Year-End Lists

Uncut Magazine: 75 Best Albums of 2012

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1. Old Ideas
   Leonard Cohen
2. Tempest
   Bob Dylan
3. Blunderbuss
   Jack White
4. Locked Down
   Dr. John
5. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
6. Life is People
   Bill Fay
7. Hair
   Ty Segall & White Fence
8. Shields
   Grizzly Bear
9. Psychedelic Pill
   Neil Young & Crazy Horse
10. Wrecking Ball
    Bruce Springsteen
11. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
12. On The Hot Dog Streets
    Go-Kart Mozart
13. One Day I’m Going to Soar
    Dexys
14. Mid Air
    Paul Buchanan
15. Plumb
    Field Music
16. Slaughterhouse
    Ty Segall Band
17. Visions
    Grimes
18. Tramp
    Sharon Van Etten
19. The Cherry Thing
    Neneh Cherry & the Thing
20. Coexist
    The xx
21. Tarnished Gold
    Beachwood Sparks
22. Blues Funeral
    Mark Lanegan Band
23. Ekstasis
    Julia Holter
24. Allah-Las
    Allah-Lahs
25. Banga
    Patti Smith
26. A+E
    Graham Coxon
27. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
28. Sonik Kicks
    Paul Weller
29. Big Moon Ritual
    The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
30. Election Special
    Ry Cooder
31. In Our Heads
    Hot Chip
32. Standing at the Sky’s Edge
    Richard Hawley
33. Never
    Micachu & The Shapes
34. The Bravest Man in the Universe
    Bobby Womack
35. Ascent
    Six Organs of Admittance
36. Among the Leaves
    Sun Kil Moon
37. Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance
    Patterson Hood
38. Electric Cables
    Lightships
39. Toward the Low Sun
    Dirty Three
40. The Lion’s Roar
    First Aid Kit
41. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
42. Swing Lo Magellan
    Dirty Projectors
43. Americana
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
44. Icon Give Thank
    Sun Araw & M Geddes Gengras meet the Congos
45. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
46. Sun
    Cat Power
47. Young Man in America
    Anaïs Mitchell
48. The Russian Wilds
    Howlin Rain
49. Dr. Dee
    Damon Albarn
50. Silencio
    Laetitia Sadier
51. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
52. Cyrk
    Cate Le Bon
53. This is PiL
    PiL
54. The Echo Show
    Yeti Lane
55. Be Strong
    The 2 Bears
56. Beard, Wives, Denim
    Pond
57. Love this Giant
    David Byrne & St. Vincent
58. Sunken Condos
    Donald Fagen
59. Fear Fun
    Father John Misty
60. Crystal Anis
    The Liminanas
61. Putrifiers II
    Thee Oh Sees
62. When I’m President
    Ian Hunter & The Rant Band
63. Algiers
    Calexico
64. Wonky
    Orbital
65. One Second of Love
    Nite Jewel
66. World Music
    Goat
67. Urban Turban: The Singhles Club
    Cornershop
68. Bend Beyond
    Woods
69. Twins
    Ty Segall
70. Simone Felice
    Simone Felice
71. Between the Times and the Tides
    Lee Ranaldo
72. Out of The Game
    Rufus Wainwright
73. Meat + Bone
    The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
74. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
75. Transverse
    Carter Tutti Void