Year-End Lists

Javelin

1. Entertainment Weekly: The Best Albums of 2023
2. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2023
2. Rough Trade: UK Albums of the Year 2023
2. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
2. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2023
2. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
2. New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: The Best Music of 2023
2. Bob Boilen: Favorite Albums 2023
3. The Skinny: Albums of 2023
3. Our Culture: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
3. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2023
3. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2023
3. Consequence: 50 Best Albums of 2023
3. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2023
4. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2023
4. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2023
4. The Independent: The 30 Best Albums of 2023
4. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2023
4. Passerby: Best Albums of 2023
5. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
5. Northern Transmissions: Best Albums of 2023
6. DIY: Albums of the Year 2023
6. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
8. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
11. NME: The Best Albums of 2023
15. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
17. The Ringer: The 27 Best Albums of 2023
17. Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2023
18. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2023
19. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2023
22. mxdwn: Top 40 Best Albums Of 2023
22. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
22. Billboard: Best Albums of 2023
23. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2023
28. Yardbarker: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
31. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2023
33. The Alternative: Top 55 Releases of 2023
35. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2023
39. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2023
53. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2023
72. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2023
83. God Is In The TV: Albums of the Year for 2023
92. Hanif Abdurraqib: 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023

• Uproxx: The Best Albums Of 2023
• AllMusic: Best Albums of 2023
• Vogue: The Best Albums of 2023
• New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2023
• Vinyl Factory: Our Favourite Albums of 2023
• Josh Terry: The 60 Best Albums of 2023

The Ascension

1. New York Times: Jon Pareles: Best Albums of 2020
13. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2020
16. Northern Transmissions: Top 30 Albums of 2020
17. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
17. Spin: The 30 Best Albums of 2020
19. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2020
20. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2020
22. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
26. Les Inrocks: Our Top 100 Albums of 2020
39. Uproxx Music Critics Poll: Best Albums of 2020
40. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2020
50. Mojo: 75 Best Albums of 2020
53. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2020
61. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2020

• Rough Trade: Albums of the Year 2020
• Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2020

Carrie & Lowell

1. Diffuser: 50 Best Albums of 2015
2. The Skinny: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
2. Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015
2. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2015
2. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2015
3. Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2015
3. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2015
3. A.V. Club: 15 Best Albums of 2015
4. Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015
5. Flood: Best Music of 2015
5. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015
5. Clash: Albums of the Year 2015
5. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015
5. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2015
6. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2015
6. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2015
6. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2015
7. FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015
7. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015
7. Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015
7. Time Out London: 50 Best Albums of 2015
7. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2015
7. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
8. Magnet: Top 25 Albums of 2015
10. American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2015
10. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2015
11. Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2015
13. Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Favorite Albums of 2015
15. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
16. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
16. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
17. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
17. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
21. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2015
24. NME: Top 50 Albums of 2015
25. Quietus: Top 100 Albums of 2015
26. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
28. Jordan Cronk: 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s
31. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
32. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2015
34. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
35. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
40. Q: Top 50 Albums Of 2015
41. Pigeons & Planes: 50 Best Albums of 2015
43. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
58. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s

• NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2015
• AllMusic: 55 Best Albums of 2015
• Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2015

Silver & Gold

32. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012