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
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Albums of 2017: Vinyl Me, Please

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 100 Albums of 2014 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 The Playlist
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove Barbara Demick
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles Alan Sparhawk and Trampled by Turtles
HAGEN Titanic
The Lowdown
45 Pounds YHWH Nailgun
Dracula Radu Jude
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
XXX Danny Brown
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
High Heart Plastic Girl in Closet
Vanisher, Horizon Scraper Quadeca
Essex Honey Blood Orange
House of Huawei Eva Dou

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