 2024
9. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2024
9. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2024
10. Consequence: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
12. The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca: Best Pop Music Albums of 2024
12. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
13. Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2024
14. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 20 Best Albums of 2024
15. Sunday Times: The 25 Best Albums of 2024
16. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2024
17. Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2024
18. Independent: The Best Albums of 2024
19. The Alternative: Best 50 Releases of 2024
19. Still Listening: The Top 50 Albums Of 2024
19. Riff: The 35 Best Albums of 2024
19. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of 2024
21. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2024
24. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2024
30. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
34. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
38. Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
43. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2024

• Essence: The Best Albums Of 2024
• XXL: 10 of the Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2024
• HuffPost: The Best Albums Of 2024
• Melodic Magazine: 10 Best Albums of 2024
• The Nation: David Hajdu: The Best Albums of 2024
• Passerby: Best Albums of 2024
• NPR Music: The 50 Best Albums of 2024
• AP: Maria Sherman: Best Albums of 2024
• Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2024
• Uproxx: The Best Albums of 2024
• New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2024
• KCRW: The 30 Best Albums of 2024

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

1. KCRW: The 22 Best Albums of 2022
1. BBC Radio 6 Music: Albums of the Year 2022
1. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2022
2. Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2022
2. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
3. Les Inrocks: Top 25 Albums of 2022
3. Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu: The Best Albums of 2022
3. Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2022
3. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2022
3. The Skinny: Top Ten Albums of 2022
4. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2022
4. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2022 Ranked
4. Billboard: Best Albums of 2022
4. Variety: Jem Aswad: The Best Albums of 2022
5. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
5. Essence: The 5 Best Albums Of 2022
5. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
6. Okayplayer: 22 Best Albums of 2022
6. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2022
6. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2022
7. Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2022
7. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
7. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2022
8. The Ringer: The 33 Best Albums of 2022
8. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2022
8. Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2022
10. Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2022
10. Clash: Albums Of The Year 2022
11. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2022
11. Crack Magazine: The Top 50 Albums of 2022
12. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2022
12. DIY: Albums of 2022
13. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
14. Flood: The Best Albums of 2022
17. Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2022
20. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2022
20. NPR Music: Best Albums of 2022
20. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2022
22. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2022
23. Northern Transmissions: Top 50 Albums of 2022
25. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2022
26. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
32. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
34. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2022
34. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2022
52. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2022

• Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2022
• The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca: Best Pop Music Albums of 2022
• Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2022
• Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 20 Best Albums of 2022
• San Francisco Chronicle: Adrian Spinelli: Best Albums of 2022
• New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2022
• New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2022
• Vinyl Me, Please: The Best Albums of 2022
• Aquarium Drunkard: 2022 Year in Review
• Wired: Jason Parham: The 12 Best Albums of 2022
• Boston Globe: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

DAMN.

1. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
1. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
1. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: 10 Best Albums of 2017
1. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
1. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
1. Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
1. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2017
1. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
1. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017
1. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2017
1. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 11 Best Albums of 2017
1. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
1. NPR Music: Robin Hilton: Top 10 Albums of 2017
1. Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
1. Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017
1. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
1. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
1. NPR Music: Nate Chinen: Top 21 Albums of 2017
1. 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
1. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2017
1. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
2. NPR Music: Stephen Thompson: Top 10 Albums of 2017
2. Time: Raisa Bruner: Top 10 Albums of 2017
2. Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
2. Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2017
2. Clash: Albums of the Year 2017
2. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: Best Albums of 2017
2. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2017
2. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2017
2. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
2. Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
3. The Alternative: Top 50 Releases of 2017
3. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2017
3. Flood: Best Albums of 2017
3. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
3. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2017
3. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2017
3. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2017
3. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
3. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017
4. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
5. Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017
5. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2017
5. Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
6. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2017
6. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017
6. Tiny Mix Tapes: 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017
6. Daily Beast: 10 Best Albums of 2017
6. The Ringer: Rob Harvilla: 10 Best Albums of 2017
6. Chron: Joey Guerra: 10 Best Albums of 2017
6. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
7. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
8. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
8. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
10. American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2017
10. In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
11. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
11. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
12. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
14. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017
18. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
19. Hanif Abdurraqib: 39 Favorite Albums Of 2017
21. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
24. Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2017
25. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
27. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017
27. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
31. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
35. Gorilla vs. Bear: 62 Favorite Albums of 2017
36. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
41. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2017
41. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2017
44. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
45. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2017
48. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
57. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

• Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2017
• Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2017
• Sasha Frere-Jones: Favorite Albums of 2017
• AllMusic: 70 Best Albums of 2017
• Vibe: 25 Best Albums of 2017
• New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: 10 Best Albums of 2017
• Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: 10 Favorite Albums of 2017
• gal-dem: 27 Albums That Made Our 2017
• Time: The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s

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8. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2016
11. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2016
11. Flood: The Best Records of 2016
13. Gorilla vs. Bear: 60 Favorite Albums of 2016
15. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2016
15. Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2016
16. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2016
20. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2016
23. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2016
23. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2016
24. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2016
29. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2016
33. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2016
36. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2016
40. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2016
45. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2016

• AllMusic: 48 Best Albums of 2016
• Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top Albums of 2016
• Sasha Frere-Jones: 100 Favorite Albums of 2016
• gal-dem: Best Albums of 2016

To Pimp A Butterfly

1. Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015
1. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2015
1. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2015
1. FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015
1. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2015
1. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015
1. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2015
1. Flood: Best Music of 2015
1. Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015
1. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2015
1. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2015
1. Billboard: 25 Best Albums of 2015
1. Flavorwire: 20 Favorite Albums of 2015
1. A.V. Club: 15 Best Albums of 2015
1. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
1. Clash: Albums of the Year 2015
1. Entertainment Weekly: 40 Best Albums of 2015
1. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2015
1. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
1. Esquire: The Best Albums of the 2010s
1. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
1. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
2. gal-dem: Top 20 Albums of 2015
2. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
2. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2015
2. Dummy: 30 Best Albums of 2015
2. Time Out London: 50 Best Albums of 2015
2. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
2. Diffuser: 50 Best Albums of 2015
2. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2015
2. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015
2. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2015
2. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2015
2. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
2. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
2. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
3. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2015
3. Time: Top 10 Best Albums of 2015
3. The Skinny: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
3. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: 40 Favorite Albums of 2015
3. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
3. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
4. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2015
4. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
4. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015
4. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
4. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
5. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
7. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
8. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
9. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2015
9. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2015
11. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015
11. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2015
11. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
21. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
22. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s
28. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
77. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2015

• Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2015
• NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2015
• Sasha Frere-Jones: 89 Favorite Albums of 2015
• Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 20 Albums of 2015
• AllMusic: 55 Best Albums of 2015
• Slate: Carl Wilson: Top 25 Albums of 2015
• Cokemachineglow: 10 Favorite Albums of 2015
• Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of the Decade
• Albumism: The 110 Best Albums of the 2010s
• New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of the Decade

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1. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2012
1. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
1. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
1. Sonic: 25 Best Albums of 2012
1. BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
1. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
2. Time: Douglas Wolk: Top 10 Albums of 2012
2. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
2. Billboard: 10 Best Albums of 2012
2. Source: Top 20 Albums of 2012
2. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
2. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 10 Albums of 2012
3. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
3. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
3. Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
3. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
4. Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2012
4. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
4. AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
4. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
5. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
5. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
5. Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
5. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
5. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
6. Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
6. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
7. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
8. Idolator: 10 Best New Albums of 2012
8. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
9. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
10. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
10. A.V. Club: 25 Best Albums of 2012
12. MSN: 10 Best Albums of 2012
14. Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012
15. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
16. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
17. Barnes & Noble Review: Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012
18. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
18. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
19. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
20. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
23. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2012
24. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
28. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
33. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
37. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
44. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
46. Quietus: 75 Favorite Albums of 2012
52. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
53. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
66. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
79. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012

• NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2012
• New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones: 40 Best Albums of 2012
• Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of the Decade

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7. Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011
8. New York: Nitsuh Abebe: Top 10 Albums of 2011
9. New York Times: Ben Ratliff: Top 10 Albums of 2011
40. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2011
42. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2011
43. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011
44. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
45. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011

• NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2011