Year-End Lists

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  1. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  2. New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2021
  3. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  4. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  5. Les Inrocks: Top 25 Albums of 2021
  6. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2021
  7. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2021
  8. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  9. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  10. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  11. Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2021
  12. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  13. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  14. Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
  15. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2021
  16. PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
  17. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2021

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