Year-End Lists

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  1. Dazed: The Best Albums of 2021
  2. Complex: The Best Albums of 2021
  3. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  4. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  5. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
  6. Business Insider: Callie Ahlgrim: The Best Albums of 2021
  7. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2021
  8. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2021
  9. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
  10. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  11. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  12. NPR Music: 50 Best Albums of 2021
  13. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2021
  14. Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2021
  15. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
  16. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2021
  17. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2022

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