Year-End Lists

Postcards from Texas

18. 40 Favorite Albums of My 2024: Brad Luen
27. Dean's List 2024: Robert Christgau
32. Best Albums of 2024: Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Palomino

5. Albums of the Year 2022: Holler
10. Best Pop Music Albums of 2022: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
10. Best Albums of 2022: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
17. Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau
21. The 100 Best Albums of 2022: Rolling Stone
31. Best Albums of 2022: Billboard
34. The 50 Best Albums Of 2022: Stereogum
39. The 100 Best Albums of 2022: Albumism
39. Best Albums of 2022: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll

• The Best Albums of 2022: Carl Wilson: Slate
• The 20 Best Albums of 2022: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
• The Best Albums of 2022: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Boston Globe

Wildcard

2. The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2019: Marissa R. Moss: Stereogum
6. The Best Albums of 2019: Andrew Barker: Variety
8. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Rolling Stone
32. Best Albums of 2019: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
32. Dean's List 2019: Robert Christgau
44. The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Billboard
49. The 50 Best Albums Of 2019: Stereogum

• The Best Albums of 2019: Chris Willman: Variety
• The Best Albums of 2019: Carl Wilson: Slate
• The Best Albums of 2019: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Weight of These Wings

7. 15 Best Albums of 2016: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
9. Best 50 Albums of 2016: NPR: NPR Music
12. 50 Best Albums of the Decade: Jim Harrington: Mercury News
16. 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016: Hanif Abdurraqib
16. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Rolling Stone
16. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Entertainment Weekly
23. Top 100 Albums of 2016: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
28. Top 50 Albums of 2016: American Songwriter
40. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Spin
58. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
189. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork

• The Best Albums of 2016: Carl Wilson: Slate
• 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones
• 48 Best Albums of 2016: AllMusic
• The 10 Best Albums of the 2010s: Time

Platinum

5. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Rolling Stone
12. Top 100 Albums of 2014: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
32. Top 50 Albums of 2014: American Songwriter
42. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
59. The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Spin
95. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx

• 50 Favorite Albums of 2014: NPR: NPR Music
• 50 Best Albums of 2014: AllMusic
• Top 14 Albums of 2014: Carl Wilson: Slate

Four the Record

16. Top 50 Albums of 2011: American Songwriter
31. 50 Best Albums of 2011: Rolling Stone
87. Top 100 Albums of 2011: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop

• The Best Albums of the 2010s: Chris Willman: Variety