Each year, publications start rolling out their End Of Year lists and try to decide who had the best album of the year.
Of course, it's mostly subjective but each year there are a few that stand out above the rest and it looks like there's been one clear winner this year.
Review aggregation site Any Decent Music collated all the end of year lists to see who the critics have decided album of the year belongs to and it's Kendrick Lamar's DAMN.
DAMN. topped numerous lists including Pitchfork and Spin and is also tipped to take out Album Of The Year at the Grammys.
It's followed by LCD Soundsystem's comeback album American Dream and Lorde's Melodrama which is also up for a Grammy for Album Of The Year.
The top 10 also features SZA, Vince Staples and The War On Drugs. Check out the full top 10 below.
- Kendrick Lamar Damn.
- LCD Soundsystem American Dream
- Lorde Melodrama
- St Vincent Masseduction
- SZA Ctrl
- Vince Staples Big Fish Theory
- Perfume Genius No Shape
- Father John Misty Pure Comedy
- The War On Drugs A Deeper Understanding
- Thundercat Drunk
