American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2015

Published: November 23, 2015

Exclaim!'s Top 27 Albums of 2015 So Far
With 2015's midway point (ever so slightly) in the rearview, we've decided to take a look back at what already feels like a banner year for...
Published: July 08, 2015

Billboard's 10 Best Albums of 2015 (So Far)
The first half of 2015 has been a great one for the album, and these 10 LPs rose above the rest.
Published: June 25, 2015

Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2015 So Far
The amount of great music in the past six months has been almost unfair. As in: How are we supposed to process all this? How can we fully appreciate one major piece of work when there’s always another one coming right around the corner. And when the huge, fully-formed masterpieces are dropping from the sky […]
Published: June 16, 2015

Rolling Stone's 45 Best Albums of 2015 So Far
The 45 best albums of 2015 so far, including Kendrick Lamar, Bob Dylan, Courtney Barnett, Mumford and Sons and more
Published: June 16, 2015

SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2015 So Far
Here are the best albums of 2015 so far.
Published: June 01, 2015

HipHopDX's Top 25 Albums of 2015 (So Far)
2015's been a hell of a year so far, and these were the 25 albums that we thought stood out above the rest.
Published: May 21, 2015

Time Out London's Best Albums of 2016
The 1990s' greatest record art, ranked. Dig through the CD bin with us for the 40 best album covers of the 90s, from the Nirvana baby to Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Published: April 08, 2015

Time Out New York's 20 Best Albums of 2014
The 1990s' greatest record art, ranked. Dig through the CD bin with us for the 40 best album covers of the 90s, from the Nirvana baby to Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Published: April 08, 2015

Time Out New York's Best Albums of 2017
The 1990s' greatest record art, ranked. Dig through the CD bin with us for the 40 best album covers of the 90s, from the Nirvana baby to Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Published: April 08, 2015

Time Out New York's Favorite Albums of 2018
The 1990s' greatest record art, ranked. Dig through the CD bin with us for the 40 best album covers of the 90s, from the Nirvana baby to Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Published: April 08, 2015

HipHopDX's Top 25 Albums of 2014
As 2014 comes to a close, HipHopDX looks back at PRhyme's "PRhyme" and the rest of our favorite 25 albums of the year.
Published: December 30, 2014

Esquire's (US) 10 Best Albums of 2014
What our music writer listened to the most, loved the most, and pressed on people the most this year.
Published: December 29, 2014

NPR Music's 10 Best Electronic Albums of 2014
From Aphex Twin's unmistakable return to Leon Vynehall's emotional faculty with samples, distinctive voices dominate the list of electronic albums that made an impression this year.
Published: December 20, 2014

Rolling Stone's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2014
From Taylor Swift’s platinum victory to Kitten’s under-the radar triumph, the year in huge hooks — 2014's best pop.
Published: December 19, 2014

Rolling Stone's 20 Best EDM, Electronic and Dance Albums of 2014
The 20 best EDM, electronic and dance albums from a boundary breaking year: Skrillex, Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin, Todd Terje and more.
Published: December 16, 2014

Stereogum's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2014
In 2014, rap’s biggest names more or less sat the year out. Kanye West never got around to releasing that populist masterwork he’s been promising. Drake threw a bunch of great songs up on Soundcloud rather than compiling those songs into an LP. Jay Z went on tour with his wife but gave us no […]
Published: December 16, 2014

XLR8R's Best Releases of 2014

Published: December 16, 2014

Rolling Stone's 20 Best R&B Albums of 2014
The 20 best R&B albums of 2014, from avant newcomers like FKA Twigs to legends like Prince,
Published: December 15, 2014

MAGNET's Top 25 Albums of 2014

Published: December 15, 2014

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Hip Hop Albums of 2014
Our Top 10 albums lists by genre continue with our staff picks for the best of hip-hop this year. Click next to read through the albums one...
Published: December 15, 2014

SPIN's 40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2014
Purists and casual listeners alike would probably agree that 2014 failed to deliver on a number of hip-hop promises that could've lit the year aflame.
Published: December 12, 2014

Passion of the Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2014
The Passion of the Weiss staff break down the top albums of 2014 and learn the dangers of teenage steroid abuse.
Published: December 12, 2014

Consequence of Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2014
Something on this list helped you through this tough year.
Published: December 12, 2014

