Year-End Lists

Tigers Blood

• #1 The 25 Best Albums of 2024: A.V. Club
• #2 The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Paste
• #2 The 10 Best Albums of 2024: Stephen Kearse: Time
• #3 Best 50 Releases of 2024: The Alternative
• #3 Best Pop Music Albums of 2024: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• #3 50 Best Albums of 2024: Exclaim
• #3 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Consequence
• #3 Favorite Roots Albums of 2024: No Depression
• #3 The Top 30 Albums of 2024: Jordan Cronk
• #4 Best Albums of 2024: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
• #4 Best Albums of 2024: Stereogum
• #4 Favorite Albums of 2024: Bob Boilen
• #5 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Slant
• #5 Albums of the Year 2024: Loud And Quiet
• #5 The Best Albums of 2024: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
• #5 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Our Culture
• #5 Top 50 Albums of 2024: Beats Per Minute
• #5 Best Albums of 2024: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
• #6 Best International Albums of 2024: Mondo Sonoro
• #6 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Pitchfork
• #7 The Best Albums of 2024: Flood
• #8 The Best Albums of 2024: The Forty-Five
• #8 Best Albums of 2024: Northern Transmissions
• #9 The 80 Best Albums of 2024: PopMatters
• #9 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Treble
• #9 Best Albums of 2024: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
• #10 Top 50 Albums Of 2024: Fire Note
• #10 The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Rolling Stone
• #10 80 Best Albums of 2024: Uncut
• #12 Top 50 Albums of 2024: Brooklyn Vegan
• #12 Top 20 Albums of 2024: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
• #13 Albums of 2024: The Skinny
• #13 The Best Country Music Albums of 2024: Holler
• #13 Favorite Albums of 2024: Grace Robins-Somerville
• #14 Favorite Albums Of 2024: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
• #14 Best Albums of 2024: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
• #17 30 Best Albums of 2024: The Ringer
• #17 Top 100 Albums of 2024: Under the Radar
• #18 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Guardian
• #18 Best Albums of 2024: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
• #19 Albums of the Year 2024: Clash
• #20 The Best Albums of 2024: The Line of Best Fit
• #20 Best Albums of 2024: Folk Alley
• #20 123 Favorite Albums Of 2024: Hanif Abdurraqib
• #21 Best Albums of 2024: Billboard
• #25 UK Albums of the Year 2024: Rough Trade
• #26 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: The Fader
• #27 Albums of the Year 2024: Dork
• #28 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Albumism
• #30 75 Best Albums of 2024: Mojo
• #32 The Best Albums of 2024: No Ripcord
• #32 Top 40 Best Albums Of 2024: mxdwn
• #35 The 50 Best Albums of 2024: NME
• #48 Best Albums of 2024: Obscure Sound
• #55 Dean's List 2024: Robert Christgau

• The Best Music of 2024: Mark Richardson: Wall Street Journal
• 20 Best Albums of 2024: Glide
• Best Southern Albums of 2024: Bitter Southerner
• The 10 Best Albums of 2024: Entertainment Weekly Honorable mention
• The Best Albums of 2024: David Hajdu: The Nation Honorable mention
• 40 Albums I Loved in 2024: Adrian Spinelli
• The 12 Best Albums of 2024: Carl Wilson: Slate Plus 20 More (alphabetical)
• The 50 Best Albums of 2024: NPR: NPR Music
• The 60 Best Albums of 2024: Josh Terry
• The Best Albums of 2024: Uproxx

