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35. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024

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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Complex
2. 40 Favorite Albums of My 2024: Brad Luen
2. Best Albums of 2024: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
3. The Best Albums of 2024: Flood
3. The Best Albums of 2024: Jem Aswad: Variety
3. The Best Albums of 2024: Chris Richards: Washington Post
3. Best Albums of 2024: Stereogum
3. Top 50 Albums of 2024: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
4. Best Albums of 2024: Billboard
4. The 25 Best Albums of 2024: A.V. Club
5. The 20 Best Albums of 2024: Dazed
5. The Best Albums of 2024: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
6. The 10 Best Albums of 2024: Alan Light: Esquire
7. The 10 Best Albums of 2024: Mesfin Fekadu: Hollywood Reporter
7. 30 Best Albums of 2024: The Ringer
7. The Best Albums of 2024: Chris Willman: Variety
7. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Yardbarker
7. Top 20 Albums of 2024: Spectrum Culture
9. The Best Albums of 2024: The Line of Best Fit
9. Top 50 Albums of 2024: Brooklyn Vegan
9. 10 Best Albums of 2024: Kitty Empire: Observer
10. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Consequence
12. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: NME
12. Best Pop Music Albums of 2024: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
13. Best Albums of 2024: Obscure Sound
14. The 20 Best Albums of 2024: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
15. The 25 Best Albums of 2024: Sunday Times
16. Albums of the Year 2024: Clash
16. 50 Best Albums of 2024: Exclaim
17. Albums of the Year 2024: Loud And Quiet
18. The Best Albums of 2024: Independent
19. The Top 50 Albums Of 2024: Still Listening
19. The 35 Best Albums of 2024: Riff
19. The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Paste
19. Best 50 Releases of 2024: The Alternative
21. The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Rolling Stone
24. Dean's List 2024: Robert Christgau
24. Favorite Albums of 2024: Grace Robins-Somerville
30. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Our Culture
34. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Slant
38. The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Albumism
43. Albums of the Year 2024: Quietus

• Albums of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• The Best Albums of 2024: Atwood Magazine
• 10 of the Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2024: XXL
• The Best Albums Of 2024: HuffPost
• 10 Best Albums of 2024: Melodic Magazine
• The Best Albums of 2024: David Hajdu: The Nation
• Best Albums of 2024: Passerby
• The 50 Best Albums of 2024: NPR: NPR Music
• Best Albums of 2024: Maria Sherman: AP
• Top 100 Albums of 2024: Under the Radar
• The Best Albums of 2024: Uproxx
• Best Albums of 2024: Jon Pareles: New York Times
• The Best Albums Of 2024: Essence
• The 30 Best Albums of 2024: KCRW

Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers

1. The 22 Best Albums of 2022: KCRW
1. Albums of the Year 2022: BBC Radio 6 Music
1. 50 Best Albums of 2022: Complex
2. The 100 Best Albums of 2022: Albumism
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Guardian
3. Top 25 Albums of 2022: Les Inrocks
3. The Best Albums of 2022: Mesfin Fekadu: Hollywood Reporter
3. The 20 Best Albums of 2022: Dazed
3. Best Albums of 2022: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
3. Top Ten Albums of 2022: The Skinny
4. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Brooklyn Vegan
4. The Best Albums of 2022 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
4. Best Albums of 2022: Billboard
4. The Best Albums of 2022: Jem Aswad: Variety
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: NME
5. The 5 Best Albums Of 2022: Essence
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Far Out
6. 22 Best Albums of 2022: Okayplayer
6. 50 Best Albums of 2022: Exclaim
6. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Beats Per Minute
7. Albums of the Year 2022: Loud And Quiet
7. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Slant
7. Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus
8. The 33 Best Albums of 2022: The Ringer
8. 75 Best Albums of 2022: Uncut
8. The 10 Best Albums of 2022: Time
10. The Best Albums of 2022: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider
10. Albums Of The Year 2022: Clash
11. The 100 Best Albums of 2022: Rolling Stone
11. The Top 50 Albums of 2022: Crack Magazine
12. Top 20 Albums of 2022: Spectrum Culture
12. Albums of 2022: DIY
13. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Pitchfork
14. The Best Albums of 2022: Flood
17. 51 Best Albums of 2022: Gigwise
20. The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters
20. Best Albums of 2022: NPR: NPR Music
20. The 50 Best Albums Of 2022: Stereogum
22. Top 100 Albums of 2022: Under the Radar
23. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Northern Transmissions
25. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Consequence
26. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Treble
32. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Paste
34. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
34. 75 Best Albums of 2022: Mojo
52. Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau

• The Best Albums of 2022: Chris Willman: Variety
• Best Pop Music Albums of 2022: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• The Best Albums Of 2022: Uproxx
• The 20 Best Albums of 2022: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
• Best Albums of 2022: Adrian Spinelli: San Francisco Chronicle
• Best Albums of 2022: Jon Pareles: New York Times
• Best Albums of 2022: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
• The Best Albums of 2022: Vinyl Me, Please
• 2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard
• The 12 Best Albums of 2022: Jason Parham: Wired
• The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Boston Globe

DAMN.

1. Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2017
1. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2017
1. Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: 10 Best Albums of 2017
1. NPR Music: Best 50 Albums of 2017
1. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2017
1. Time Out New York: 29 Best Albums of 2017
1. Q: Top 50 Albums of 2017
1. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2017
1. A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2017
1. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2017
1. Vulture: Craig Jenkins: 11 Best Albums of 2017
1. PopMatters: 60 Best Albums of 2017
1. NPR Music: Robin Hilton: Top 10 Albums of 2017
1. Rolling Stone: 51 Best Albums of 2017
1. Pigeons & Planes: Best Albums of 2017
1. Pitchfork: 50 Best Albums of 2017
1. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 50 Albums of 2017
1. NPR Music: Nate Chinen: Top 21 Albums of 2017
1. 405: Top 20 Albums of 2017
1. Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2017
1. The Skinny: Top 50 Albums of 2017
2. NPR Music: Stephen Thompson: Top 10 Albums of 2017
2. Time: Raisa Bruner: Top 10 Albums of 2017
2. Entertainment Weekly: 26 Best Albums of 2017
2. Treble: The Top 50 Albums of 2017
2. Clash: Albums of the Year 2017
2. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: Best Albums of 2017
2. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2017
2. Consequence: Top 50 Albums of 2017
2. Stereogum: 50 Best Albums of 2017
2. Guardian: Best Albums of 2017
3. The Alternative: Top 50 Releases of 2017
3. Albumism: 50 Best Albums of 2017
3. Flood: Best Albums of 2017
3. Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2017
3. Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2017
3. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2017
3. Jeremy D. Larson: Favorite Albums of 2017
3. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2017
3. Vinyl Me, Please: Best Albums of 2017
4. Uproxx: 50 Best Albums of 2017
5. Earbuddy: 100 Best Albums of 2017
5. Northern Transmissions: Top 10 Albums of 2017
5. Pretty Much Amazing: 20 Best Albums of 2017
6. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2017
6. New York Times: Jon Pareles: 10 Best Albums of 2017
6. Tiny Mix Tapes: 50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017
6. Daily Beast: 10 Best Albums of 2017
6. The Ringer: Rob Harvilla: 10 Best Albums of 2017
6. Chron: Joey Guerra: 10 Best Albums of 2017
6. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2017
7. Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
8. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 30 Albums of 2017
8. Slant: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
10. American Songwriter: Top 25 Albums of 2017
10. In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
11. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
11. A.V. Club: The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s
12. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
14. New York Times: Jon Caramanica: 25 Best Albums of 2017
18. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2017
19. Hanif Abdurraqib: 39 Favorite Albums Of 2017
21. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
24. Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2017
25. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
27. Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2017
27. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
31. The Wild Honey Pie: Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
35. Gorilla vs. Bear: 62 Favorite Albums of 2017
36. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
41. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2017
41. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2017
44. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
45. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2017
48. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
57. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

• Observer: Kitty Empire: Top 10 Albums of 2017
• Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Albums of 2017
• Sasha Frere-Jones: Favorite Albums of 2017
• AllMusic: 70 Best Albums of 2017
• Vibe: 25 Best Albums of 2017
• New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich: 10 Best Albums of 2017
• Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: 10 Favorite Albums of 2017
• gal-dem: 27 Albums That Made Our 2017
• Time: The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s

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8. Albums of the Year 2016: Crack Magazine
11. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Complex
11. The Best Records of 2016: Flood
13. 60 Favorite Albums of 2016: Gorilla vs. Bear
15. 60 Best Albums of 2016: Pretty Much Amazing
15. The Top 50 Albums of 2016: Treble
16. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Pitchfork
20. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Spin
23. Top 50 Albums of 2016: The Wire
23. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Pigeons & Planes
24. Top 100 Albums of 2016: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
29. 75 Best Albums of 2016: Uncut
33. Top 50 Albums Of 2016: Q
36. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Paste
40. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Stereogum
45. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Mojo

• 48 Best Albums of 2016: AllMusic
• Top Albums of 2016: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions
• 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones
• Best Albums of 2016: gal-dem

