Year-End Lists

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 100 Albums of 2012

1. alt-J
   An Awesome Wave
2. Tame Impala
   Lonerism
3. Liars
   Wixiw
4. Frank Ocean
   Channel Orange
5. Django Django
   Django Django
6. Hot Chip
   In Our Heads
7. Lana Del Rey
   Born to Die
8. Lescop
   Lescop
9. Alabama Shakes
   Boys & Girls
10. The xx
    Coexist
11. Beach House
    Bloom
12. Grizzly Bear
    Shields
13. Ariel Pink
    Mature Themes
14. Cat Power
    Sun
15. Benjamin Biolay
    Vengeance
16. Chromatics
    Kill for Love
17. Matthew Dear
    Beams
18. Dirty Projectors
    Swing Lo Magellan
19. Electric Guest
    Mondo
20. Grimes
    Visions
21. Lou Doillon
    Places
22. Kindness
    World, You Need a Change of Mind
23. Mermonte
    Mermonte
24. Kendrick Lamar
    good kid, m.A.A.d city
25. Citizens
    Here We Are
26. Breton
    Other People’s Problems
27. Eugene Mc Guiness
    The invitation to the Voyage
28. Spiritualized
    Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
29. Bewitched Hands
    Vampiric way
30. DIIV
    Oshin
31. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
32. Richard Hawley
    Standing at the Sky’s Edge
33. Michael Kiwanuka
    Home Again
34. The Vaccines
    Come of Age
35. Willis Earl Beal
    Acousmatic Sorcery
36. Bill Fay
    Life is People
37. Chassol
    X-Pianos
38. Dominique A
    Vers les lueurs
39. Dan Deacon
    America
40. Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    Psychedelic Pill
41. Swans
    The Seer
42. Leonard Cohen
    Old Ideas
43. Barbara Carlotti
    L’Amour, l’Argent, le vent
44. Actress
    R.I.P.
45. Two Door Cinema Club
    Beacon
46. Avec Pas D’Casque
    Astronomie
47. Beth Jeans Houghton
    Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose
48. Matthew E. White
    Big Inner
49. Poliça
    Give You the Ghost
50. O. Children
    Apnea
51. Animal Collective
    Centipede Hz
52. Jack White
    Blunderbuss
53. Chairlift
    Something
54. Cheek Mountain Thief
    Cheek Mountain Thief
55. The Magnetic North
    Orkney Symphony of The Magnetic North
56. Concrete Knives
    Be Your Own King
57. Jonathan Boulet
    We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart
58. Thee Oh Sees
    Putrifiers II
59. M. Ward
    A Wasteland Companion
60. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
    Meat + Bone
61. Friends
    Manifest!
62. Lower Dens
    Nootropics
63. Para One
    Passion
64. Rich Aucoin
    We’re All Dying to Live
65. Moon Duo
    Circles
66. Rick Ross
    Rich Forever
67. Dr. John
    Locked Down
68. How to Dress Well
    Total Loss
69. Baden Baden
    Coline
70. Flying Lotus
    Until the Quiet Comes
71. Rover
    Rover
72. Monogrenade
    Tantale
73. Holy Other
    Held
74. First Aid Kit
    The Lion’s Roar
75. Mina Tindle
    Taranta
76. Meridian Brothers
    Desesperanza
77. Die Antwoord
    $O$
78. James Levy & The Blood Red Rose
    Pray to Be Free
79. SKIP&DIE
    Riots in the Jungle
80. Klub des Loosers
    La Fin De L’espèce
81. Beachwood Sparks
    Tarnished Gold
82. Father John Misty
    Fear Fun
83. Lucas Santtana
    O Deus que devasta mas também cura
84. The Maccabees
    Given to the Wild
85. Melody’s Echo Chamber
    Melody’s Echo Chamber
86. Zombie Zombie
    Rituels d’un nouveau monde
87. Prince Rama
    Top Ten Hits of the End of the World
88. Neil Halstead
    Palindrome Hunches
89. Bat for Lashes
    The Haunted Man
90. Pinkunoizu
    Free Time!
91. of Montreal
    Daughter of Cloud
92. Lotus Plaza
    Spooky Action at a Distance
93. Cold Specks
    I Predict a Graceful Expulsion
94. Booba
    Futur
95. Bobby Womack
    The Bravest Man in the Universe
96. THEESatisfaction
    Awe Naturale
97. Théodore Paul & Gabriel
    Please Her, Please Him
98. The Spinto Band
    Shy Pursuit
99. Jason Lytle
    Dept. of Disappearance
100. Bang On!
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