Year-End Lists

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Top 25 Albums of 2021 Magnet

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 The Fader

The Best Albums of 2021 Vulture: Craig Jenkins

The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked The Line of Best Fit

The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2021 Stereogum: Marissa R. Moss

The 30 Best Albums Of 2021 Spin

The Best Albums of 2021 Vinyl Me, Please

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Far Out

Top Ten Albums of 2021 The Skinny

The Best Albums of 2021 The Philadelphia Inquirer: Dan DeLuca

Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021 Vinyl Factory

Top 10 Albums of 2021 BBC Radio 6 Music

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 NME

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Our Culture

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Chris Willman

The Best Albums of 2021 Variety: Jem Aswad

The 75 Best Albums of 2021 PopMatters

Albums of the Year 2021 Loud And Quiet

The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Entertainment Weekly

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Slant

Best Music of 2021 Washington Post: Chris Richards

Top 50 Albums of 2021 The Wire

Top 50 Albums of 2021 Consequence

The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.