Albums of the Year

 Top three lists from various places:

It Starts With a Birthstone:

1. Lankum - False Lankum 
2. John Cale - Mercy
3. Craven Faults - Standers

Mojo:

1. Blur - The Ballad of Darren
2. PJ Harvey - Inside The Old Year Dying
3. Lankum - False Lankum 

Uncut Magazine:

1.  Lankum - False Lankum 
2. Paul Simon - Seven Psalms
3. Wilco - Cousin

Best Ever Albums:

1. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
2. Lana Del Ray - Did You Know There's  - A Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard
3. JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown - Scaring The Hoes.

The Guardian

1. Lankum - False Lankum
2. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
3. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You