Year-End Lists

Sometimes, Forever

4. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2022
4. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2022
15. Northern Transmissions: Top 50 Albums of 2022
16. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
21. Flood: The Best Albums of 2022
26. Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2022
28. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2022
34. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
37. The Forty-Five: The Best Albums of 2022
41. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2022
42. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2022
45. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2022

• NPR Music: Sheldon Pearce: Top 20 Albums of 2022
• New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2022
• Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2022
• AP: Top Albums 2022

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4. A.V. Club: The 20 Best Albums of 2020
6. Flood: The Best Albums of 2020
6. Variety: Andrew Barker: The Best Albums of 2020
7. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
10. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2020
10. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2020
13. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2020
15. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
16. Gigwise: 51 Best Albums of 2020
19. Albumism: The 100 Best Albums of 2020
22. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2020
24. Northern Transmissions: Top 30 Albums of 2020
24. Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2020
25. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2020
26. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
26. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
27. Spin: The 30 Best Albums of 2020
31. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of 2020
35. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
37. Rolling Stone: Best Albums of 2020
41. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2020
42. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
43. PopMatters: The 60 Best Albums of 2020
48. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
84. Hanif Abdurraqib: 93 Favorite Albums Of 2020

• AllMusic: Best Albums of 2020
• New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce: My Thirty Favorite Albums of 2020
• Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2020

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1. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 18 Best Albums of 2018
3. The Ringer: Best Albums of 2018
3. Jordan Cronk: Albums 2018
4. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2018
7. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
8. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2018
8. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2018
10. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2018
12. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2018
13. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2018
14. The Alternative: Top 50 Albums of 2018
14. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums Of 2018
16. Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2018
20. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2018
21. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2018
27. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2018
30. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2018
35. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2018
39. NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
40. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
43. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2018
78. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
83. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
184. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

• Flavorwire: The 25 Best Albums of 2018

Collection

27. Jordan Cronk: Favorite Albums of 2017