Year-End Lists

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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Slant
1. The 20 Best Albums of 2023: Dazed
2. The 27 Best Albums of 2023: The Ringer
2. The Best Albums of 2023: Chris Willman: Variety
2. The 45 Best Albums of 2023: The Forty-Five
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: The Fader
3. Top 50 Albums of 2023: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
4. Best Albums of 2023: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
5. The Best Music of 2023: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
5. The Best Albums Of 2023: Coup De Main
5. Best Albums of 2023: Adrian Thrills: Daily Mail
6. Best Albums of 2023: Les Inrocks
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Guardian
6. The Best Albums of 2023: Entertainment Weekly
6. Top 55 Releases of 2023: The Alternative
6. 75 Best Albums of 2023: Uncut
6. 75 Best Albums of 2023: Mojo
8. The 30 Best Albums of 2023: Independent
8. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Our Culture
9. Top 55 Albums of 2023: Brooklyn Vegan
9. Best Albums of 2023: Billboard
9. Best Albums of 2023: Northern Transmissions
9. Top 40 Best Albums Of 2023: mxdwn
10. The 20 Best Albums of 2023: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
10. 10 Best Albums of 2023: Kitty Empire: Observer
10. Best Albums of 2023: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
11. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Far Out
11. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Pitchfork
12. Albums of 2023: The Skinny
12. Top 50 Albums of 2023: Beats Per Minute
12. Top 50 Albums of 2023: Dork
12. Albums of the Year 2023: Clash
13. Albums of the Year 2023: DIY
14. Top 20 Albums of 2023: Spectrum Culture
16. 50 Best Albums of 2023: Exclaim
16. Top 100 Albums of 2023: Under the Radar
18. Albums of 2023: Gorilla vs. Bear
20. 20 Best Albums of 2023: Bria McNeal: Esquire
21. The 100 Best Albums of 2023: Rolling Stone
23. The Best Albums of 2023: NME
24. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Paste
25. 50 Best Albums of 2023: Consequence
28. The 80 Best Albums of 2023: PopMatters
36. The Top 50 Albums of 2023: Crack Magazine
41. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Albumism

• The Best Albums of 2023: Atwood Magazine
• Best Albums of 2023: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
• The Best Albums Of 2023: Uproxx
• The 10 Best Albums of 2023: Mesfin Fekadu: Hollywood Reporter
• Best Albums of 2023: AllMusic
• The Best Albums of 2023: Vogue
• Our Favourite Albums of 2023: Vinyl Factory

Blue Banisters

3. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Slant
17. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: NME
19. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: The Fader
27. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Brooklyn Vegan
31. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim
37. The 45 Best Albums of 2021: The Forty-Five
41. Albums of 2021: Gorilla vs. Bear

• The Best Albums of 2021: New Statesman
• 2021 Albums of the Year: Atwood Magazine

Chemtrails over the Country Club

3. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: Mojo
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Slant
5. The 10 Best Albums of 2021: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
7. Best Music of 2021: Chris Richards: Washington Post
7. Best Albums of 2021: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
11. 75 Best Albums of 2021: Uncut
11. The 45 Best Albums of 2021: The Forty-Five
19. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: The Fader
25. The 30 Best Albums Of 2021: Spin
27. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Brooklyn Vegan
34. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: PopMatters
35. Best Albums of 2021: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
38. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Far Out
40. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Guardian
43. The 100 Best Albums of 2021: Albumism
43. Dean's List 2021: Robert Christgau
45. Albums of the Year 2021: Clash

• The Best Albums of 2021: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• The Best Albums Of 2021: Uproxx
• Best Albums of 2021: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
• Best Albums of 2021: Passerby

Norman Fucking Rockwell!

