Year-End Lists

Clash Magazine: Top 40 Albums of 2012

1. Bobby Womack
   The Bravest Man in the Universe
2. alt-J
   An Awesome Wave
3. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
4. Death Grips
   The Money Store
5. Grimes
   Visions
6. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
   Here
7. Flying Lotus
   Until the Quiet Comes
8. Django Django
   Django Django
9. Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny
   Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
10. Grizzly Bear
    Shields
11. Jack White
    Blunderbuss
12. Gang Colours
    The Keychain Collection
13. Tame Impala
    Lonerism
14. Kendrick Lamar
    good kid, m.A.A.d city
15. Kindness
    World, You Need a Change of Mind
16. Neneh Cherry & the Thing
    The Cherry Thing
17. The xx
    Coexist
18. The Weeknd
    Trilogy
19. The Maccabees
    Given to the Wild
20. Efterklang
    Piramida
21. Animal Collective
    Centipede Hz
22. Swans
    The Seer
23. Liars
    Wixiw
24. Poliça
    Give You the Ghost
25. Jimmy Cliff
    Rebirth
26. Shackleton
    Music for the Quiet Hour
27. Perfume Genius
    Put Your Back N 2 It
28. Matthew Dear
    Beams
29. Chromatics
    Kill for Love
30. Micachu & The Shapes
    Never
31. Actress
    R.I.P.
32. DZ Deathrays
    Bloodstreams
33. Jake Bugg
    Jake Bugg
34. Marconi Union
    Different Colours
35. The Vaccines
    Come of Age
36. Julia Holter
    Ekstasis
37. Breton
    Other People
38. Yeasayer
    Fragrant World
39. The Shins
    Port of Morrow
40. Willis Earl Beal
    Acousmatic Sorcery