Year-End Lists

NME: 50 Best Albums of 2012

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1. Lonerism
   Tame Impala
2. Visions
   Grimes
3. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
4. (III)
   Crystal Castles
5. An Awesome Wave
   alt-J
6. Given to the Wild
   The Maccabees
7. Beard, Wives, Denim
   Pond
8. In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
   The Cribs
9. Jake Bugg
   Jake Bugg
10. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
11. Django Django
    Django Django
12. Love this Giant
    David Byrne & St. Vincent
13. Oshin
    DIIV
14. Coexist
    The xx
15. Tramp
    Sharon Van Etten
16. Melody’s Echo Chamber
    Melody’s Echo Chamber
17. Shields
    Grizzly Bear
18. Baby
    Tribes
19. Toy
    Toy
20. America Give Up
    Howler
21. Sun
    Cat Power
22. Bloom
    Beach House
23. Standing at the Sky’s Edge
    Richard Hawley
24. Children of Desire
    Merchandise
25. Mature Themes
    Ariel Pink
26. Enjoy It While It Lasts
    Spector
27. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
28. Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
    Spiritualized
29. 2
    Mac DeMarco
30. Other People’s Problems
    Breton
31. Cruel Summer
    G.O.O.D. Music
32. A+E
    Graham Coxon
33. In Our Heads
    Hot Chip
34. The Haunted Man
    Bat for Lashes
35. METZ
    METZ
36. Come of Age
    The Vaccines
37. A Flash Flood of Colour
    Enter Shikari
38. Trouble
    Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
39. Wixiw
    Liars
40. Give You the Ghost
    Poliça
41. Twins
    Ty Segall
42. Sonik Kicks
    Paul Weller
43. Wiki93
    Ratking
44. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
45. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
46. The Bravest Man in the Universe
    Bobby Womack
47. fIN
    John Talabot
48. Be Strong
    The 2 Bears
49. Until the Quiet Comes
    Flying Lotus
50. Shrines
    Purity Ring