Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
NPR: Best Albums of 2025
In Review Online: Top 25 Films of 2021
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In Amber

by Hercules and Love Affair

Appears on two lists

The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters

2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 25 Best Albums of 2025 Time Out
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music

Trending Works

I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Schlagenheim Black Midi
Remind Me Tomorrow Sharon Van Etten
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Rakshak Bloodywood
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
A Little Prayer Angus MacLachlan
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Train Dreams Clint Bentley

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