Year-End Lists

Mojo Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2012

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1. Blunderbuss
   Jack White
2. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
3. Life is People
   Bill Fay
4. Old Ideas
   Leonard Cohen
5. One Day I’m Going to Soar
   Dexys
6. El Camino
   The Black Keys
7. Django Django
   Django Django
8. Locked Down
   Dr. John
9. Ekstasis
   Julia Holter
10. Tempest
    Bob Dylan
11. Bish Bosch
    Scott Walker
12. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
13. Coexist
    The xx
14. In Our Heads
    Hot Chip
15. Sun
    Cat Power
16. The Bravest Man in the Universe
    Bobby Womack
17. Blues Funeral
    Mark Lanegan Band
18. Wonky
    Orbital
19. A Shut-In’s Prayer
    Advance Base
20. Faithful Man
    Lee Fields & the Expressions
21. Clear Moon
    Mount Eerie
22. Charmer
    Aimee Mann
23. TOY
    TOY
24. Standing at the Sky’s Edge
    Richard Hawley
25. Father Creeper
    Spoek Mathambo
26. No Love Lost
    The Nightingales
27. La Futura
    ZZ Top
28. Wrecking Ball
    Bruce Springsteen
29. Psychedelic Pill
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
30. Plumb
    Field Music
31. Crown And Treaty
    Sweet Billy Pilgrim
32. Dr. Dee
    Damon Albarn
33. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
34. Visions
    Grimes
35. Tramp
    Sharon Van Etten
36. Home Again
    Michael Kiwanuka
37. This Is PiL
    Public Image Ltd.
38. Sudden Fiction
    Dan Michaelson
39. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
40. Bloom
    Beach House
41. CYRK
    Cate Le Bon
42. Twins
    Ty Segall
43. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
44. Centipede Hz
    Animal Collective
45. R.I.P.
    Actress
46. Mid Air
    Paul Buchanan
47. That’s Why God Made The Radio
    The Beach Boys
48. Sonik Kicks
    Paul Weller
49. Jake Bugg
    Jake Bugg
50. Audience Of One
    Oren Ambarchi