Note that if a source ranks more than the standard 10 albums, we will not include titles ranked 11th or worse. Although many of the lists come from publications whose reviews are included on this site, we have also included extra lists from prominent music stores, websites, and publications not normally found in Metacritic's music section. Added 1/23 (final update): Antiquiet, Arizona RepublicĪdded 1/9: AbsolutePunk, Hot Press, Omaha World-Herald, Punknews, Tampa Bay Times, Vancouver Sun, Yahoo! MusicĪdded 12/27: 3voor12, Cosmopolitan, Detroit News, Digital Spy, Fast 'n' Bulbous, KCRW, NOW Magazine, Okayplayer, Pigeons and Planes, San Jose Mercury News, XLR8RĪdded 12/24: Dazed & Confused, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, XXLĪdded 12/23: Cokemachineglow, Las Vegas Weekly, The Music, San DIego Union-TribuneĪdded 12/22: Baltimore City Paper, Maclean’s, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Levy), Revolver, StateĪdded 12/21: Gigwise, Magnet, Mixmag, Mother Jones, Punktastic, TimeOut LondonĪdded 12/18: Associated Press, Clash, Drowned in Sound, Flavorwire, The Guardian, KQED, musicOMH, No Ripcord, Pretty Much Amazing, Rolling Stone (Sheffield), Sputnikmusic, Us Weekly, Wall Street JournalĪdded 12/17: People, Tiny Mix Tapes, Under the RadarĪdded 12/16: Flood, Metal Hammer, Pitchfork, StashedĪdded 12/15: Billboard, Contra Costa Times, Mashable, NPR (Dye), RedEye, The Root, The WireĪdded 12/14: The Daily Beast, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Newsday, The Observer, The Oregonian, Resident Advisor, Treble, Ultimate Classic RockĪdded 12/12: FACT, Idolator, Newsweek, Philadelphia Inquirer, TimeOut New York, Waterloo Records, WBEZĪdded 12/11: Boston Globe, God Is in the TV, Les Inrockuptibles, Los Angeles Times, Loud and Quiet, ThumpĪdded 12/10: Bleep, Dummy, Kerrang!, The New York Times, SlantĪdded 12/9: Cleveland Plain Dealer, Entertainment Weekly, Loudwire, NPRĪdded 12/7: The 405, AV Club, Double J, PopMatters, VarianceĪdded 12/4: The Irish Times, Noisey, The Oklahoman, TimeĪdded 12/3: Chicago Tribune, Exclaim!, FasterLouder, The QuietusĪdded 12/2: Scorecard launched with 26 publications.īelow is our updated running tally of the albums most frequently mentioned by individual music publications in their year-end Top Ten lists.