Not sure if this is a single critic. One person wrote the text in the magazine, whereas for the best singles list, four writers write the commentary for the picks.
I have a copy of Entertainment Weekly's year-end magazine.
Here is the complete list of their top albums, as well as the songs they singled out as the albums' best tracks:
1. Adele - 21 (best track: "Rolling in the Deep")
2. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (best track: "Helplessness Blues")
3. Lykke Li - Wounded (best track: "I Follow Rivers")
4. Bon Iver - Bon Iver (best track: "Holocene")
5. Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials (best track: "Breaking Down")
6. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra (best track: "Novacane")
7. Demi Lovato - Unbroken (best track: "All Night Long")
8. My Morning Jacket - Circuital (best track: "First Light")
9. Pistol Annies - Hell on Heels (best track: "Hell on Heels")
10. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo (best track: "Baby's Arms")
11. The Black Keys - El Camino
12. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
13. tUne-yArDs - whokill
14. Brad Paisley - This Is Country Music
15. Alexander - Alexander
16. Big K.R.I.T. - Return of 4Eva
17. Mastadon - The Hunter
18. Rihanna - Talk That Talk
19. Wilco - The Whole Love
20. Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin'
and here is their list of the best singles:
1. Nicki Minaj - "Super Bass"
2. Foster the People - "Pumped Up Kicks"
3. The Throne - "No Church in the Wild"
4. Lana Del Rey - "Video Games"
5. Beyonce - "Countdown"
6. Wild Flag - "Romance"
7. Britney Spears - "I Wanna Go"
8. Colbie Caillat - "Brighter Than the Sun"
9. Foo Fighters - "Walk"
10. Kelly Clarkson - "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)"