Year-End Lists

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2012 Music

BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012

09 December 2012

BBC Music: Top 25 Albums of 2012

  1. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
  2. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
  3. One Day I’m Going to Soar
    Dexys
  4. Devotion
    Jessie Ware
  5. Trouble
    Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
  6. The Money Store
    Death Grips
  7. Reggae Music Again
    Busy Signal
  8. Love this Giant
    David Byrne & St. Vincent
  9. An Awesome Wave
    alt-J
  10. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
  11. Mala in Cuba
    Mala
  12. Transverse
    Carter Tutti Void
  13. Yellow & Green
    Baroness
  14. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
    Nicki Minaj
  15. The Seer
    Swans
  16. Wixiw
    Liars
  17. Django Django
    Django Django
  18. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
  19. Life is People
    Bill Fay
  20. Fear Fun
    Father John Misty
  21. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
  22. Our Version of Events
    Emeli Sande
  23. The Lion’s Roar
    First Aid Kit
  24. Kaleidoscope Dream
    Miguel
  25. Shields
    Grizzly Bear

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