Year-End Lists

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

Lists

  1. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  2. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  3. Wired: Jason Parham: The 8 Best Albums of 2021
  4. Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  5. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2021
  6. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  7. The Ringer: The Best Albums of 2021
  8. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  9. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked
  10. A.V. Club: The 20 Best Albums of 2021
  11. Flood: The Best Albums of 2021
  12. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  13. New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2021
  14. Complex: The Best Albums of 2021
  15. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
  16. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2021
  17. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  18. Rolling Stone: Brittany Spanos: Top 10 Albums of 2021
  19. Dazed: The Best Albums of 2021
  20. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  21. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  22. Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  23. Clash: Albums of the Year 2021
  24. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  25. Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2021
  26. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  27. Hanif Abdurraqib: 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021
  28. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  29. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  30. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021