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. Los Angeles Times: Randall Roberts: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
  2. Guardian: Best Albums of 2011
  3. Billboard: 10 Best Albums of 2011
  4. Complex: 25 Best Albums of 2011
  5. SFGate: 10 Best Albums of 2011
  6. Time: Claire Suddath: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  7. Entertainment Weekly: 20 Best Albums of 2011
  8. Slate: Jody Rosen: 10 Favorite Albums of 2011
  9. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  10. A.V. Club: Best Music of 2011
  11. Sonic: Best Albums of 2011
  12. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
  13. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2010s
  14. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  15. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2011
  16. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  17. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  18. Drowned in Sound: Favourite Albums of 2011
  19. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  20. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  21. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  22. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  23. Mojo: Best Albums of 2011
  24. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
  25. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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