Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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2012
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Music
The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Spinner 50 Best Albums of 2012

Movies

Time: Richard Corliss 10 Best Movies of 2012

Movies
Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

HuffPost 30+ Best Movies of 2012

Music

Fact 50 Best Albums of 2012

Music

Magnet Top 25 Albums of 2012

Music
Lonerism - Tame Impala

Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis Top 40 Albums of 2012

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Sound Opinions: Greg Kot Top 10 Albums of 2012

Movies
Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

Artforum: Amy Taubin Top 10 Films of 2012

Music
The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Time: Douglas Wolk Top 10 Albums of 2012

Music
All We Love We Leave Behind - Converge

Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2012

Music
The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Stereogum Top 50 Albums of 2012

Music
Quarantine - Laurel Halo

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2012

Music
Blak and Blu - Gary Clark Jr.

KCRW: Jason Bentley Top 10 Albums of 2012

Music
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen

Rolling Stone Top 50 Albums of 2012

Music
The Seer - Swans

Drowned in Sound 100 Favourite Albums of 2012

Music
Lonerism - Tame Impala

Filter Top 20 Albums of 2012

Music
Lonerism - Tame Impala

FasterLouder Top 50 Albums of 2012

Music
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Spin 50 Best Albums of 2012

Music

Gorilla vs. Bear 50 Best Albums of 2012

Books

New York: Kathryn Schulz Top 10 Books of 2012

Books

New York Times 10 Best Books of 2012

Movies
Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

New York: David Edelstein Top Ten Movies of 2012

Music
Tramp - Sharon Van Etten

Fly Top 50 Albums of 2012

Music
Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen

Uncut 75 Best Albums of 2012

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.