Year-End Lists

Ugly Season

1. Autostraddle: Julie Gentile: Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022
16. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
19. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2022
23. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
26. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
26. Northern Transmissions: Top 50 Albums of 2022
43. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2022
69. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2022

• Sasha Frere-Jones: 2022 in Music
• GCN: Steve Erickson: The Best Music of 2022
• NPR Music: Marissa Lorusso: Top 10 Albums of 2022

Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

2. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2020
2. Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2020
4. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
4. Spin: The 30 Best Albums of 2020
4. Flood: The Best Albums of 2020
4. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2020
5. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
5. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2020
5. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
5. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
6. Time: Best Albums of 2020
6. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2020
7. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked
7. Jordan Cronk: The Top 30 Albums of 2020
7. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2020
8. Clash: Albums of the Year 2020
9. Variety: Jem Aswad: The Best Albums of 2020
9. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2020
10. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
10. New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2020
10. Northern Transmissions: Top 30 Albums of 2020
11. DIY: Albums of 2020
13. Entertainment Weekly: The 15 Best Albums of 2020
15. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2020
15. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
17. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2020
18. PopMatters: The 60 Best Albums of 2020
20. A.V. Club: The 20 Best Albums of 2020
21. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2020
26. Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
26. Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2020
26. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2020
30. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: 50 Best Albums of 2020
30. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of 2020
35. NPR Music: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
54. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2020
72. Les Inrocks: Our Top 100 Albums of 2020

• New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce: My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020
• Vinyl Me, Please: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
• GCN: Steve Erickson: The Best in 2020 Music
• AllMusic: Best Albums of 2020

No Shape

3. Jordan Cronk: Favorite Albums of 2017
3. Time: Raisa Bruner: Top 10 Albums of 2017
4. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
4. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
5. 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
5. Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
6. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
6. Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017
9. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
10. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2017
12. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2017
13. Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
15. Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
15. In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
16. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017
16. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
17. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2017
18. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
18. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2017
18. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
19. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
20. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2017
24. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
24. American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2017
24. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
25. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
26. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
27. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
28. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
29. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2017
29. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
36. Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2017
43. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
50. Tiny Mix Tapes: 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017
60. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018
66. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
70. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
70. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
89. Clash: Albums of the Year 2017

• Sasha Frere-Jones: Favorite Albums of 2017
• Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2017

Too Bright

1. Flavorwire: 30 Best Albums of 2014
3. Entertainment Weekly: 10 Best Albums of 2014
7. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2014
11. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2014
15. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2014
16. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2014
16. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2014
17. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2014
17. Time Out London: 30 Best Albums of 2014
20. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2014
20. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2014
22. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2014
23. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2014
23. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2014
25. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014
26. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2014
26. Under the Radar: Top 140 Albums of 2014
28. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014
37. Drowned in Sound: 51 Favourite Albums of 2014
42. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2014
67. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2014
90. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s

• New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones: 50 Most Impressive Albums of 2014
• NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2014
• Slate: Carl Wilson: Top 14 Albums of 2014
• AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2014

Put Your Back N 2 It

11. Gigwise: 50 Albums of the 2012
15. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
15. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
23. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
27. Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012
30. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
33. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012
46. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
60. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012