1. Top 10 Albums of 2019: Ken Tucker: NPR: Fresh Air
1. Best Music of 2019: Chris Richards: Washington Post
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Pitchfork
1. The Best Albums of 2019: The Ringer
1. Favorite Albums of 2019: Gorilla vs. Bear
1. Best Albums of 2019: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
1. The 25 Best Albums of 2019: Slant
1. The 50 Best Albums Of 2019: Stereogum
1. The Best Albums Of 2019: Uproxx
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Guardian
1. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Q
2. The 100 Best Albums of 2019: Vice: Noisey
2. Top 30 Albums of 2019: Jordan Cronk
2. The Best Albums of 2019: Andrew Barker: Variety
2. Top 20 Albums of 2019: Spectrum Culture
2. Best Albums of 2019: Robin Hilton: NPR: NPR Music
2. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Brooklyn Vegan
3. The 70 Best Albums of 2019: PopMatters
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Rolling Stone
3. The 10 Best Albums of 2019: Spin
3. The Best Albums Of 2019: Coup De Main
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: NME
3. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Slant
4. The Best Albums of 2019: Thrillist
4. The 10 Best Albums of 2019: Time
5. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Uncut
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Albumism
5. The Best Albums of 2019: Flood
5. Top 20 Albums of 2019: Northern Transmissions
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Billboard
6. Best Albums of 2019: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
6. Albums of the 2010s: Gorilla vs. Bear
7. Best Albums of 2019: Jon Pareles: New York Times
7. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Mojo
7. The Best Albums of 2019: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
8. Top 30 Albums of 2019: The Wild Honey Pie
8. The 20 Best Albums of 2019: A.V. Club
8. The Best Albums of 2019: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions
8. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Les Inrocks
9. Favorite Albums of 2019: Jeremy D. Larson
9. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Consequence
15. The Best Albums of 2019: The Line of Best Fit
15. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx
16. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Far Out
17. 50 Best Albums of the 2010s: Jim Harrington: Mercury News
18. Top Music Albums of 2019: Complex
19. Top 100 Albums of 2019: Under the Radar
19. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Paste
19. 25 Best Albums of 2019: NPR: NPR Music
19. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork
22. Albums of the Year 2019: Clash
32. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
33. Top 50 Albums of 2019: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
37. The Top 50 Albums of 2019: Treble
46. Albums of the Year 2019: Quietus
62. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Vice: Noisey
67. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Stereogum
73. Albums of the Year 2019: Rough Trade
89. Greatest Albums of the 2010s: NME

• The 18 Best Albums of 2019: Atlantic
• Top 25 Albums of 2019: American Songwriter
• The 7 Best Albums of 2019: Jason Parham: Wired
• The Year in Music: Steve Erickson: GCN
• The Best Albums of 2019: Chris Willman: Variety
• The Best Albums of 2019: Carl Wilson: Slate
• The Best Music of 2019: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
• 20 Best Albums of 2019: Our Culture
• The Best Albums of 2019: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Lust for Life

2. The Top 100 Albums of 2017: Crack Magazine
3. 14 Best Albums of 2017: Chris Richards: Washington Post
8. Best Albums of 2017: Jim Harrington: Mercury News
8. 50 Best Albums of 2017: NME
11. Best Albums of 2017: Les Inrocks
26. 51 Best Albums of 2017: Rolling Stone
32. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Pitchfork
33. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Brooklyn Vegan
37. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
39. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Q
46. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Complex
48. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Billboard
50. 62 Favorite Albums of 2017: Gorilla vs. Bear
53. 60 Best Albums of 2017: PopMatters
61. 75 Best Albums of 2017: Uncut
69. 100 Favourite Albums of 2017: Drowned in Sound
104. Best Albums of 2017: Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones
• 25 Best Albums of 2017: Vibe

Honeymoon

7. Top 50 Albums of 2015: NME
10. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Pigeons & Planes
12. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Rolling Stone
15. 100 Favourite Albums of 2015: Drowned in Sound
16. 100 Best Albums of 2015: Les Inrocks
18. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Spin
21. 25 Best Albums of 2015: Billboard
24. 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: Gorilla vs. Bear
35. Top 50 Albums of 2015: American Songwriter
40. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Diffuser
57. 75 Best Albums of 2015: Uncut
60. Albums of the Year 2015: Crack Magazine
61. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop

• 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones

Ultraviolence

3. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Complex
4. 10 Best Albums of 2014: Entertainment Weekly
7. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Rolling Stone
10. 60 Best Albums of 2014: Pretty Much Amazing
10. Albums of the Year 2014: Crack Magazine
10. 35 Favorite Albums of 2014: Gorilla vs. Bear
12. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Stereogum
13. Top 50 Albums of 2014: Consequence
18. 100 Best Albums of 2014: Les Inrocks
21. Top 25 Albums of 2014: Magnet
22. Top 100 Albums of 2014: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
25. Top 50 Albums of 2014: NME
37. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s: Consequence
39. Top 40 Albums of 2014: Clash
40. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Mojo
70. Greatest Albums of the Decade: NME
99. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Rolling Stone

• 50 Best Albums of 2014: AllMusic

Paradise

• 40 Best Albums of 2012: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker

Born to Die

3. 50 Best Albums of the 2010s: Jim Harrington: Mercury News
4. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Complex
7. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Les Inrocks
9. 25 Best Albums of 2012: Slant
10. Greatest Albums of the Decade: NME
11. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Fly
17. Best Albums of 2012: Guardian
18. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Slant
18. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Vice: Noisey
19. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Fact
26. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Frontier Psychiatrist
29. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s: The Wild Honey Pie
31. The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Billboard
32. Top 50 Albums of 2012: WUOG
40. 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound
40. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Stereogum
42. 50 Albums of the 2012: Gigwise
44. Top 50 Albums of 2012: FasterLouder
45. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Spinner
45. 50 Best Albums of 2012: NME
48. The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Spin
51. 75 Best Albums of 2012: Uncut
54. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
97. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Piccadilly Records
97. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx

• 50 Best Albums of 2012: Q
• The Best Albums of the 2010s: Atwood Magazine