Just as I did last year and the year before that, I have compiled as many end-of-the-year lists as I could find. And, in case you missed it, here’s my list.
A.V. Club … No. 1 album: Wye Oak, “Civilian”
Amazon … No. 1 album: Adele, “21” … No. 1 song: Adele, “Rolling in the Deep” … No. 1 alt/indie album: tUnE-yArDs “w h o k i l l” … No. 1 alt/indie song: M83, “Midnight City”
American Songwriter … No. 1 album: Wilco, The Whole Love … No. 1 song: Hayes Carll, “Another Like You”
BBC Music … No. 1 album: PJ Harvey, “Let England Shake”
Billboard … No. 1 album: Adele, “21” … No. 1 song: Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
Drowned In Sound … No. 1 album: The Antlers, “Burst Apart”
Exclaim! … No. 1 album: Bon Iver, “Bon Iver”
Filter … No. 1 album: M83, “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming”
KCRW … No. 1 album: TV on the Radio, “Nine Types of Light”
MTV (Bigger Than Sound … No. 1 Album: Girls, “Father, Son, Holy Ghost”
Magnet … No. 1 album: Yuck, “Yuck”
Metacritic … No. 1 album: PJ Harvey, “Let England Shake”
Mojo … No. 1 album: PJ Harvey, “Let England Shake”
NME … No. 1 album: PJ Harvey, “Let England Shake” … No. 1 song: Lana Del Rey, “Video Games”
The Observer … No. 1 album: Gillian Welch, “The Harrow & the Harvest”
Obscure Sound … No. 1 album: Destroyer, “Kaputt”
Paste … No. 1 album: Bon Iver, “Bon Iver” … No. 1 song: Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues”
Picadilly Records … No. 1 album: Peaking Lights, “936”
PopMatters … No. 1 album: Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues” … No. 1 indie rock album: Future Islands, “On the Water” … No. 1 indie pop album: The Caribbean, “Discontinued Perfume”
Prefix … No. 1 album: Shabazz Palaces, “Black Up”
The Record Exchange … No. 1 album: Youth Lagoon, “The Year of Hibernation”
Rise … No. 1 album: The War On Drugs, “Slave Ambient”
Rolling Stone … No. 1 album: Adele, “21”
Rough Trade Shops … No. 1 album: Josh T. Person, “Last of the Country Gentlemen”
The Sonic Medium … No. 1 album: Kurt Vile, “Smoke Ring For My Halo”
Spin … No. 1 album: Fucked Up, “David Comes To Life” … No. 1 song: Adele, “Rolling In the Deep”
Spinner … No. 1 album: EMA, “Past-Life Martyred Saints”
Stereogum … No. 1 album: Girls, “Father, Son, Holy Ghost”
TIME … No. 1 album: Adele, “21”
Treble … No. 1 album: St. Vincent, “Strange Mercy”
Uncut … No. 1 album: PJ Harvey, “Let England Shake”
Under the Radar … No. 1 album: St. Vincent, “Strange Mercy”
Urban Outfitters … No. 1 album: The War On Drugs, “Slave Ambient”
WNRN … No. 1 album: The Head and the Heart, “The Head and the Heart” (I wouldn’t put too much stock into the rankings of this one. The War On Drugs are No. 91, while Blink-182 is No. 63.)
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