To Pimp A Butterfly

1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Pretty Much Amazing
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Spin
1. Top 50 Albums of 2015: Consequence
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: FasterLouder
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Complex
1. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
1. Top 50 Albums of 2015: Pitchfork
1. Best Music of 2015: Flood
1. 40 Best Albums of 2015: Guardian
1. 25 Best Albums of 2015: Slant
1. Top 50 Albums of 2015: Sputnikmusic
1. 25 Best Albums of 2015: Billboard
1. 20 Favorite Albums of 2015: Flavorwire
1. 15 Best Albums of 2015: A.V. Club
1. Albums of the Year 2015: Crack Magazine
1. Albums of the Year 2015: Clash
1. 40 Best Albums of 2015: Entertainment Weekly
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Rolling Stone
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: Treble
1. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Esquire
1. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Stereogum
1. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Paste
2. Top 20 Albums of 2015: gal-dem
2. 75 Best Albums of 2015: Uncut
2. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Stereogum
2. 30 Best Albums of 2015: Dummy
2. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Time Out London
2. Top 50 Albums of 2015: NME
2. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Diffuser
2. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Mojo
2. 100 Favourite Albums of 2015: Drowned in Sound
2. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Paste
2. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Pigeons & Planes
2. The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Spin
2. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Slant
2. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s: Consequence
3. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Fact
3. Top 10 Best Albums of 2015: Time
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: The Skinny
3. 40 Favorite Albums of 2015: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions
3. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
3. The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s: A.V. Club
4. Favorite Albums of 2015: Jeremy D. Larson
4. 100 Best Albums of 2015: Les Inrocks
4. Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015: Tiny Mix Tapes
4. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork
4. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s: The Wild Honey Pie
5. The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Billboard
7. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx
8. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Vice: Noisey
9. Top 50 Albums of 2015: The Wire
9. Top 50 Albums Of 2015: Q
11. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Under the Radar
11. Top 50 Albums of 2015: American Songwriter
11. 50 Best Albums of the Decade: Jim Harrington: Mercury News
21. Greatest Albums of the Decade: NME
22. Dean's List 2010s: Robert Christgau
28. Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade: Tiny Mix Tapes
77. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Quietus

• Top 10 Albums of 2015: Kitty Empire: Observer
• 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music
• 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones
• Top 20 Albums of 2015: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions
• 55 Best Albums of 2015: AllMusic
• Top 25 Albums of 2015: Carl Wilson: Slate
• 10 Favorite Albums of 2015: Cokemachineglow
• The Best Albums of the 2010s: Atwood Magazine
• The 110 Best Albums of the 2010s: Albumism
• The Best Music of the Decade: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker

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1. Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2012
1. Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
1. Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2012
1. Sonic: 25 Best Albums of 2012
1. BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012
1. Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s
2. Time: Douglas Wolk: Top 10 Albums of 2012
2. Spin: 50 Best Albums of 2012
2. Billboard: 10 Best Albums of 2012
2. Source: Top 20 Albums of 2012
2. Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012
2. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: Top 10 Albums of 2012
3. Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012
3. Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
3. Gorilla vs. Bear: 50 Best Albums of 2012
3. Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2012
4. Filter: Top 20 Albums of 2012
4. Spinner: 50 Best Albums of 2012
4. AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2012
4. WUOG: Top 50 Albums of 2012
5. Cokemachineglow: Top 50 Albums of 2012
5. Crack Magazine: The Top 100 Albums of 2012
5. Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
5. Mercury News: Jim Harrington: 50 Best Albums of the Decade
5. NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade
6. Rolling Stone: Top 50 Albums of 2012
6. Stereogum: The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s
7. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2012
8. Idolator: 10 Best New Albums of 2012
8. Consequence: Top 100 Albums of the 2010s
9. PopMatters: 75 Best Albums of 2012
10. Treble: Top 50 Albums of 2012
10. A.V. Club: 25 Best Albums of 2012
12. MSN: 10 Best Albums of 2012
14. Clash: Top 40 Albums of 2012
15. Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
16. Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2012
17. Barnes & Noble Review: Robert Christgau: Top 102 Albums of 2012
18. Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2012
18. Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
19. FasterLouder: Top 50 Albums of 2012
20. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012
23. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2012
24. Les Inrocks: Top 100 Albums of 2012
28. Noisey: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
33. Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
37. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of the Decade
44. NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012
46. Quietus: 75 Favorite Albums of 2012
52. Tiny Mix Tapes: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade
53. Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
66. Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
79. musicOMH: Top 100 Albums of 2012

• NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2012
• New Yorker: Sasha Frere-Jones: 40 Best Albums of 2012
• Atwood Magazine: The Best Albums of the 2010s

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7. 25 Best Albums of 2011: Complex
8. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Nitsuh Abebe: New York
9. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Ben Ratliff: New York Times
40. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Stereogum
42. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Consequence
43. 50 Best Albums of 2011: Spin
44. Top 100 Albums of 2011: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
45. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Pitchfork

• 50 Favorite Albums of 2011: NPR: NPR Music