Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Diamond Mine - King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

NPR Music: Bob Boilen 11 Favorite Albums of 2011

Diamond Mine - King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

NPR Music: Stephen Thompson 10 Favorite Albums of 2011

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

NPR Music: Ann Powers 10 Favorite Albums of 2011

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Guardian: Peter Bradshaw Best Films of 2011

Sin Sin Sin - Le Butcherettes

Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis 40 Favorite Albums of 2011

Dummy 12 Albums for 2011

The Future - Miranda July

New Yorker: Richard Brody 26 Best Films of 2011

Far Side Virtual - James Ferraro

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2011

21 - Adele

Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2011

Let England Shake - PJ Harvey

NME Best Albums of 2011

The Hare with Amber Eyes - Edmund de Waal

Atlantic: Benjamin Schwarz Books of the Year 2011

Hugo - Martin Scorsese

New Yorker: David Denby Best Films of 2011

Civilian - Wye Oak

A.V. Club Best Music of 2011

Feel It Break - Austra

New York: Nitsuh Abebe Top 10 Albums of 2011

Raven Sings the Blues Top 20 of 2011

Civilian - Wye Oak

NPR Music 50 Favorite Albums of 2011

Alexander McQueen - Andrew Bolton & others (text), Sølve Sundsbø (photographs)

Library Journal Ten Best Books of 2011

Father, Son, Holy Ghost - Girls

Stereogum Top 50 Albums of 2011

We Have a Pope - Nanni Moretti

Cahiers du Cinéma Top Ten Films of 2011

Black Up - Shabazz Palaces

Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of 2011

Nine Types of Light - TV on the Radio

KCRW: Jason Bentley Top 10 Albums of 2011

Monkeytown - Modeselektor

Clash Top 40 Albums of 2011

David Comes to Life - Fucked Up

AwkwardSound 25 Best Albums of 2011

Wild Flag - Wild Flag

Sound Opinions: Greg Kot Top Albums of 2011