Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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by Greg Barker

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Best Films of 2022: John Waters: Artforum

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Dept. Q
KICK ii Arca
Portrait of My Heart Spellling
Hyperyouth Joey Valence & Brae
Vortex Gaspar Noé
In Heaven Mr Twin Sister
XXX Danny Brown
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Flesh David Szalay
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
KicK iii Arca
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
What We Can Know Ian McEwan

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