Saint Cloud

• #1 Favorite Albums of 2020: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
• #1 The Top 30 Albums of 2020: Jordan Cronk
• #2 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Pitchfork
• #2 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Paste
• #2 The Best Albums of 2020: Andrew Barker: Variety
• #2 The 50 Best Albums Of 2020: Stereogum
• #2 Top 30 Albums of 2020: The Wild Honey Pie
• #2 The Best Albums of 2020: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• #3 Best Albums of 2020: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
• #3 Favorite Albums of 2020: Jeremy D. Larson
• #4 Best Albums of 2020: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
• #5 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Far Out
• #6 Top 50 Albums of 2020: Consequence of Sound
• #6 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Guardian
• #6 Top 10 Albums of 2020: The Skinny
• #6 75 Best Albums of 2020: Uncut
• #6 Top 100 Albums of 2020: Under the Radar
• #7 Best Albums of 2020: Rolling Stone
• #7 The Best Albums Of 2020: Uproxx
• #7 Top 30 Albums of 2020: Northern Transmissions
• #7 Top 20 Albums of 2020: Spectrum Culture
• #8 The Best Albums of 2020: Flood
• #8 Top 50 Albums of 2020: Treble
• #9 The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Vice: Noisey
• #9 The 60 Best Albums of 2020: PopMatters
• #9 The 30 Best Albums of 2020: Spin
• #12 The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
• #12 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Slant
• #12 Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade
• #12 The Best Albums of 2020: No Ripcord
• #14 Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2020: No Depression
• #14 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Our Culture
• #18 50 Best Albums of 2020: Exclaim
• #19 The 20 Best Albums of 2020: A.V. Club
• #19 Top 20 Albums of 2020: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
• #20 Albums of the Year 2020: Holler
• #24 Top 55 Albums of 2020: Brooklyn Vegan
• #26 51 Best Albums of 2020: Gigwise
• #33 Albums of the Year 2020: Clash
• #35 Dean's List 2020: Robert Christgau
• #36 Top 50 Albums of 2020: Beats Per Minute
• #37 The 45 Best Albums of 2020: The Forty-Five
• #47 The 50 Best Albums of 2020: NPR: NPR Music
• #71 The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Albumism

• Top Albums of 2020: American Songwriter
• The Best Music of 2020: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker Honorable mention
• The 15 Best Albums of 2020: Entertainment Weekly Ones that just missed the cut
• Best Albums of 2020: Jon Caramanica: New York Times And 27 more for a chaotic year
• 20 Best Albums of 2020: Glide Honorable mention

American Weekend

• #5 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk

Out in the Storm

• #1 Top 25 Albums of 2017: Magnet
• #7 Favorite Albums of 2017: Jordan Cronk
• #8 50 Best Albums of 2017: Stereogum
• #8 Top 20 Albums of 2017: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
• #9 Dean's List 2017: Robert Christgau
• #10 Top 100 Albums of 2017: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
• #10 20 Best Albums of 2017: A.V. Club
• #14 51 Best Albums of 2017: Rolling Stone
• #18 50 Best Albums of 2017: Paste
• #27 The 50 Best Albums of 2017: Far Out
• #41 Best 50 Albums of 2017: NPR: NPR Music
• #50 100 Best Albums of 2017: Earbuddy
• #54 Top 100 Albums of 2017: Under the Radar

• The Best Albums of 2017: Carl Wilson: Slate
• Top Ten Albums of 2017: Stranger Besties
• Top 50 Albums of 2017: Austin Town Hall

Ivy Tripp

• #6 50 Best Albums of 2015: Spin
• #8 15 Best Albums of 2015: A.V. Club
• #13 The 50 Best Albums of 2015: The Skinny
• #15 Top 20 Albums of 2015: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
• #19 50 Best Albums of 2015: Stereogum
• #23 50 Best Albums of 2015: Time Out London
• #24 The 50 Best Albums of 2015: Treble
• #37 Top 100 Albums of 2015: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
• #38 Albums of the Year 2015: Crack Magazine

• Top 25 Albums of 2015: Carl Wilson: Slate
• 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones holy cats / is best

Cerulean Salt

• #8 Top 20 Albums of 2013: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
• #16 50 Best Albums of 2013: Stereogum
• #17 Best Albums of 2013: NME
• #19 50 Best Albums of 2013: Paste
• #22 Top 50 Albums of 2013: Pitchfork
• #22 Top 50 Albums of 2013: Cokemachineglow
• #22 40 Best Albums of 2013: Pretty Much Amazing
• #31 Top 100 Albums of 2013: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
• #36 Top 50 Albums of 2013: Consequence of Sound
• #36 50 Best Albums of 2013: Rolling Stone
• #47 The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Stereogum
• #61 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
• #70 Albums of the Year 2013: Crack Magazine
• #104 The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork