The results are in: “Phantom Thread,” “Lady Bird,” and “Get Out” lead the way in our annual poll of more than 100 critics

“Bubblegum and grunge do not belong together, but Charly Bliss managed to marry these two classic sounds”

“Convenient timing that Laura Marling’s all-things-feminine album ‘Semper Femina’ just happens to land in the Year of Retribution Against Men Behaving Badly. Semper Marlinga!”

“Father John Misty’s a prophet and I think you ought to listen to what he can say to you, what you wanna do is follow for now."

The results of our 44th (or 45th) annual Pazz & Jop Music Critics Poll are in: Here are the year's top albums and singles, as voted by more than 400 music critics nationwide