The Guardian: Best Albums of 2012
[see also 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011]
- Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
- Grimes — Visions
- Jessie Ware — Devotion
- Dirty Projectors — Swing Lo Magellan
- Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
- Tame Impala — Lonerism
- alt-J — An Awesome Wave
- The xx — Coexist
- Hot Chip — In Our Heads
- Bobby Womack — The Bravest Man in the Universe
- Miguel — Kaleidoscope Dream
- Django Django — Django Django
- Chromatics — Kill for Love
- Grizzly Bear — Shields
- Cooly G — Playin’ Me
- Taylor Swift — Red
- Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
- Saint Etienne — Words and Music by Saint Etienne
- Flying Lotus — Until the Quiet Comes
- Plan B — Ill Manors
- Bat for Lashes — The Haunted Man
- The Cribs — In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
- Jam City — Classical Curves
- Dawn Richard — Armor On
- Actress — RIP
- Bright Light, Bright Light — Make Me Believe in Hope
- Poliça — Give You the Ghost
- Tribes — Baby
- Jack White — Blunderbuss
- Angel Haze — Reservation
- Marina and the Diamonds — Electra Heart
- Farrah Abraham — My Teenage Dream Ended
- Mala — Mala in Cuba
- Dexys — One Day I’m Going to Soar
- Nite Jewel — One Second of Love
- Beach House — Bloom
- Orbital — Wonky
- Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
- Killer Mike — R.A.P. Music
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor — ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!