Year-End Lists

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The King is Dead

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  1. Austin Chronicle: Margaret Moser: Top 10 Albums of 2011
  2. Boston Globe: Sarah Rodman: Top Albums of 2011
  3. Owl Mag: Best Albums of 2011
  4. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  5. Chicago Sun-Times: Thomas Conner: Top Albums of 2011
  6. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: 40 Favorite Albums of 2011
  7. A.V. Club: Best Music of 2011
  8. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2011
  9. Antiquiet: 20 Best Albums of 2011
  10. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2011
  11. You Ain’t No Picasso: Matt Jordan: 30 Favorite Albums of 2011
  12. Hartford Courant: Eric R. Danton: Top 20 Albums of 2011
  13. BBC: Top 25 Albums of 2011
  14. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2011
  15. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  16. Rise: Records of the Year 2011
  17. musicOMH: Top 50 Albums of 2011
  18. Under the Radar: Top 80 Albums of 2011
  19. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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