Τα άλμπουμ που ξεχώρισε ο διεθνής τύπος για την χρονιά που φεύγει:
MOJO
1. MICHAEL HEAD & THE RED ELASTIC BAND: Dear Scott
2. Wet Leg: Wet Leg
3. DANGER MOUSE & BLACK THOUGHT: Cheat Codes
4. HORACE ANDY: Midnight Rocker
5. Arctic Monkeys: The Car
6. SUEDE: Autofiction
7. BILL CALLAHAN: yti⅃aǝЯ
8. Jack White: Fear Of The Dawn
9. DRY CLEANING: Stumpwork
10. Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia
UNKUT
ΜΗΝ ΧΑΣΕΙΣ!
1. The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention
2. JOAN SHELLEY: The Spur
3. MICHAEL HEAD & THE RED ELASTIC BAND: Dear Scott
4. Angel Olsen: Big Time
5. Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
6. Wilco: Cruel Country
7. Wet Leg: Wet Leg
8. Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
9. Brian Eno: ForeverAndEverNoMore
10. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS: The Boy Named If
PITCHFORK
1. Beyoncé: Renaissance
2. Sudan Archives: Natural Brown Prom Queen
3. Alvvays: Blue Rev
4. Special Interest: Endure
5. Bad Bunny: Un Verano Sin Ti
6. Rosalía: Motomami
7. Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
8. Lucrecia Dalt: ¡Ay!
9. Yaya Bey: Remember Your North Star
10. Alex G: God Save the Animals
ROLLING STONE
1. Beyoncé: Renaissance
2. Bad Bunny: Un Verano Sin Ti
3. Taylor Swift: Midnights
4. Rosalía: Motomami
5. Harry Styles: Harry’s House
6. Pusha T: It’s Almost Dry
7. King Princess: Hold on Baby
8. FKA Twigs: Caprisongs
9. J-Hope: Jack in the Box
10. Wet Leg: Wet Leg
NME
1. Arctic Monkeys: The Car
2. Wet Leg: Wet Leg
3. Beyoncé: Renaissance
4. Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia
5. Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
6. Rina Sawayama: Hold The Girl
7. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer
8. Nova Twins: Supernova
9. Rosalía: Motomami
10. The 1975: Being Funny In A Foreign Language
STEREOGUM
1. Alvvays: Blue Rev
2. Rosalía: Motomami
3. Beyoncé: Renaissance
4. Soccer Mommy: Sometimes, Forever
5. billy woods: Aethioples
6. Alex G: God Save The Animals
7. The Beths: Expert In A Dying Field
8. Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
9. Soul Glo: Diaspora Problems
10. The Weeknd: Dawn FM
GUARDIAN
1. Beyoncé: Renaissance
2. Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
3. The Weeknd: Dawn FM
4. Charli XCX: Crash
5. Rosalía: Motomami
6. Arctic Monkeys: The Car
7. Jockstrap: I Love You Jennifer B
8. Wet Leg : Wet Leg
9. Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia
10. Nilüfer Yanya: Painless
SPIN
1. Weyes Blood: And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
2. Special Interest: Endure
3. The Bad Plus: The Bad Plus
4. Tears for Fears: The Tipping Point
5. Brian Ennals & Infinity Knives: King Cobra
6. Angelique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf: Queen of Sheba
7. Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive
8. The Mars Volta – The Mars Volta
9. DOMi and JD BECK: NOT TiGHT
10. Drug Church: Hygiene
FAR OUT
1. Yard Act: The Overload
2. Warmduscher: At the Hotspot
3. Wet Leg: Wet Leg
4. Arctic Monkeys: The Car
5. Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
6. Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
7. Angel Olsen: Big Time
8. Weyes Blood: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
9. Fontaines D.C.: Skinty Fia
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Cool It Down
BILLBOARD
1. Bad Bunny: Un Verano Sin Ti
2. Beyoncé: Renaissance
3. Taylor Swift: Midnights
4. Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
5. Rosalía: Motomami
6. Harry Styles: Harry’s House
7. Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights
8. The Weeknd: Dawn FM
9. Omar Apollo: Ivory
10. Wet Leg: Wet Leg
VULTURE
1. Beyoncé: Renaissance
2. Vince Staples: Ramona Park Broke My Heart
3. Bad Bunny: Un Verano Sin Ti
4. The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention
5. Soul Glo: Diaspora Problems
6. Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights
7. Ari Lennox: age/sex/location
8. Nilufer Yanya: Painless
9. Sudan Archives: Natural Brown Prom Queen
10. Meshuggah: Immutable
POPMATTERS
1. Beyoncé: Renaissance
2. Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive / Fear of the Down
3. The Smile: A Light For Attracting Attention
4. Sampa the Great: As Above, So Below
5. Taylor Swift: Midnights
6. Poppy Ajudha: The Power in Us
7. Odesza: The Last Goodbye
8. Rina Sawayama: Hold The Girl
9. Royksopp: Profound Mysteries
10. Black Country New Road: Ants from Up There
COMPLEX
1. Kendrick Lamar: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
2. Bad Bunny: Un Verano Sin Ti
3. Pusha T: It΄s Almost Dry
4. Beyoncé: Renaissance
5. Vince Staples: Ramona Park Broke My Heart
6. The Weeknd: Dawn FM
7. Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights
8. Drake & 21 Savage: Her Loss
9. JID: The Forever Story
10. Denzel Curry: Melt My Eyez See Your Future
PASTE
1. Big Thief: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
2. Alex G: God Save The Animals
3. Alvvays: Blue Rev
4. Wet Leg: Wet Leg
5. Black Country New Road: Ants from Up There
6. Soul Glo: Diaspora Problems
7. Angel Olsen: Big Time
8. Beyoncé: Renaissance
9. Spoon: Lucifer On The Sofa
10. MJ Lenderman: Boat Song
Κεντρική φωτογραφία θέματος: Arctic Monkeys: The Car