Stereogum: Top 50 Albums of 2012
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011]
- Fiona Apple — The Idler Wheel…
- Frank Ocean — Channel Orange
- Kendrick Lamar — good kid, m.A.A.d city
- Swans — The Seer
- Jessie Ware — Devotion
- Cloud Nothings — Attack on Memory
- Japandroids — Celebration Rock
- Walkmen — Heaven
- Chairlift — Something
- Dirty Projectors — Swing Lo Magellan
- Tame Impala — Lonerism
- Miguel — Kaleidoscope Dream
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor — ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
- Chromatics — Kill for Love
- El-P — Cancer 4 Cure
- Grizzly Bear — Shields
- The Men — Open Your Heart
- Baroness — Yellow & Green
- Taylor Swift — Red
- Spiritualized — Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
- Screaming Females — Ugly
- DIIV — Ocean
- Killer Mike — R.A.P. Music
- Sleigh Bells — Reign of Terror
- Nude Beach — II
- Grimes — Visions
- Beach House — Bloom
- Cat Power — Sun
- Purity Ring — Shine
- Torche — Harmonicraft
- Schoolboy Q — Habits & Contradictions
- Ty Segall — Twins
- How to Dress Well — Total Loss
- Future — Pluto
- Swearin’ — Swearin’
- Chris Cohen — Overgrown Path
- Joey Bada$$ — 1999
- Mount Eerie — Ocean Roar
- Jessica Pratt — Jessica Pratt
- Converge — All We Love We Leave Behind
- Sun Kil Moon — Among the Leaves
- Sharon Van Etten — Tramp
- Action Bronson & Party Supplies — Blue Chips
- Bat for Lashes — The Haunted Man
- The Evens — The Odds
- Matthew E. White — Big Inner
- Rick Ross — Rich Forever
- The Shins — Port of Morrow
- Parquet Courts — Light Up Gold
- Flying Lotus — Until the Quiet Comes