You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — and checked out readers’ picks for LPs, songs and videos — but what did the folks who work at RS name their personal favorites? Here’s how critic Will Hermes ranked the year’s best:

Albums

Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
TV On The Radio – Dear Science
Santogold – Santogold
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
Ponytail – Ice Cream Spiritual
Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers
Rudresh Mahanthappa – Kinsmen
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit – Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit Are the Very Best
Kasai All Stars – In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy By Magic

Singles

Blitzen Trapper – “Furr”
MGMT – “Time To Pretend” (more…)

You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s how editor Caryn Ganz ranked the year’s best:

Albums

Madonna, Hard Candy
TV on the Radio, Dear Science
Moby, Last Night
Does It Offend You, Yeah?, You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman
Santogold, Santogold
Taylor Swift, Fearless
Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
Britney Spears, Circus
Robyn, Robyn

Singles

MGMT, “Kids”
Rihanna, “Disturbia” (more…)

You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s Rock Daily writer Daniel Kreps’ year-end list:

Albums

1. Deerhunter – Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
2. Neon Neon – Stainless Style
3. Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna
4. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
5. David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
6. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes/Sun Giant EP
7. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
8. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
9. Apes & Androids – Blood Moon
10. Empire of the Sun – Walking On a Dream

Songs

1. Kanye West – “Robocop (Version 2)”
2. Animal Collective – “Street Flash”
3. Gang Gang Dance – “House Jam” (more…)

You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s editor Nicole Frehsee’s year-end lists:

Albums of the Year

1. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
2. Blitzen Trapper, Furr
3. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
4. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
5. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
6. Beck, Modern Guilt
7. Of Montreal, Skeletal Lamping
8. TVOTR, Dear Science
9. Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
10. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Real Emotional Trash

Singles of the Year

1. Estelle, “American Boy”
2. Blitzen Trapper, “Furr” (more…)

You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s editor Kevin O’Donnell’s year-end lists:

Albums of the Year

No Age – Nouns
Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping
Santogold – Santogold
The Breeders – Mountain Battles
My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
Tobacco – Fucked Up Friends
Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
The Rumble Strips – Girls and Weather
Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs: Bootleg Series Vol 8

Singles of the Year

Beyonce – “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
M83 – “Kim and Jessie” (more…)

You’ve read Rolling Stone’s lists of the top albums and singles of the year — but how did the folks who work at RS rank their personal favorites? Here’s Christian Hoard’s year-end lists:

Albums

Magnetic Fields, Distortion
Randy Newman, Harps and Angels
Girl Talk, Feed the Animals
Santogold, Santogold
Orchestra Baobab, Made in Dakar
K’Naan, The Dusty Foot Philosopher
Lil’ Wayne, Tha Carter III
Robyn, Robyn
TV on the Radio, Dear Science
The Knux, Remind Me in Three Days…

Songs

The Knux, “Cappuccino”
Hot Chip, “Ready for the Floor” (more…)