Year-End Lists

Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012

1. Fiona Apple
   The Idler Wheel…
2. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
3. Kendrick Lamar
   good kid, m.A.A.d city
4. Swans
   The Seer
5. Jessie Ware
   Devotion
6. Cloud Nothings
   Attack on Memory
7. Japandroids
   Celebration Rock
8. Walkmen
   Heaven
9. Chairlift
   Something
10. Dirty Projectors
    Swing Lo Magellan
11. Tame Impala
    Lonerism
12. Miguel
    Kaleidoscope Dream
13. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
14. Chromatics
    Kill for Love
15. El-P
    Cancer 4 Cure
16. Grizzly Bear
    Shields
17. The Men
    Open Your Heart
18. Baroness
    Yellow & Green
19. Taylor Swift
    Red
20. Spiritualized
    Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
21. Screaming Females
    Ugly
22. DIIV
    Oshin
23. Killer Mike
    R.A.P. Music
24. Sleigh Bells
    Reign of Terror
25. Nude Beach
    II
26. Grimes
    Visions
27. Beach House
    Bloom
28. Cat Power
    Sun
29. Purity Ring
    Shine
30. Torche
    Harmonicraft
31. Schoolboy Q
    Habits & Contradictions
32. Ty Segall
    Twins
33. How to Dress Well
    Total Loss
34. Future
    Pluto
35. Swearin’
    Swearin’
36. Chris Cohen
    Overgrown Path
37. Joey Bada$$
    1999
38. Mount Eerie
    Ocean Roar
39. Jessica Pratt
    Jessica Pratt
40. Converge
    All We Love We Leave Behind
41. Sun Kil Moon
    Among the Leaves
42. Sharon Van Etten
    Tramp
43. Action Bronson & Party Supplies
    Blue Chips
44. Bat for Lashes
    The Haunted Man
45. The Evens
    The Odds
46. Matthew E. White
    Big Inner
47. Rick Ross
    Rich Forever
48. The Shins
    Port of Morrow
49. Parquet Courts
    Light Up Gold
50. Flying Lotus
    Until the Quiet Comes