Tuesday, January 08, 2013

The 111 Best Albums of 2012


Thanks to all those who voted!

Here are the 111 Best Albums of 2012:


  1. Japandroids - Celebration Rock (Bonus Track)
  2. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (Bonus Track)
  3. Jack White - Blunderbuss (Bonus Track)
  4. Kendrick Lamar - g.o.o.d. kid, maad city
  5. Grizzly Bear – Shields
  6. The xx - Co-Exist
  7. Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls
  8. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
  9. Sharon Von Etten - Tramp
  10. Beach House - Bloom
  11. Divine Fits - A Thing Called Divine Fits
  12. The Lumineers – Lumineers
  13. Tame Impala – Lonerism
  14. Bob Mould - Silver Age
  15. Ben Folds Five - The Sound of Life of the Mind
  16. Shins - Port of Morrow
  17. Grimes - Vision
  18. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist
  19. Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods
  20. Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal
  21. Soundgarden - King Animal
  22. Chromatics - Kill For Love
  23. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die/Paradise
  24. The Walkmen - Heaven
  25. Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth
  26. Father John Misty - Fear Fun
  27. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
  28. First Aid Kit - Lion’s Roar
  29. Burial - Truant/Kindred EP
  30. Bahamas - Barchords
  31. Swans - The Seer
  32. Pinback - Information Retrieved
  33. Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
  34. Bloc Party - Four
  35. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
  36. Dinosaur Jr. - I Bet On Sky
  37. Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
  38. Spiritualized – Sweet Heart Sweet Light
  39. Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memory
  40. Bob Dylan - Tempest
  41. Fun. - Some Nights
  42. Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
  43. TY Segall – Twins
  44. Bobby Womack - Bravest Man in the Universe
  45. Passion Pit - Gossamer
  46. Liars - WIXIW
  47. Gary Clark Jr. - Black and Blu
  48. The Corin Tucker Band - Kill My Blues
  49. Olafur Arnalds - Another Happy Day
  50. Wintersleep - Hello Hum
  51. Matt Skiba and the Sekrets - Babylon
  52. Titus Andronicus - Local Business
  53. Crystal Castles - III
  54. Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
  55. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
  56. Jesse Ware - Devotion
  57. Four Tet - Pink
  58. Glen Hansard - Rhythm & Repose
  59. Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves
  60. Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
  61. Band of Horses - Mirage Rock
  62. The Lighthouse and the Whaler - This Is an Adventure
  63. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Lost Songs
  64. The Big Pink - Future This
  65. Yellowcard - Southern Air
  66. Harold Budd - Bandits of Stature
  67. Pilot to Gunner - Guilty Guilty
  68. Muse - The 2nd Law
  69. Said The Whale - Little Mountain
  70. P.O.S - We Don't Even Live Here
  71. Fang Island - Major
  72. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas
  73. Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
  74. Aesop Rock - Skeleton
  75. Delta Spirit - Delta Spirit
  76. Lambchop - Mr. M
  77. Metric - Synthetica
  78. Jon Samuel - First Transmission
  79. Loscil - Sketches From New Brighton
  80. Lostprophets - Weapons
  81. Mumford & Sons - Babel
  82. Lee Fields & the Expressions - Faithful Man
  83. Bad Veins - The Mess We’ve Made
  84. Everclear - Invisible Stars
  85. Forgetters - Forgetters
  86. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
  87. Niki & the Dove - Instinct
  88. Classics of Love - Classics of Love
  89. Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
  90. Yukon Blonde - Tiger Talk
  91. Goodnight Lights - As Far As the Moon
  92. Joel Plaskett Emergency - Scrappy Happiness
  93. Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando
  94. Marconi Union - Different Colors
  95. Purity Ring - Shrines
  96. Minus The Bear - Infinity Overheard
  97. Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Big Moon Ritual
  98. Field Report - Field Report
  99. Twin Shadow - Confess
  100. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
  101. Two Door Cinema - Beacon
  102. Rhett Miller - The Dream/The Interpreter Live At Largo
  103. Maus Haus - Light Noise
  104. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
  105. Battles - Dross Glop
  106. Minilogue - Endlessness EP
  107. Amos The Transparent - Goodnight My Dear
  108. Django Django - Django Django
  109. Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
  110. Jeff The Brotherhood - Hypnotic Nights
  111. My Bloody Valentine - The EPs 1988-1991

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