Infinite Shuffle

Last week, I listed my favorite music from the past year. This week, as I’ve done the past several years, I’ve compiled as many of the various end-of-the-year lists that I could find for your viewing pleasure. Judging from the assorted critics, it appears as though Kanye West’s Yeezus was the most popular release of the year. But Vampire Weekend gave him a run for his money.

• The A.V. Club … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus
• Alternative Press … No. 1 album: twenty | one | pilots – Vessel
• American Songwriter … No. 1 album: Jason Isbell – Southeastern
• Billboard … No. 1 album: Beyonce – Beyonce … No. 1 song: Miley Cyrus – “We Can’t Stop”
• CMJ … No. 1 album: Phosphorescent – Muchacho
• Consequence of Sound … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus … No. 1 song: Lorde – “Royals”
• Culture Vulture (New York Times) … No. 1 album: Brandy Clark – 12 Stories
• The Daily Beast … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus
• Drowned In Sound … No. 1 album: Hookworms – Pearl Mystic
• Entertainment Weekly … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus
• Exclaim … No. 1 rock/pop album: Arcade Fire – Reflektor … No. 1 country/folk/blues album: Daniel Romano – Come Cry With Me
• The Fly … No. 1 album: Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold
• The Guardian … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus … No. 1 song: Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell and Nile Rodgers) – “Get Lucky”
• The L Magazine … No. 1 album: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
• Los Angeles Times … No. 1 album: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
• Magnet … No. 1 album: Okkervil River – The Silver Gymnasium
• Metacritic … No. 1 album: Deafheaven – Sunbather
• Mojo … No. 1 album: Bill Callahan – Dream River
• NME … No. 1 album: Arctic Monkeys – AM
• Now Magazine … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus
• The Oregonian … No. 1 album: The Staves – Dead & Born & Grown
• Paste … No. 1 album: Phosphorescent – Muchacho … No. 1 song: Janelle Monae (feat. Erykah Badu) – “Q.U.E.E.N.”
• Pitchfork … No. 1 album: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City … No. 1 song: Drake (feat. Majid Jordan) – “Hold On, We’re Going Home”
• Rolling Stone … No. 1 album: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City … No. 1 song: Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell and Nile Rodgers) – “Get Lucky
• The Skinny … No. 1 album: Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus
• Slate … No. 1 album: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories … No. 1 song: Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell and Nile Rodgers) – “Get Lucky”
• Spin … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus
• Stereogum … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus
• Time … No. 1 album: Kanye West – Yeezus
• Uncut … No. 1 album: My Bloody Valentine –  m b v
• Under the Radar … No. 1 album: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
• Variety … No. 1 album: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
• Washington Post … No. 1 album: Kacey Musgraves – Same Trailer Different Park