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
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Top 40 Albums of 2012
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Guardian
2. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: Mojo

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2020 Eric Kohn · IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Top 40 Albums of 2012 Jim DeRogatis · WBEZ · Sound Opinions

Trending Works

Aura Reworks Hatis Noit
Toho Sara 東方沙羅 Toho Sara
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
amor de encava WEED420
Hard Truths Mike Leigh
Jinpa Pema Tseden
Nope Jordan Peele
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
Prima Donna Vince Staples
The Whole Thing Is Just There Young Jesus
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Music for Shape-Shifters: Field Recordings from the Amazonian Lowlands, 1981-1985 Wakuénai (Curripaco)
$uccessor Dedekind Cut
One Deep River Mark Knopfler

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