Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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The 75 Best Albums of 2021: PopMatters

2021 Albums of the Year: Atwood Magazine
Albums of 2021: Dork

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Let's Rock The Black Keys
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Territory of Light Yuko Tsushima
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Middle Jesse Welles
Moderation Elaine Castillo

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