Year-End Lists

"Not Like Us"

35. Top 50 Albums of 2024: The Wire

GNX

1. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Complex
2. 40 Favorite Albums of My 2024: Brad Luen
2. Best Albums of 2024: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
3. The Best Albums of 2024: Flood
3. The Best Albums of 2024: Jem Aswad: Variety
3. The Best Albums of 2024: Chris Richards: Washington Post
3. Best Albums of 2024: Stereogum
3. Top 50 Albums of 2024: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
4. Best Albums of 2024: Billboard
4. The 25 Best Albums of 2024: A.V. Club
5. The 20 Best Albums of 2024: Dazed
5. The Best Albums of 2024: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
6. The 10 Best Albums of 2024: Alan Light: Esquire
7. The 10 Best Albums of 2024: Mesfin Fekadu: Hollywood Reporter
7. 30 Best Albums of 2024: The Ringer
7. The Best Albums of 2024: Chris Willman: Variety
7. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Yardbarker
7. Top 20 Albums of 2024: Spectrum Culture
9. The Best Albums of 2024: The Line of Best Fit
9. Top 50 Albums of 2024: Brooklyn Vegan
9. 10 Best Albums of 2024: Kitty Empire: Observer
10. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Consequence
12. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: NME
12. Best Pop Music Albums of 2024: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
13. Best Albums of 2024: Obscure Sound
14. The 20 Best Albums of 2024: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
15. The 25 Best Albums of 2024: Sunday Times
16. Albums of the Year 2024: Clash
16. 50 Best Albums of 2024: Exclaim
17. Albums of the Year 2024: Loud And Quiet
18. The Best Albums of 2024: Independent
19. The Top 50 Albums Of 2024: Still Listening
19. The 35 Best Albums of 2024: Riff
19. The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Paste
19. Best 50 Releases of 2024: The Alternative
21. The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Rolling Stone
24. Dean's List 2024: Robert Christgau
24. Favorite Albums of 2024: Grace Robins-Somerville
30. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Our Culture
34. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Slant
38. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Albumism
43. Albums of the Year 2024: Quietus

• Albums of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• The Best Albums of 2024: Atwood Magazine
• 10 of the Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2024: XXL
• The Best Albums Of 2024: HuffPost
• 10 Best Albums of 2024: Melodic Magazine
• The Best Albums of 2024: David Hajdu: The Nation
• Best Albums of 2024: Passerby
• The 50 Best Albums of 2024: NPR: NPR Music
• Best Albums of 2024: Maria Sherman: AP
• Top 100 Albums of 2024: Under the Radar
• The Best Albums of 2024: Uproxx
• Best Albums of 2024: Jon Pareles: New York Times
• The Best Albums Of 2024: Essence
• The 30 Best Albums of 2024: KCRW

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

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

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

DAMN.

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

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

Untitled Unmastered

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

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

To Pimp A Butterfly

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

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

good kid, m.A.A.d city

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

• 50 Favorite Albums of 2012: NPR: NPR Music
• 40 Best Albums of 2012: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker
• The Best Albums of the 2010s: Atwood Magazine

Section.80

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

• 50 Favorite Albums of 2011: NPR: NPR Music