Slant Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2012
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011]
- Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
- Jessie Ware — Devotion
- Santigold — Master of My Make-Believe
- Bat for Lashes — The Haunted Man
- Dirty Projectors — Swing Lo Magellan
- Chromatics — Kill for Love
- Japandroids — Celebration Rock
- Father John Misty — Fear Fun
- Lana Del Rey — Born to Die
- Jack White — Blunderbuss
- Niki & The Dove — Instinct
- Swans — The Seer
- Dr. John — Locked Down
- Carina Round — Tigermending
- Ben Sollee — Half Made Man
- Alabama Shakes — Boys & Girls
- Iris DeMent — Sing the Delta
- Maps and Atlases — Beware and Be Grateful
- Poliça — Give You the Ghost
- Kelly Hogan — I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
- Action Bronson — Blue Chips
- Flying Lotus — Until the Quiet Comes
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse — Psychedelic Pill
- Shearwater — Animal Joy
- Thee Oh Sees — Putrifiers II