Year-End Lists

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1. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
1. Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2023
2. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2023
2. The Ringer: The 27 Best Albums of 2023
2. Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2023
3. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2023
3. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
4. New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2023
5. New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2023
6. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2023
6. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2023
6. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2023
6. Entertainment Weekly: The Best Albums of 2023
6. The Alternative: Top 55 Releases of 2023
6. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
8. The Independent: The 30 Best Albums of 2023
8. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
9. Billboard: Best Albums of 2023
9. Northern Transmissions: Best Albums of 2023
9. mxdwn: Top 40 Best Albums Of 2023
9. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2023
10. Observer: Kitty Empire: 10 Best Albums of 2023
10. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2023
10. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 20 Best Albums of 2023
11. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
11. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
12. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2023
12. The Skinny: Albums of 2023
13. DIY: Albums of the Year 2023
16. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2023
16. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2023
18. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2023
20. Esquire: 20 Best Albums of 2023
21. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
23. NME: The Best Albums of 2023
24. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
25. Consequence: 50 Best Albums of 2023
28. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2023
36. Crack Magazine: The Top 50 Albums of 2023
41. Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2023

• New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2023
• Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2023
• Hollywood Reporter: Mesfin Fekadu: The 10 Best Albums of 2023
• AllMusic: Best Albums of 2023
• Vogue: The Best Albums of 2023
• Vinyl Factory: Our Favourite Albums of 2023

Blue Banisters

3. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
17. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
19. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
27. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
31. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2021
37. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2021
41. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2021

• New Statesman: The Best Albums of 2021
• Atwood Magazine: 2021 Albums of the Year

Chemtrails over the Country Club

3. Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
4. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
5. Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 10 Best Albums of 2021
7. Washington Post: Chris Richards: Best Music of 2021
7. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2021
11. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2021
11. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2021
19. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
25. Spin: The 30 Best Albums Of 2021
27. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2021
34. PopMatters: The 75 Best Albums of 2021
35. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2021
38. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
40. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2021
43. Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2021
43. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2021
45. Clash: Albums of the Year 2021

• Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2021
• Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2021
• New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2021
• Passerby: Best Albums of 2021

Norman Fucking Rockwell!

1. Fresh Air: Ken Tucker: Top 10 Albums of 2019
1. Washington Post: Chris Richards: Best Music of 2019
1. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
1. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2019
1. The Ringer: The Best Albums of 2019
1. Gorilla vs. Bear: Favorite Albums of 2019
1. Slant: The 25 Best Albums of 2019
1. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2019
1. Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2019
1. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
1. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2019
2. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2019
2. Jordan Cronk: Top 30 Albums of 2019
2. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2019
2. Variety: Andrew Barker: The Best Albums of 2019
2. NPR Music: Robin Hilton: Best Albums of 2019
2. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of 2019
3. Spin: The 10 Best Albums of 2019
3. Rolling Stone: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
3. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
3. PopMatters: The 70 Best Albums of 2019
3. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
4. Thrillist: The Best Albums of 2019
4. Time: The 10 Best Albums of 2019
5. Flood: The Best Albums of 2019
5. Albumism: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
5. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2019
5. Northern Transmissions: Top 20 Albums of 2019
6. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2019
6. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
6. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
7. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2019
7. New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2019
7. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2019
8. Les Inrocks: Top 50 Albums of 2019
8. A.V. Club: The 20 Best Albums of 2019
8. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2019
8. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2019
9. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2019
9. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2019
15. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2019
15. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
16. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
17. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
18. Complex: Top Music Albums of 2019
19. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2019
19. NPR Music: 25 Best Albums of 2019
19. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2019
19. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
22. Clash: Albums of the Year 2019
32. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
33. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2019
37. Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2019
46. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2019
62. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
67. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
73. Rough Trade: Albums of the Year 2019
89. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade

• Atlantic: The 18 Best Albums of 2019
• American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2019
• Wired: Jason Parham: The 7 Best Albums of 2019
• GCN: Steve Erickson: The Year in Music
• Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2019
• Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2019
• New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2019
• Our Culture: 20 Best Albums of 2019

Lust for Life

2. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2017
3. Washington Post: Chris Richards: 14 Best Albums of 2017
8. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: Best Albums of 2017
8. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
11. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2017
26. Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
32. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
33. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
37. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
39. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2017
46. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
48. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
50. Gorilla vs. Bear: 62 Favorite Albums of 2017
53. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
61. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
69. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
104. Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2017

• Sasha Frere-Jones: Favorite Albums of 2017
• Vibe: 25 Best Albums of 2017

Honeymoon

7. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
10. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2015
12. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2015
15. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015
16. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
18. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2015
21. Billboard: 25 Best Albums of 2015
24. Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Favorite Albums of 2015
35. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2015
40. Diffuser: 50 Best Albums of 2015
57. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
60. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
61. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015

• Sasha Frere-Jones: 89 Favorite Albums of 2015

Ultraviolence

3. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2014
4. Entertainment Weekly: 10 Best Albums of 2014
7. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2014
10. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2014
10. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2014
10. Gorilla vs. Bear: 35 Favorite Albums of 2014
12. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2014
13. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2014
18. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2014
21. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2014
22. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014
25. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2014
37. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
39. Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2014
40. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2014
70. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
99. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

• AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2014

Paradise

• New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones: 40 Best Albums of 2012

Born to Die

3. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
4. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
7. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
9. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2012
10. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
11. Fly: Top 50 Albums of 2012
17. Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
18. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
18. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
19. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2012
26. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
29. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
31. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
32. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
40. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
40. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
42. Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
44. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
45. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
45. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
48. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
51. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2012
54. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
97. Piccadilly Records: Top 100 Albums of 2012
97. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s

• Q: 50 Best Albums of 2012
• Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of the Decade