Billboard's 10 Best Rap Albums of 2014
Check out the Billboard's picks for the top 10 rap albums of 2014.
Published: December 11, 2014

Billboard's 10 Best R&B Albums of 2014
Check out the Billboard's picks for the top 10 R&B albums of 2014.
Published: December 11, 2014

Clash's Top 40 Albums of 2014
Clash's Fuss-Free Top 40 Albums Of 2014. No messing about, no overlong intros or silly "how we did it" guff. 40 albums. 40 great albums. Here you go...
Published: December 11, 2014

Billboard's 10 Best Albums of 2014
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Published: December 11, 2014

Rolling Stone's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014
The year's best heavy metal albums: Yob's cheery doom, At the Gates' triumphant reunion and Slipknot's moving tribute to a fallen comrade
Published: December 11, 2014

Slant Magazine's 25 Best Albums of 2014
Pop culture’s pendulum trajectory swings between outrage and fatigue, but there are still things to celebrate.
Published: December 11, 2014

Idolator's 10 Favorite Albums of 2014
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… Okay, scratch that, because no one is ever going to declare that 2014 was a bang-up year as far as pop…
Published: December 10, 2014

FACT Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2014
FACT staff select the 50 best albums of 2014, from Mr. Mitch and Andy Stott to Sun Kil Moon and Mica Levi.
Published: December 09, 2014

SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2014
With the Salad Days of 2014 long gone, we're looking back on the music that defined the past 12 months. We've already counted down the year's 101 Best
Published: December 09, 2014

Dazed's Top 20 Albums of 2014
Unpick the puzzle and discover the year's best, from Azealia Banks and Aphex Twin to Lana Del Rey and FKA twigs
Published: December 09, 2014

Vulture's 32 Best Pop Albums of 2014
Frankie Cosmos! St. Vincent! Run the Jewels!
Published: December 08, 2014

Newsweek's Top 10 Albums of 2014
You could say that 2014 has been a profoundly strange year for music, but even that would be something of an understatement.
Published: December 08, 2014

SPIN's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2014
In a year devoid of much Top 40 excitement, big-name pop stars threw their hats into the ring — Taylor Swift, Robyn, and Jason Derulo among them — but the
Published: December 08, 2014

A.V. Club's 20 Best Albums of 2014
Every year, The A.V. Club invites our regular music writers and staff to pick their favorite albums of the past 12 months. This year, we asked writers to pick their 15 favorite albums, with no. 1 earning 15 points, no. 2 earning 14, and so on. We tallied up the results to arrive at our final best-of list. (In the…
Published: December 08, 2014

Digital Spy's Best Albums of 2014
La Roux, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Royal Blood... who is top of our list?
Published: December 07, 2014

musicOMH's Top 100 Albums of 2014
Lists: musicOMH's Top 100 Albums Of 2014
Published: December 06, 2014

Fopp's Top 50 Albums of 2014
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Published: December 03, 2014

Double J's Top 50 Albums of 2014
The 50 albums we loved most in 2014.
Published: December 03, 2014

Cosmopolitan's 20 Best Albums of 2014
There was more to this year than ",,,,,1989",,,,, (though of course that's on here).
Published: December 02, 2014

Vibe's Best Albums of 2014
So 2014 is a wrap. Yeah, there's still 29 precious days left in the year, but it's basically a done deal, kid. No time to redeem that New Year's resolution you made, like, 11 months ago and forgot five days later. School and (if you're lucky) work are shutting down in a few weeks.
Published: December 02, 2014

Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2014
Music is a messy thing. There’s too much of it, too many genres, too many ideas, for anyone to make sense out of all of it — or even to hear all of it. The idea of imposing a narrative on 365 days of music, of making sense of a whole year, is a fool’s […]
Published: December 02, 2014

Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2014
Rolling Stone's best albums of the year list: the 50 best albums of 2014.
Published: December 01, 2014

The Line of Best Fit's 50 Best Records of 2014
An amazing year in music: here are the fifty records that defined 2014 for us.
Published: December 01, 2014

The Guardian's 40 Best Albums of 2014
Here’s the Guardian music critics’ favourite albums of 2014, topped by St Vincent and her dazzling fourth album
Published: November 26, 2014

NME's Top 50 Albums of 2014

Published: November 25, 2014

Uncut's 75 Best Albums of 2017
Hear My Music will be double album of Hendrix's instrumental records...
Published: November 13, 2014