Year-End Lists

Slant Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2012

1. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
2. Jessie Ware
   Devotion
3. Santigold
   Master of My Make-Believe
4. Bat for Lashes
   The Haunted Man
5. Dirty Projectors
   Swing Lo Magellan
6. Chromatics
   Kill for Love
7. Japandroids
   Celebration Rock
8. Father John Misty
   Fear Fun
9. Lana Del Rey
   Born to Die
10. Jack White
    Blunderbuss
11. Niki & The Dove
    Instinct
12. Swans
    The Seer
13. Dr. John
    Locked Down
14. Carina Round
    Tigermending
15. Ben Sollee
    Half Made Man
16. Alabama Shakes
    Boys & Girls
17. Iris DeMent
    Sing the Delta
18. Maps and Atlases
    Beware and Be Grateful
19. Poliça
    Give You the Ghost
20. Kelly Hogan
    I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
21. Action Bronson
    Blue Chips
22. Flying Lotus
    Until the Quiet Comes
23. Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    Psychedelic Pill
24. Shearwater
    Animal Joy
25. Thee Oh Sees
    Putrifiers II