Year-End Lists

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

Lists

  1. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  2. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  3. Northern Transmissions: Top 20 Albums of 2021
  4. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  5. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2021
  6. Jordan Cronk: The Top 30 Albums of 2021
  7. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2021
  8. Uproxx: Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums of 2021
  9. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  10. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2021
  11. The Skinny: Top Ten Albums of 2021
  12. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2021
  13. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  14. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2021
  15. Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
  16. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2021
  17. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  18. Les Inrocks: Top 25 Albums of 2021
  19. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  20. Flood: The Best Albums of 2021
  21. New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2021
  22. New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2021
  23. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
  24. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  25. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2021
  26. A.V. Club: The 20 Best Albums of 2021
  27. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  28. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  29. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  30. Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2021
  31. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  32. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  33. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  34. Clash: Albums of the Year 2021
  35. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2021
  36. Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2021
  37. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2021