Year-End Lists

Hurry Up Tomorrow

19. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Complex
46. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop

Dawn FM

2. The 5 Best Albums Of 2022: Essence
3. Favorite Albums of 2022: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Guardian
4. Best Albums of 2022: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
4. Best Music of 2022: Brittany Spanos: Rolling Stone
6. 50 Best Albums of 2022: Complex
8. Best Albums of 2022: Billboard
9. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: The Fader
10. The 50 Best Albums Of 2022: Stereogum
10. The 10 Best Albums of 2022: Spencer Kornhaber: Atlantic
11. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Brooklyn Vegan
11. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Pitchfork
12. Best Albums of 2022: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
12. The Best Albums of 2022 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
16. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Slant
17. The 100 Best Albums of 2022: Albumism
17. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Our Culture
20. Top Ten Albums of 2022: The Skinny
25. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Northern Transmissions
27. 50 Best Albums of 2022: Exclaim
31. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: NME
35. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Paste
37. The 100 Best Albums of 2022: Rolling Stone
38. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Treble
39. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
50. The Top 50 Albums of 2022: Crack Magazine
54. Albums Of The Year 2022: Clash
56. The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters

• The Best Albums of 2022: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• The Best Albums Of 2022: Uproxx
• The 20 Best Albums of 2022: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
• Favorite Music of 2022: Raina Douris: NPR: NPR Music
• The Best Albums of 2022: Carl Wilson: Slate
• Best Albums of 2022: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
• Top Albums 2022: AP
• The 25 Best Albums of 2022: Esquire

After Hours

1. The Best Albums of 2020: Complex
2. The 15 Best Albums of 2020: Entertainment Weekly
3. The 20 Best Albums of 2020: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Billboard
4. The Best Albums of 2020: Jem Aswad: Variety
4. The Best Albums of 2020: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
9. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Slant
9. The Best Albums of 2020: Flood
10. The Best Albums Of 2020: Uproxx
10. Best Albums of 2020: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
15. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Consequence
21. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Our Culture
26. 50 Best Albums of 2020: Exclaim
27. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Far Out
29. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: NME
32. Best Albums of 2020: Rolling Stone
43. The 45 Best Albums of 2020: The Forty-Five
77. The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Albumism

• Best Albums of 2020: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
• Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic
• The 16 Best Albums of 2020: Atlantic
• The 10 Best Albums of 2020: Los Angeles Times

My Dear Melancholy

9. 18 Best Albums of 2018: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
13. 15 Best Albums of 2018: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
46. Best Albums of 2018: Complex

Starboy

10. The Best Albums Of 2016: Coup De Main
11. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Pigeons & Planes
17. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Les Inrocks
40. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Complex

Beauty Behind the Madness

5. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Rolling Stone
12. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Pigeons & Planes
18. 25 Best Albums of 2015: Billboard
19. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
19. Top 50 Albums of 2015: NME
23. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Complex
45. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Mojo
54. 100 Best Albums of 2015: Les Inrocks

Kiss Land

35. 40 Best Albums of 2013: Pretty Much Amazing
49. Top 50 Albums of 2013: Les Inrocks

Echoes of Silence

19. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Beats Per Minute

Trilogy

18. Top 40 Albums of 2012: Clash

House of Balloons & Thursday

13. 50 Best Albums of 2011: Spin
19. Top Albums of 2011: Prefix

House of Balloons

1. 50 Best Albums of 2011: Fact
1. 25 Best Albums of 2011: Complex
1. Best Pop Albums of 2011: Chris Richards: Washington Post
5. Top 20 Albums of 2011: Eric R. Danton: Hartford Courant
5. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Richard Trapunski: NOW
5. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Stereogum
5. Top 20 Albums of 2011: Filter
6. Best Music of 2011: A.V. Club
6. 75 Best Albums of 2011: PopMatters
7. 10 Best Albums of 2011: Billboard
8. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
8. Best Albums of 2011: Guardian
9. Albums of 2011: DIY
10. 25 Best Albums of 2011: Slant
10. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Pitchfork
10. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Cokemachineglow
12. Best Albums of 2011: Sonic
13. Top 100 Albums of 2011: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop
14. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Q
16. Top 20 Albums of 2011: Resident Advisor
17. Best Albums of 2011: Obscure Sound
18. Top 40 Albums of 2011: Epitonic
20. 30 Favorite Albums of 2011: Matt Jordan: You Ain’t No Picasso
20. The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Billboard
22. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Treble
23. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Consequence
27. Favorite 50 Albums of 2011: Tiny Mix Tapes
27. Favourite Albums of 2011: Drowned in Sound
28. Albums of 2011: Gorilla vs. Bear
29. Top 30 Albums of 2011: Hot Press
37. The Best Albums of the 2010s: Uproxx
40. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Vice: Noisey
43. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Gigwise
45. The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Spin
59. Top 80 Albums of 2011: Under the Radar
75. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork
84. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Slant

• 10 Favourite Albums of 2011: Lucy Jones: Telegraph
• Favorite Albums of 2011: Metromix

Thursday

20. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Q