Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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  1. KCRW: Jason Bentley: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  2. Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2011
  3. Hot Press: Top 30 Albums of 2011
  4. SFGate: Mark Morford: Top 10 Most Awesome Records of 2011
  5. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  6. Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011
  7. musicOMH: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  8. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
  9. Gigwise: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  10. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  11. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011

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