Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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2012
All Movies Music Books Poetry
Lonerism - Tame Impala

2012 Year in Review Aquarium Drunkard

An Awesome Wave - alt-J

Top 100 Albums of 2012 Les Inrocks

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Treble

Confess - Twin Shadow

50 Albums of the 2012 Gigwise

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 100 Albums of 2012 musicOMH

Voices from the Lake - Voices From The Lake

Top 20 Albums of 2012 Resident Advisor

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

25 Best Albums of 2012 Slant

The Seer - Swans

75 Favorite Albums of 2012 Quietus

The Top 100 Albums of 2012 Crack Magazine

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

25 Best Albums of 2012 A.V. Club

75 Best Albums of 2012 PopMatters

Top 25 Albums of 2012 BBC Music

50 Favorite Albums of 2012 NPR Music

Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel

10 Best New Albums of 2012 Idolator

The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

50 Best Albums of 2012 Spinner

50 Best Albums of 2012 Fact

Top 25 Albums of 2012 Magnet

Lonerism - Tame Impala

Top 40 Albums of 2012 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

Top 10 Albums of 2012 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

The Idler Wheel… - Fiona Apple

Top 10 Albums of 2012 Time: Douglas Wolk

All We Love We Leave Behind - Converge

Top 40 Albums of 2012 Decibel

Top 50 Albums of 2012 Stereogum

Top 50 Albums of 2012 The Wire

Blak and Blu - Gary Clark Jr.

Top 10 Albums of 2012 KCRW: Jason Bentley

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