So Many Lists

I've always enjoyed looking at all the various end of the year best of lists and of course especially the music ones. Rather than going all over the place looking for all the various list I've found a one stop site that collects best of lists... Metacritic. The people at Metacritic.com compile reviews from respected critics and publications for movies, DVDs, music, television and games. Then they compile their collected reviews into scores and rank materials based on those composite scores. Actually I have Metacritic bookmarked and look at it frequently throughout the year for album and movie reviews. The highest scoring album in 2009 according to Metacritic was Nirvana's live album of a 1992 concert. The highest scoring album of music from this year... Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion Here is Metacritic's top albums of 2009. I like to keep up with what the Brits are thinking about music so I check in on NME every now and then. I especially look in on their end of the year best of list. The top of their list... The Horrors - Primary Colours. Here is their complete top 50 albums of 2009. Closer to home. Paste Magazine picked The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You. The Paste 25 Best Albums of 2009. The 36 Awesomest Songs of 2009... according to Paste. Now here is Rolling Stone... always the obvious. Always the expected. U2 - No Line On The Horizon. Here is the Rolling Stone best 25 albums of 2009. Their 25 best songs of 2009. Pitchfork... a little more indie oriented. Their pick for the best album of 2009. Animal Collective. Here is their top 50 albums of 2009. AllMusic has a nice list of their favorite albums of the year listed alphabetically. No rankings. The AllMusic Favorite Albums of 2009.